ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ

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

It’s time to tell lawmakers, health care executives and insurance providers to support community-based care.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.

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.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.

A Hawaii State Senate committee voted unanimously to reject the nomination of Alapaki Nahale-a to another term on the University of Hawaii Board of Regents. A full Senate vote will come Tuesday.

They seem like the low-hanging fruit of government reform proposals, but some legislative leaders aren’t so sure.

It is not a new idea and it works in other states. Our lawmakers should vote yes on the family and medical leave bills pending at the Legislature.

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