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The Sustainable Hawaii Youth leadership Initiative’s spring break in the workplace featured future engineers, a prospective lawmaker and an aspiring journalist.

At the very least, buffer zones around schools, homes, hospitals and nursing homes should be a given.

Hawaii would move to a statewide vote-by-mail process by 2020 if lawmakers pass legislation that’s still under consideration this session.

Two member resignations, a death and ongoing difficulties governing have made the first three months of 2015 ones that Speaker Boehner likely would rather forget.

Gov. David Ige’s decision to withdraw his nominee to lead the Department of Land and Natural Resources is likely to benefit him more than a narrow confirmation might have.

A month ago, prospects for making key changes in policing seemed bright. Only two significant bills are still breathing, and even their fates are far from certain.

A recent vote drew national attention to a rare Hawaii effort opposing tourism business. But board members only want the law enforced.

The governor’s pick to lead DLNR faces an uncertain future, but there’s little doubt about the residue that will be left by a messy confirmation process.

A recent Civil Beat op-ed that questioned the use of Atrazine didn’t take into account studies that have shown it poses no harm to the general population.

In the interest of government transparency, these “little pots of money” should be pulled back into the normal appropriations process.