Should Hawaii Lose Its Pesticide Enforcement Power?
A nonprofit environmental law firm is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revoke the Hawaii Department of Agriculture‘s authority to investigate and enforce federal pesticide law. Paul...
View ArticleSchatz Slams Trump On Philippines
Campaigning in Maine on Thursday, Donald Trump called for restrictions on immigrants from the Philippines and other countries with high rates of terrorism — and earned a rebuke from Hawaii Sen. Brian...
View ArticlePublic-Private Partnerships And Their Potential For Rail
After the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) agency revised its budget to $7.967 billion for the 20-mile Honolulu rail project, among the six options HART presented in May utilizing...
View ArticleOHA Trustees Are Planning Prudently For The Future
When your job is to manage a few hundred million dollars, and to do it under ongoing public scrutiny, everyone has an opinion on how you’re doing. But as trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs,...
View ArticleCivil Geeks: Do-It-Yourself Disaster Preparation
At the Ready2React Emergency Preparedness Fair at Pearlridge Center last weekend, I spotted several items of interest that were high tech in a very low tech sort of way. The first device that caught my...
View ArticleThe Projector: Assault On Pyramid Rock Beach
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View ArticleWith 60 Percent Approval, Obama Still Feeling The Aloha
It comes as no surprise that Barack Obama remains popular in the state where he was born 55 years ago Thursday. The first U.S. president from Hawaii has 60 percent of Oahu voters viewing him in a...
View ArticleCandidate Q&A: Honolulu City Council, District 1 — Kymberly Pine
Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Aug. 13 primary election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions. The following came from Kymberly Pine, a candidate for Honolulu City Council, District 1,...
View ArticleCandidate Q&A: House District 31 — Eric Ching
Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Aug. 13 primary election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions. The following came from Eric Ching, a Republican candidate for the state House, District 31,...
View ArticleHawaii Seed Crops Worth $151M
Hawaii’s seed industry is worth $151 million for the 2015-2016 season, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. That’s a 7 percent...
View ArticlePod Squad: Tim Garry Wants To Upgrade Permitting And Lifeguard Services
This is the first time Tim Garry, a retired businessman in the construction industry, has run for elective office, but he doesn’t plan to make a second career of it. He tells Pod Squad host Chad Blair...
View ArticleCandidate Q&A: House District 34 — Gregg Takayama
Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Aug. 13 primary election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions. The following came from Gregg Takayama candidate for the state House, District 34, which...
View ArticleCandidate Q&A: House District 34 — Jaci Agustin
Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Aug. 13 primary election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions. The following came from Jaci Agustin, a Republican candidate for the state House, District...
View ArticleTom Yamachika: The Potential Aftermath Of Maui Hospital Bill
The adventure of state-run hospitals in Maui County continues. The state is attempting to privatize them, the government employees’ union sued to block the transition, and efforts were made at the...
View ArticleHawaii Judiciary Site Earns Props
The Hawaii State Judiciary’s website has been voted No. 1 in the National Association for Court Management’s Top 10 Court Technology Solutions Awards for 2016. The awards, according to a press release,...
View ArticleIn Hawaii, $100 Is Really $85.62
A new analysis shows the real value of $100 in each state. “The states where $100 is worth the most are Mississippi ($115.34), Arkansas ($114.29), Alabama ($113.90), South Dakota ($113.64), and West...
View ArticleCandidate Q&A: House District 4 — Joy San Buenaventura
Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Aug. 13 primary election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions. The following came from Joy San Buenaventura, candidate for the state House, District 4,...
View ArticleCandidate Q&A: House District 5 — Michael Last
Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Aug. 13 primary election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions. The following came from Michael Last, Libertarian candidate for the state House, District 5,...
View ArticleHow Ethics Commission Upheaval Is Playing Out In The Mayor’s Race
Mayor Kirk Caldwell doesn’t have much to say when confronted by his political opponents about the struggles of the Honolulu Ethics Commission and the departure of its executive director, Chuck Totto....
View ArticleWhy Does It Cost So Much To Build Stuff In Honolulu?
Developers scrap plans for a 150-room hotel in Kapolei and a 55,000-square-foot retail center in West Oahu. Bids for a project to air-condition the state’s classrooms come in far higher than expected,...
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