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Miss the governor’s speech to Hawaii lawmakers Monday? Catch up with this short video showing some of the high points.

State lawmakers have introduced bills to overhaul how key leaders are chosen, including making the lieutenant governor a gubernatorial appointee.

Hawaii’s governor used his annual speech to push for AC in classrooms, relocating Oahu’s jail, rebuilding the Hawaii State Hospital and combatting invasive species.

This year, the counties are backed at the Legislature by a working group’s recommendation that calls for eliminating a revenue cap.

Arguing against too much “openness,” education chairs push a bill to exempt the University of Hawaii Board of Regents from a 2014 financial-disclosure law.

The governor is expected to propose the relocation of the Oahu Community Correctional Center in a speech to lawmakers next week. But will the union go along with it?

Common Cause Hawaii’s new monthly event at Manifest co-mingles “politics and humor in a casual pau hana atmosphere.”

Tourism is slowing, construction is up — and Hawaii lacks tax experts who can properly project the effects of the Legislature’s tax policy choices.

Leaders called for converting commercial leasehold lands to direct ownership, building a methane biodigester on Maui and giving a bigger slice of the hotel tax to counties, among other ideas. 

The change in leadership at the Hawaii Senate is raising concerns over the consolidation of some committees and the loss of expertise running others.