Also, a note of caution about the latest census data on Native Hawaiians and a new tool on Hawaii's hot housing market.

Relief centers at beach parks are filling gaps in many way for fire survivors.

They work to protect the Legislature out of respect for the institution that existed long before and will exist long after its current office holders.

They have much else to contend with, but when the government does not provide information, people come up with more sinister narratives.

Critics hate the new name, saying it sounds more fitting for a cocktail lounge or a hotel.

A UH professor calls the Lahaina fires the “biggest crisis” the islands have faced since Pearl Harbor.

Voters often fixate on ideology, but especially when it comes to a crisis, character is more important.

After post-1965 immigration, Koreans fell from the middle class and have yet to return as Hawaii has come to rely too much on tourism

Financially precarious families still face the end of expanded federal child care funding and medical coverage.

UHERO is expanding its role in advising the larger Hawaii community on pressing issues.