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.

We need to keep the housing we have and the housing we build available to local families.

Hawaiʻi taxpayers deserve an independent legal and financial review.

Addiction inherited a vocabulary that treats every person in it as permanently incomplete — relapsing, remitting, never quite arriving.

The real question is not whether discretion exists, but who exercises it, under what standards and with what consequences.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs exists to carry forward a collective trust and responsibility to the lāhui.

The public’s confidence and trust depend on the commission’s actions and must be beyond reproach for it to be attained.

Trump and the federal courts are making consequential decisions about Native Hawaiians.

The Supreme Court says states can’t enforce “no-carry default” laws that require concealed-carry permit holders to obtain permission from property owners. Let’s talk.