The internal dialogue kicked in big-time when we started searching for a new comfort zone, which we may find in Portland.

Electronic smoking devices are a step in the right direction, not a cure-all, for addiction.

Cheryl Kakazu Park, director of the Office of Information Practices, is working hard to get around a Supreme Court ruling on the Uniform Information Practices Act.

Visitors love Honolulu’s iconic state monument  — perhaps too much. Now there are plans to move pedestrian traffic to a different tunnel and possibly restrict vehicle access.

The longer the construction at Henoko continues, the more resentment there will be towards the U.S.

The promise of what Hawaii could be seems simultaneously more powerful and empty than ever today.

Two Hawaii lawmakers who are also employers say paying a decent minimum wage motivates people to perform well.

We need to address Hawaii’s own economic crisis before we embrace the much-touted Green New Deal.

The state agency wants to raise fees and taxes even as if fails to spend what it already has.

When it comes to measures that might affect their power, lawmakers won’t even hold public hearings.

The concern about driving under the influence must not overshadow the point that speeding was also involved in the fatal incident.

These are good-paying local jobs that a company with huge profits can afford.