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Rep. Cynthia Thielen has been advocating for hemp legalization and production for 20 years. With the demise of Hawaii’s last sugar plantation, her idea has room to grow.

Standing by your friends is one thing, but not when your friend is as blatantly wrong as Albert Hee.

Thousands of Honolulu drivers use the Waze app to check traffic and watch for speed traps, creating a wealth of data about where drivers behave badly.

Civil disobedience that sought to reclaim Kahoolawe from its use as a naval bombing range wasn’t the only significant event on the small island four decades ago.

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.

The case of PHOCUSED points to flaws in the oversight of lobbying laws, including how clear the rules are and whether protecting the identity of violators is a good idea.

One state legislator claims limited resources should be devoted to a new high school in West Oahu, not Maui. But this writer sees a need in Kihei that can’t be ignored.

The youngest entrant in our Emerging Writers Contest is a 16-year-old high school junior.

A neglected gravestone in Kalihi, where a victim of vigilante justice is buried, is the only physical reminder of a trial that made national headlines.

The brazen occupation of federal facilities in Oregon by some of the same armed zealots who stared down federal authorities in Nevada in 2014 sends a shocking signal to a diverse nation.