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Two UH economists raise concerns that subsidizing local alternative energy production might be a fiscal drain that is about paying off special interests.

Hawaii has the most expensive food in the nation, and yet the regressive tax on food endures. That needs to change.

The Board of Education makes the right call on sexual education, Billy Kenoi faces another ethics charge and Colin Kippen could be out as homeless coordinator.

States like Indiana try to lure companies from elsewhere. Who should Hawaii want as its entrepreneurial friends?

The need for enormous, ongoing subsidies for rail is daunting, but new bids for three rail stations show that HART can cut costs when it tries.

A recent Public Utilities Commission refusal to approve eight new HECO solar energy farms rightly forced the utility to do a better job of explaining these projects.

If we limit the use of our natural resources and educate the users — including tourists — we just might be around for the long haul.

In this week’s memo: The state ethics chief’s rocky review, the teachers union’s reform election and the headline-grabbing hustle of Sen. Brian Schatz.

Congressional leaders in particular need to work harder to make sure the military presence in Hawaii remains strong.

The nicotine content of eggplant is something to be considered in light of Hawaii’s rush to tax … everything.