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By attacking President Obama over word choice, Hawaii’s congressional representative is losing sight of what really matters.

There are opportunities to achieve efficiencies, but a legislator’s attempt to cut small programs was ham-handed.

Are we really seriously considering a person whose experience heavily favors the private sector to oversee and execute this crucially important mission?

The Hawaii Legislature should be fixing our tax system instead of making it worse.

Carleton Ching has worked hard to support development interests and weaken environmental regulations.

The PUC has too long been short-staffed and underfunded. This is the year to make that situation significantly better.

Babes Against Biotech and other Maui County groups are risking undermining the environmental cause with unfair attacks on opponents.

It used to be that if property was leased and then subleased, the state took a full tax bite out of each transaction for the same property.

Seal salvation requires better coordination and more resources; community help and tolerance are key to survival, study finds.

As the state Senate looks at legislation dealing with charter schools, it should remember we need some academic experimentation.