The system needs to be legally sound, properly regulated and substantially funded so candidates can compete with private money.

The deputy budget director’s nomination also advanced while three more of Green’s nominees were confirmed by the full Senate.

Mass shootings have added momentum to efforts to hold companies liable.

The draft budget proposal includes many of Gov. Josh Green’s proposals, including enhanced tax credits.

Local efforts mirror the national GOP agenda on parental rights, abortion and gun control despite little chance of success in the Aloha State.

Advocates argue a lower BAC level is an effective deterrent and makes roads safer overall.

The task of moving people away from the coast faces a hurdle: economic complexities.

However, the chairs of the Senate and House Hawaiian affairs committees are proposing two different approaches to providing housing options to certain DHHL beneficiaries.

Big Island Chief Judge Judge Robert Kim, who toured the packed facility in January, has been refusing to send some defendants to the jail, letting them await trial at home.

Hawaii knows what needs to be done and the state has invested in progress. But it’s not enough.