A Senate bill would replace party primaries with a single open primary in which every candidate appears on one ballot and every voter can choose from the full field.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

We need to raise the voices of our communities to challenge what our government could look like. 

We need to demand real and lasting change for the iconic waterway.

Veterans deserve healing. First responders deserve healing. Families deserve healing. The people of Hawaiʻi deserve healing.

The Sutro Library holds a large manuscript collection that once belonged to a wealthy Brit whose hobby was Pacific exploration.

Sen. Donna Kim and HGEA Director Randy Perreira each say the other is abusive. They should each look in the mirror.

Reframe the conversation by investing in multimodal services and infrastructure.

Psychiatric prescribing is not simply matching a diagnosis to a medication.