Civil Beat met up with the Hawaiʻi senator when he was home in Honolulu last week for a freewheeling discussion on the state of national affairs.

AI can support livelihoods, prosperity and culture, but only if island communities have a real say in how it is built and governed.

Using wastewater to produce hydrogen gives us a chance to solve two major problems at the same time.

Each one has a role to play in making sure Hawaiʻi accomplishes great things in an appropriate way.

The Women’s Air Raid Defense remains largely unknown outside the broader historical narrative.

This is the moment to expand our resilience, not eliminate the policy that makes it accessible.

A new young adult novel at an island resort is the latest dark take on life in Paradise.

It would reduce open space, burden area parking, risk traffic safety and ignore environmental and historical requirements.

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

The recently retired Hawaiʻi Supreme Court chief justice is working with national legal advocacy groups, publishing articles and teaching a law class at UH Mānoa.