Gene Ward

Rep. Gene Ward: Are Little Fire Ants Smarter Than We Are? Melody Euaparadorn, Hawaii Ant Lab

Rep. Gene Ward: Are Little Fire Ants Smarter Than We Are?

We must be prepared to outsmart invasive species before they overwhelm us.

Rep. Gene Ward: We Need A Special Session To Solve Our Homeowners Insurance Crisis Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Rep. Gene Ward: We Need A Special Session To Solve Our Homeowners Insurance Crisis

Emergency meetings are happening in condos across the state, though our local government does not feel the same level of urgency.

Why Speaker Nancy Pelosi Should Go To Taiwan Flickr: Gage Skidmore

Why Speaker Nancy Pelosi Should Go To Taiwan

China is hopefully wise enough not to waste time and resources on an invasion.

Rep. Gene Ward: Is Hawaii’s Legislature Corrupt? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Rep. Gene Ward: Is Hawaii’s Legislature Corrupt?

A few structural reforms could go a long way to restoring the public trust and the dignity of legislators.

Rep. Gene Ward: Legislature Should Back Off Les Kondo Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Rep. Gene Ward: Legislature Should Back Off Les Kondo

A House committee opted for “getting mud鈥 on the state auditor rather than taking a deep dive into the inefficiencies in state government.

Plan To Ration Health Care Should Be Dead On Arrival Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Plan To Ration Health Care Should Be Dead On Arrival

Hawaii seniors are justifiably alarmed at a triage score for hospitals.

Give Hawaii鈥檚 Capitol Back To Its People Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Give Hawaii鈥檚 Capitol Back To Its People

The open-air architecture was designed to reflect democracy as it should be: open and transparent.

We Need Targeted Legislation To Support The Local Economy Cory Lum/Civil Beat

We Need Targeted Legislation To Support The Local Economy

Lawmakers should grow the economy instead of growing the government.

The Opening Day Speech That Never Was Cory Lum/Civil Beat

The Opening Day Speech That Never Was

Here are the remarks that former Hawaii House Minority Leader Gene Ward intended to give. But his speech was scuttled due to the pandemic.