Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

The lawsuit against the well-endowed Hawaiian school insists the goal is to force racial integration but there's more of an ...

Rachelle Wilson Tollemar is a lecturer in Spanish Environmental Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Changing the clocks for daylight saving time runs counter to human nature — and ...

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

The leadership of both chambers must be shown it will be politically costly if they ignore public opinion this time.

The state Elections Commission has asked the Legislature to revert to in-person, same-day voting. But experts say voting by mail is safe and popular.

The Hawaiʻi Food Assistance Program will give $250 to every current food stamp recipient in the state — automatically placing ...

A $1.5 million investment from the American Journalism Project will jumpstart our plans to increase neighbor island coverage, ...

The Boettcher Estate in Kailua includes 4 acres of beachfront property and a crumbling house that once was owned by a wealthy ...

Hawaiʻi was one of two dozen states that filed suit over the administration's plans to freeze food assistance payments.

Citing Civil Beat’s investigation of a jail diversion program known as Act 26, a group of senators is asking the health ...

A new program offers Hawaiʻi seniors guaranteed admissions to nine University of Hawaiʻi campuses, but advocates say more ...