She found life in Silicon Valley tech unfulfilling, moved to Hawaiʻi, embraced her art and today launches a new column for Civil Beat.

Land can be protected from speculation, benefiting communities in perpetuity.

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.

Omissions are a sin that does a disservice to the public in these two recent books.

A sitting judge putting his own reputation and his court’s credibility on the line to publicly challenge the nation’s highest court is a big deal.

For the good of our governance, this is a system we need to leave in the past.

A century old building in downtown Honolulu is being slowly transformed into a space that celebrates people from Hawaiʻi who have helped change the world.

Costs are certain to rise dramatically, just as they did with Honolulu rail and the H-3.

It’s not just a staffing problem but a signal that the state needs a more deliberate, forward-looking approach to workforce planning.