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The frontlines range from the road to Capitol meeting rooms, but it’s the actions we take regardless of venue that make all the difference.

Two bills already approved by their respective houses aim to correct a longtime shortcoming, though it remains to be seen if it’s the right approach.

An effort by lawmakers to address the state’s housing shortage could end up hurting residential neighborhoods by significantly increasing housing density.

Putting the state through scarcity measures to pay for Maui’s reconstruction runs the risk of turning a localized disaster into a bigger one.

It forces the truth and makes us put our priorities on paper.

There are more than 600 people on the waiting list to get a plot at one of the city’s community gardens.

When your kids are growing up and grandparents are going from caregivers to care needers, affordable housing means affordable now.

How do we keep the sadness of dying away from one’s homeland from befalling this generation of children?

Ranked choice voting, more accurate voter rolls and public financing of campaigns are easily doable this session if the political will is there.

If you’re comfortable with how you’re doing with the status quo, you may be part of the problem.