A $15 per hour wage phased in over several years should not be a problem, barring a serious economic downturn.

For one, it could reduce home prices. For another, teachers would be paid more.

Hawaii state government has adopted a legalistic strategy whose main aim is to minimize public employee wages.

Merging, not merging, or even community ownership, won’t change the basic political power relationships that exist — and need to change.

Unless we make bringing down electricity costs the top priority in energy policy, most of us will continue to pay far too much.

In Hawaii we have high prices, for milk and a lot of things, while producers are driven out of the market.

History shows us that small, temporary tax hikes have done a lot of good in Hawaii.