Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily ...

Meanwhile, the state Ethics Commission plans to consider addressing the "revolving door" between state officials and the ...

That’s why Hawaiʻi Appleseed’s Budget Primer and Policy in Perspective legislative report are not just informative; they are ...

Blangiardi also lost his cool with embarrassing results when he stuck his nose into the selection process for the acting ...

The law bans guns on private property unless the owner has specifically allowed them. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said on ...

Citing no more unmet needs, the agency canceled $2 million worth of contracts with a company managing residential units ...

The foster sons of John Teixeira had told almost no one about the abuse they suffered in his household. Then they started to ...

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A 15-acre campus is expected to include a food bank, fruit trees, community kitchen, wastewater treatment center and more.

The state agency overseeing the investigation of the Public Utilities Commission official said five issues were partially ...

Hawaiian values guide students in seeing health not just as a biological phenomenon but as a social, cultural, and spiritual ...

University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu, where he teaches courses on health, medicine, and society. His research focuses on health inequities, clinician burnout, and the role of spirituality in resilience.