Rep. Chris Todd has the power to send a strong bill to conference, giving lawmakers something meaningful to work with.

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

Climate education remains inconsistent, optional and disconnected from the realities students face every day.

In the 22 years between that flood and the one this week, progress stalled on every front.


The developer won approval after agreeing to turn a substantial portion of living space into a garage and remove one of its 17 bathrooms.

This is not how a recovery-supportive system should work. Senate Bill 2425 is intended to change that.

It risks locking Hawaiʻi into higher costs for decades.

If we take action now, we can create lasting structures of protection and accountability.

A bill under consideration would give the transportation department broad authority to direct program funds for its existing projects, without going through the legislatively mandated evaluation process of the other proposals.

The lack of transparency and accountability is the first thing wrong with the entire investigation.