Richard Wiens

The CEO of a national nonprofit says he's hoping to get more Hawaiʻi voices heard in elections, especially people of color, unmarried women and young adults.

League of Women Voters targets the use of short-form measures that start out as empty shells.

It will reintroduce measures that were killed late in the last session with no public explanation. 

Hawaiʻi is about to start paying its lawmakers a lot more money. In some other states that has meant more months in session and full-time work.

Counties are actually responsible for maintaining the rolls, but the suit argues that the state must have information as well.

While their constituents worry about services during the government shutdown, U.S. House members haven't convened since Sept. 19.

New reform measures would prohibit high level state officials from holding fundraisers and stop state employees from doing favors for former employers.

Most states have them, and some lawmakers argue it would improve transparency and jolt some of their colleagues out of their complacency.

Mum’s the word for President Ron Kouchi and Ways and Means Chair Donovan Dela Cruz.

Let lawmakers know even before they convene that your support at the ballot box hinges on what they do starting next month.