Hawaii state Sen. Karl Rhoads is one of Hawaii’s leading voices when it comes to climate change and what the state needs to be doing to get ahead of it.

We should be leveraging new technology to inform citizens about meetings and to collect citizen testimony.

They offer citizens a way to take part in government without having to organize a political campaign.

The state is the single-largest purchaser of food in Hawaii. How it directs its dollars has a huge impact.

In Hawaii, every county provides a process for citizen initiatives. Here’s how to force a citizen vote on a specific issue of concern.

The work of saving and breeding seed once made enormous contributions to Hawaii’s agriculture — and it must again.  

Most of us would like to believe that the law treats the rich and the poor alike, but it doesn’t.

My bill in the Legislature is calling for transparency, accountability and holdings that are healthy.

The Queen’s Care Coalition creates efficiency and hope for people who have little choice but to seek care at the emergency room.

DA BUX offers a model worth replicating — and expanding.