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The measure would allow 16 dispensaries to open statewide next summer. Its passage comes 15 years after medical marijuana was legalized in the state, but with no legal means of buying it.

The public is largely shut out of the state’s grants-in-aid process — and so are some of the nonprofit organizations asking for money.

Lawmakers who backed Kouchi get top jobs while Kim supporters are mostly sidelined.

Many long overdue reforms aimed at making government more transparent and accountable died — again.

Other measures criminalize sex trafficking and ban some forms of discrimination against medical marijuana patients.

Senators vague on reasons for leadership change but promise a “new direction.”

A plan to address a nearly $1 billion shortfall in the state’s biggest public works project goes next to the desk of Gov. David Ige.

Honolulu City Council Chairman Ernie Martin says better project oversight and more transparency will be needed if city is to approve a GET extension.

UPDATED. Kauai’s Ron Kouchi has taken over under a new alignment among factions in the Hawaii Senate.

There could be as many as 16 retail dispensaries in Hawaii by next summer, including six on Oahu, if the measure becomes law.