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Come July 1, traditional birth attendants and cultural practitioners can continue as they do today. But any one practicing midwifery must be licensed.

But two-thirds of the more than 200 bills designed to restore trust in government or open up public information are probably dead.

Social trends mean that planning housing the way we used to just won’t work.

It’s critical to ask who exactly the housing is for, who will profit from it, and whether it’s actually affordable in Hawaii.

All of a House commission’s recommendations are moving except for a bill on term limits.

Spend it on projects and improvements, not more staffers or administrative costs.

The grounding of a luxury vessel on a Maui reef, which leaked diesel fuel, has raised concerns about how to protect coastal waters.

Approaching his first 100 days in office, the governor talks about his tax proposals, affordable housing and homelessness, and changing the culture of local politics.

The state would gain so much from the return of highly educated and socially committed islanders driven out by the high cost of living.

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