The true aim of new laws to make voting more secure is to limit participation in democracy.

Small, targeted investments in state agricultural capacity can unlock outsized federal returns.

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

Let’s encourage and subsidize rooftop solar but also recognize that 69% of the island’s power comes from burning oil.

If large-scale ownership is now part of Hawaiʻi’s future, then large-scale stewardship must be as well.

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

We are now playing catchup, but proposed bills at the Legislature show we can chart our destiny once more.

Recent books about Hawaiʻi are changing how the outside world perceives us.

In Korea as in the United States, we need to investigate and understand what works and what does not.

When a board sits at the crossroads of public money and political influence, transparency becomes even more important.