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.

The key to this fundraising event is the handoff. Students launched it, and then made sure that future students would carry it forth.

Kalshi is writing campaign checks, as are other gaming interests that either want Hawaiʻi to open itself to gambling or stay closed. 

Returning students need more than housing and career support. They need identity support too.

A Green Party candidate has a chance of prevailing in a part of Maui that seems primed to disrupt the ruling order.

Roberta Joan Anderson was dismayed by the scene outside her Waikīkī hotel room. I see ʻāina that fed my education, and hard choices that paved the way.

Honolulu should treat the Ala Wai not as a single flood-control project, but as an integrated watershed and canal modernization project.

Why not have a write-in option on the ballot? It’s no wonder that many voters leave some ballots blank.

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