Aina Haina Residents Nervous About Hillside Development
Excavation on a hill behind Aina Haina Elementary School has nearby residents worried. More than a decade ago, they came out in force to fight a proposed apartment complex on the land in 2006. Now, the...
View ArticleKealohas Tried to Discredit Police Commissioner In Corruption Probe
Newly released records show that Honolulu Police Commissioner Loretta Sheehan was an early target of police chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, Katherine, a city prosecutor, who has described Sheehan as...
View ArticleOne Man’s Quest To Revive A Forgotten Kalihi Park
For some Kalihi residents, the two-acre stretch of land tucked down a small road off School Street is an ideal place to crack open a Heineken and unwind after work. But most people on Oahu have likely...
View ArticleReader Rep: We All Need To Demand More Open Government
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz took a disappointing field trip last week to the Congressional Budget Office, where unnamed, unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats reportedly were examining and scoring...
View ArticleChad Blair: Can Ige Turn Modesty Into A Campaign Asset?
Have you heard Gov. David Ige’s campaign slogan for 2018? “Quiet But Ineffective.” OK, I made that up. And my apologies to former Gov. George Ariyoshi for distorting his political mantra. But the...
View ArticleChin Says It’s ‘Premature’ For Trump To Claim Victory In Travel Ban Case
Hawaii’s attorney general said he welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement Monday that it will hear challenges to President Donald Trump’s travel ban this fall, even though it allowed part of the...
View ArticleSupport For Trump Holds Steady Among Hawaii Republicans
Despite a steady drumbeat of negative news surrounding President Donald Trump and his policies, Republicans in Hawaii remain steadfast in their support for him. Their support for the controversial...
View ArticleBikeshare Hawaii Will Start Rolling With A Fair Pricing Structure
How often have we learned that Hawaii is different from mainland? Pick up something that works there and plop it down here? Why would we do that when bikeshare systems on the mainland are consistently...
View ArticleBlown Deadlines Weaken Hawaii’s Voice On Federal Fishery Council
Hawaii will soon have less influence in setting national policies that affect everything from commercial fishing to endangered species in nearly 1.5 million square miles of the Pacific Ocean. Gov....
View ArticleDenby Fawcett: Vietnam Exhibit Shows How War Coverage Has Changed
The U.S Army Museum of Hawaii at Fort DeRussy is featuring a new exhibit this summer, “Reporting from Vietnam: War Correspondents in the Field.” It is the first time the museum has dedicated an entire...
View ArticleSpecial Permits Near Honolulu Rail Line Attract Proposals For Big Hotels
Honolulu’s Land Use Ordinance paints a grand vision for development along the Honolulu rail line and offers a sweet deal to developers: pledge to build “creative, catalytic” projects within the rail...
View ArticleGovernor Must Follow Through On Intent To Veto Union Giveaway
Hair-raising. Insane. Not acceptable. Words used to describe the latest version of Trumpcare pending before the U.S. Senate, perhaps? Actually, those are the words opponents are using to describe...
View ArticleIan Lind: Lawmakers Got Ethics Awards For Not Breaking The Law
Earlier this year, the State Ethics Commission announced its first Ethics Awards, intended to reward and promote “positive ethics behavior.” I’ve been following issues of ethics in government for 35...
View ArticleHow A Hawaiian Canoe Can Be A Classroom
On a sunny afternoon in January, my toddler daughter was trying to climb the monkey bars at the Waialua District Park playground when I ran into an acquaintance, Makani Ortogero, and her young son. We...
View ArticleHomeless And Community Service Workers Considered For Park Cleanup
The Honolulu City Council is considering two new maintenance strategies for public parks and other facilities. Resolution 17-137 asks the city to employ homeless people for cleanup work, and Resolution...
View ArticleBig Island Dairy Sued Over Water Pollution Concerns
Big Island Dairy was sued Wednesday by the Hawaii Center for Food Safety and Kupale Ookala, a group of local residents, who claim the company is polluting nearby waters with animal waste. The lawsuit...
View ArticleHawaii Loses A Fishery Council Seat After Governor’s Fumble
Hawaii managed to hold onto one of the two at-large seats it has historically held on the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council thanks to the governor of the Northern Mariana Islands...
View ArticleBicycle-Sharing Program Hits The Streets Of Honolulu
Ten aquamarine bikes glinted under a maile lei draped from handlebar to handlebar on the Capitol lawn. Across the street in front of the Hawaii State Art Museum, curious people stopped to examine a new...
View ArticleHawaii Part-Time Teachers, Subs Lose Legal Battle For Millions In Back Pay
In a unanimous decision, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that substitute and part-time teachers who worked in Hawaii between 2000 and 2012 were not entitled to the $56 million in back pay and...
View ArticlePhase Out Hawaii’s Exportation Of Reef Wildlife
Hawaii is the only state in the country to allow aquarium extraction with no limits. The United Nations‘ Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species and its 175 member countries recognize...
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