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From all-mail balloting to term limits, there’s a lot we need to discuss in a venue other than the Legislature.

It would shake up the power monopoly and rejuvenate faith in democracy. But realistically, the only way to get it is through a constitutional convention.

Good things happened when we did this in 1968 and 1978. Forty years later, it’s time for another gathering.

It’s long past time to lay this issue to rest once and for all. Even the Hawaii Supreme Court thinks so.

Moving OCCC from Kalihi to Halawa is a good idea. But questions of cost and operation remain, as does a full commitment to prison reform.

Making radical changes to bills at the Hawaii Legislature denies the public its essential role in the legislative process.

The courts or the Legislature need to quickly fix the wording of the proposed ballot measure so we know what we’re voting on, or try it again next year.

The proposal could take unhosted vacation units off the market and allow homeowners to operate bed-and-breakfasts.

The voters in his Kalihi state House district — and all of Hawaii — must finally know whether the legislator is a crook.

President Trump’s sustained attacks on the media represent a danger to a free press and democracy itself.