This week's Letters to the Editor, featuring your views on national and local politics and their effect on the day-to-day ...

To be effective and competent at the Legislature, legislators and their staff need time to gather knowledge, analyze it, ...

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

President Trump’s efforts to expand control over independent agencies tees up a new test of presidential power that is ...

A vast majority of 2024 races for Congress and state legislatures were decided by low-turnout or meaningless primaries. The ...

The second-term senator from Connecticut is eschewing caution and throwing out the traditional political playbook as he seeks ...

One-party rule imperils Ohioans’ wallets and their state’s treasury (think House Bill 6, the FirstEnergy bailout, or the ...

Ohio lawmakers are joining a nationwide effort to hold a second constitutional convention, with the goal of reining in the ...

It’s not only crucial for democracy, but it’s the only way for the court to stay consistent with its own rulings.

My mother always used to tell me, 'It's later thank you think.' To preserve our democracy, we must take that message to heart ...

She came, they talked, he didn’t budge. That’s how President Trump described his Friday meeting at the White House with Gov.

New FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be named the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...