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New dengue cases on the Big Island and the possible spread of Zika worldwide should spur the state to get in front of the situation.

The governor surprised even some in his own administration with a proposal to air-condition schools while implementing cost-saving energy efficiencies.

Two lawmakers’ ill-advised bill would eliminate financial disclosure requirements to attract “really talented” board members. Not so fast.

Lawmakers should kill, quickly, a proposal to make Honolulu’s problematic sit-lie ban a statewide law.

Lawmakers are considering creating policies on how the recording devices are used by police officers around the state. The public’s right to know needs to be at the top of the agenda.

Too many tourists are dying while on holiday in Hawaii, most of them in drowning incidents. We must respond to the challenge.

The fact that the state hired a disgraced cop against the recommendations of the police agency that fired him cries out for a statewide police oversight board.

Fifty years of lottery experience across the country have provided many lessons that Hawaii could learn from in establishing a lottery truly for our state’s greater good.

The initiatives likely won’t bring big change to Hawaii, which already has strict gun laws. But they promise at least some relief nationally on an issue where Congress refuses to act.

These five big issues would be well-served by state leaders with the vision and guts to do right by citizens rather than special interests.