To be pro-active and self-sufficient, the people of Hawaii should grow more of their own food.

The author introduced a bill, now close to final passage, that would ban trafficking in Hawaii of parts or products made from endangered wildlife species.

The latest estimate puts fixing the 45-year-old pools at $15.2 million. But it doesn't have to cost that much if we find creative solutions.

In many ways, hemp is like a miracle crop and yet we can't grow it in Hawaii because it is related to marijuana. That needs to change.