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

The University of Hawaiʻi is one of the most important institutions in the state. The public needs to know more, not less, about who’s running it.

The disappearance from government websites of decades of data on health, education and criminal justice are among the many datasets that the Trump administration has dumped.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.

Until serious initiatives are implemented by the government and civil society, federal and state public record laws will fail to reach their promised potential.

Drones and ShotSpotter and even more surveillance cameras are invading our privacy and need effective oversight.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.

But a few significant issues failed to generate much interest this year as legislators scurried to meet the crossover deadline.

Top lobbyists often have more influence than the lawmakers themselves who pass or reject their bills.

A Senate bill would replace party primaries with a single open primary in which every candidate appears on one ballot and every voter can choose from the full field.