Rachel Able stood scanning Kohanaiki Beach, her stomach in knots as she looked out across the sparkling waves and rocky tide pools on the western shore of the Big Island.

It includes a plan to revive a major pay-to-play bill snuffed out in the Hawaiʻi Legislature this year. Will it work?

Future generations will judge Governor Green’s legacy. Will the governor choose to mortgage our future on a super jail that will fiscally hamper the state and result in more residents, disparately ...

Eight bills aimed at improving financial literacy in Hawaii schools were introduced in the 2025 legislative session. All of ...

In this past legislative session, we were closely watching a bill that would have axed the “school impact fees” that housing developers now have to pay. As we have pointed out before, the fees have ...

Gov. Jeff Landry and the Legislature have changed how the Louisiana Board of Ethics operates, adding new rules to how it ...

The Hawaii Department of Agriculture plans to overhaul its rules this summer to allow more than just agricultural production ...

Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

The United States has long relied on a decentralized approach to elections, with state and local officials holding primary ...

The lawsuit, Navahine F. v. Hawaii Department of Transportation, was filed over concerns that HDOT wasn’t adequately working ...

The North Carolina legislature wrapped up the chief portion of its annual session Thursday, passing another Hurricane Helene aid package this week after Republican majorities pushed through ...