I get emails nearly every week blaming Hawaii’s problems on foolish voters in a steeply Democratic state who keep returning the same unproductive lawmakers to office. The truth isn’t that easy ; in ...

David Shapiro is a Honolulu Star-Advertiser columnist whose "Volcanic Ash" column appears every Sunday. Shapiro has covered Hawaii and national news for five decades as a reporter, editor and ...

Last week’s grilling of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority by state legislators resembled a cat batting a mouse around for amusement before eating it.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk sit in a Tesla car model S, in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 11.

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