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While booking a slot online, tourists also get a warning about the challenges of hiking up the crater in an effort to better prepare them.

There is a troubling pattern of some legislators trying to  erode the university’s constitutional autonomy.

The Legislature is not a rubber stamp, and there are other constituencies with needed projects.

Food, education, housing and health care should take priority over projects that are eye-catching but unnecessary.

Elected officials don’t have to worry about upsetting you because they know you’re full of hot air.

City officials did not include money in the budget to pay for the 64% salary increases for council members. But they’ll now look for “cost savings.”

The LG talks about how her new role compares to serving in the Legislature, the budget fiasco from her former colleagues, and about her wish to pay her staff more money.

The community is alive and kicking, despite no longer being officially counted.

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

The Fourth of July parade in Kailua had about 230 vehicles participating. It was like sitting on the sidewalk and watching traffic go by.