When lives feel hollow, dopamine comes cheap: riskier thrills, faster rewards. The state’s fix? More cops, more drones—not solutions. Peak America. Happy birthday, indeed.

Spilling the tea on the inappropriate relationship between a powerful State Senator and his māmaki tea business, and the conflict of interest inherent within.

A policy disagreement over sewer fee rate schemes at the Honolulu City Council prompted council chair Tommy Waters, a Democrat, to instigate a leadership shakeup that elevated MAGA Republican Andria Tupola to Vice Chair.

Governor Green plans to veto a bill that would reform Hawaiʻi’s civil asset forfeiture law, which lets police seize property from anyone suspected of crime without due process or a conviction and profit off of its sale. Rife for abuse, this policy amounts to nothing less than state-sponsored piracy.