O‘ahu-born Rudy Tai describes himself as approachable with a positive attitude and the experience it takes to make demoralized employees feel inspired and valued.

From kalo to cacao, farmers are adapting to effects of a changing climate by fusing traditional Hawaiian practices with new, regenerative agricultural techniques to save soils, streams and reefs.

Prepare to ring in the New Year next week with these traditional customs from throughout the world.

Charter schools are the only growing sector of Hawaiʻi education, but limited funding and campus space has prevented schools from expanding and meeting families' demands.

The modest plan for a new stadium displays the needed caution in an age of big-money national college athletics.

Here's a little something to distract you if opening presents gets to be overwhelming.

Transportation Department says rains, water main work have delayed re-striping of the Honolulu crossings.

Ua kākaʻahi aku nā ʻelele kau kānāwai mokuʻāina he $49 miliona a ʻoi kālā e kōkua ʻia ai nā ʻano i hoʻēmi ʻia ai ke kālā pekelala. ʻAʻole nō hoʻi i pā ponoʻī kahi hapakolu o nā hui kū i ka ʻauhau ʻole i nā hoʻēmi kālā ʻana, he lawelawe nō naʻe i nā kānaka i pā.

Christmas itself was known for feasting and drunkenness – and it lasted nearly six weeks.

For the past 12 years, Maui businessman Jim Falk has donated hundreds of bicycles to Maui County keiki for Christmas.

A government database tracks who owes what in state taxes. Spoiler alert: Some owe millions.

Volunteer boards oversee the academics and finances of Hawaiʻi charter schools. But the state has limited influence over who serves on those boards or how they hold schools accountable.

The party has pulled back its nomination of Inam Rahman of Waipahu as one of three choices to fill a legislative vacancy.

The perfect puzzle for Christmas Eve.

It would be too depressing to constantly uncover problems if we didn't have faith that some of them could be solved.

State authority says market conditions and project requirements put Aloha Homes on the shelf. Sen. Stanley Chang says the Kakaʻako development remains underway.

Kāʻanapali condo owners have filed the first lawsuit so far against the county over Bill 9.

This one shouldn't be too hard. It's a holiday week after all.

Honolulu developer Chad Waters' landlord alleges he owes $5,000 in back rent.

Facing reductions caused by President Trump’s policies, the state’s budget will prioritize essential services such as health care and food security.

Tripler patients allege they were abused by a gynecologist who worked at the hospital from 2019 to 2023. Civil Beat wants to know what happened. Share your story — we promise we won't use your name without consent.

Three men are seeking to lead one of the country's largest charitable trusts.

It's a short week for most of us. This puzzle will help you get there.

Tactics vary by island in the ongoing fight to save Hawaiʻi's iconic palms from coconut rhinoceros beetles.

Hawaiʻi’s charter schools pledged to improve public education through more innovation and family engagement. Three decades later, they've gained momentum but still lag in some traditional measures of success.

That's one of several proposals the Charter Review Commission may put on the ballot next fall, along with increasing oversight of the County Council's budget.

A story about Rob Reiner in Hawai'i that isn't about Rob Reiner or Hawai'i.

The law makes a few exceptions to its protection of free speech -- not liking what you hear isn't one of them.

States are leading the way to regulate AI, but a national report finds the Aloha State comes up short.

Police chief selection processes are often carried out in isolation from department employees, not just in Honolulu.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.

A little pre-Christmas brain challenge for you.

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon wants to halt "race-based conditions when allocating taxpayer funding."

Roughly 2,000 volunteers helped build the final 380 feet of a wall enclosing an 800-year-old Hawaiian fishpond in Kāneʻohe.

An agency development director can now enter five-year leases for state-owned property in Kakaʻako at below-market rates without board approval or public notice.

A nearly forgotten piece of Hawaiʻi history can help us in the debate over how to keep our food supply flowing to the islands.

The island's largest private landowner is exploring how to turn the old Olokele sugar mill into the rural Westside's first industrial park.

Celebrate the holidays with this one.

Local nonprofit leaders estimate that more than 400 people could end up back on the streets if funding cuts go through.

Tell us what makes your neighborhood so special during the holidays! Submit your neighborhood haiku by Dec. 23 to enter ✨ http://dlvr.it/TPvBcx

Two fatal fires at the Wild Ginger Inn and the old Puʻueo Poi Factory in Hilo expose gaps in the state's fire safety inspection system.

What the boat survivors tell us about the decay of American military norms.

Five letters. Six chances to solve.

Pork production in the islands has dropped significantly in the past 20 years. The state is now taking calls for help from piggeries more seriously.

Ua pā ʻo Waimana Enterprises, i hoʻokumu ʻia na Al Hee, i nā ʻaʻe kānāwai ʻoihana a ua pilikia pū i kahi hihia hoʻāpuka.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is being sued over a relocation plan residents say is inadequate.

Here's a fun mid-week puzzle to help you over the hump.

Despite lawyers citing fake, AI-generated citations in court documents, a new report finds existing rules provide adequate safeguards.

The group that brought public health officials, law enforcement and researchers together to talk about how to prevent gun violence hasn't met in over a year, and efforts to restart it have failed.