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Bribery, political influence, people skills and other factors help determine an application’s speed at the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting.

Native Hawaiians at UH, meanwhile, find common ground with Palestinians.

A leadership program led me to ask: Is finding common ground worth the cost?

Students will be far less likely to ever try a tobacco product and start down the road to nicotine addiction.

The obvious conclusion: It’s covering its bureaucratic ass.

Endangered species capital of the world, soaring housing costs and an increasingly displaced Indigenous population. But still, there’s hope.

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

Dealing with the emotional unease is as urgent as more practical challenges, they say.

There are vacant houses in West Maui, and owners who say they can’t possibly rent them for less than $10,000 a month.

At what point are Republicans saying things because they believe it, and what point are people saying things because they think it is expected of them?