Now Gov. Josh Green is offering himself as a neutral party in the dispute between Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children and the Hawaii Nurses Association. Read more
The more you watch local politics, the more things don’t seem the same. Take the current Hawaii governor and Honolulu mayor. Read more
If Donald Trump comes to Hawaii in this presidential campaign year, we can offer him sun and surf, but our famed Hawaiian hospitality is not likely to extend to political success. Read more
Hawaii’s voters will soon be shuffling off to the November election with just a few new defining races and little to enliven the fall competition. Read more
Dubbed by ABC News in 2015 as a “political rising star,” Tulsi Gabbard was making news as a Hawaii Democrat unafraid of criticizing President Barack Obama. Read more
The National Union of Healthcare Workers was one of many political groups noting that history was made in Hawaii even before last week’s state primary election. Read more
As officials go over the returns from this week’s state primary election, it is a good time to check back when Hawaii as a state first voted for U.S. president. Read more
If it is the Hawaii government, especially its bureaucracy you are waiting on, then Hawaii really knows how to keep it slow. Read more
As the youngest state among the 50, Hawaii doesn’t have much history in the business of presidential politics. And what little is there is out of the Democratic playbook. Read more
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As Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump moves forward with his campaign, the political polls show he looks strong. But Trump is still adding a new aspect. Read more
Hawaii, birthplace of a magnetic, two-term Democratic president, is usually thumb’s up if the person leading the nation is a Democrat. Read more
Mist shrouds the heights of Kauai’s Kokee State Park, home to Pakele, a small, dark gray bird named by state biologists. Read more
The remarkable Hawaii budget surplus continues to bestow blessings across the state. Read more
Ah Quon McElrath, known to most folks in local politics and labor circles as “AQ,” is the subject of a new, one-hour documentary on local public television. Read more
There is a word to describe political years like this one. Read more
Granted the salary hasn’t risen since 2009, but it is $174,000 a year with a lot of perks, so why do Hawaii politicians leave Congress? Read more
Last week, if Mayor Rick Blangiardi was looking at a list of candidates already filed to run for Honolulu mayor, he had to be smiling. Read more
With two former state legislators now out of prison after serving terms for bribery, House Speaker Scott Saiki is on a campaign to beef up the public image of Hawaii state legislators. Read more
Since the early 1960s, more than half a century ago, Hawaii has worried over whether it should tax tourists. Read more
With Hawaii’s 2024 Legislature concluded, members of the Democrat-controlled state House are looking at the state’s election season. Read more
If the Hawaii state Legislature closes as expected, the theme has to be the struggle of lawmakers to grasp the importance of recognizing and fixing state money problems. Read more
