Police chief selection processes are often carried out in isolation from department employees, not just in Honolulu.

States are leading the way to regulate AI, but a national report finds the Aloha State comes up short.

The law makes a few exceptions to its protection of free speech — not liking what you hear isn’t one of them.

The city keeps tripping over the same procedural mistakes.

We’re living in difficult times. Here are snapshots of possible scenarios in our near future.

Hawaiʻi’s values are needed in places of power so that our voices are heard.

Help us give some much-needed attention to people and programs that are working well in Hawaiʻi.

Hawaiʻi needs a movement of organized tenants to take on the power imbalance of landlords.

Residents now must wait until next year to tackle pressing problems like protection for immigrants, funding for nonprofits and finding new revenue streams.

So far, no one from the state has stepped in to figure out who took the money, from whom and why.