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Voters will decide on a proposal that would require the county auditor to calculate cost estimates of proposed charter amendments before they go on the ballot.

Jill Tokuda, the frontrunner for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District, raised another $331,000 for her campaign in the last quarter, more than any other federal candidate from the state.

The office that performs many legislative duties for the council, including researching and drafting bills and resolutions, may finally get equal status with other agencies.

The proposal — one of 13 that voters will decide in the Nov. 8 general election — would also help keep politics out of the clerk’s office.

The question is whether the former state senator, a Democrat, can be effective, especially as a first-term lawmaker in a House that’s expected to be in GOP control.

A brief defense of the Steel City and an explanation why growing up in Pittsburgh means you understand Hawaiian values. Guarans.

Both candidates say the need for more affordable housing is a top priority, but they have different ideas about how to accomplish that.

Both say the lack of housing for residents is the county’s top problem, but they’re proposing very different solutions.

Oahu ballots will be mailed out Monday and Tuesday while neighbor island voters should receive ballots a few days later.

The proposed charter amendment would give the County Council more flexibility to set violation penalties by ordinance.