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Did Trump Presidency Trigger Movement Against Sexual Harassment?
The cascade of sexual harassment accusations over the past month has moved from high-profile men to lesser-known people in sectors such as higher education and the restaurant industry. In an important...
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How ‘Zombie Maze’ Is Teaching Hawaii Kids Computer Science
When he was an elementary school math teacher, Shane Asselstine was on the verge of quitting. His students often slouched in their chairs, their heads on their hands. Bound to a textbook-based...
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Could Self-Driving Cars And Buses Replace The Last Leg Of Rail?
It’s been nearly three months since state leaders approved their latest, $2.4 billion funding package to bail out the largest public works project in Hawaii’s history. But don’t tell Randall Roth,...
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Neal Milner: Inner-Party Squabbles Could Shake Up Governor’s Race
I’m … straining … to … get … myself … worked … up … for … the … 2018 … Hawaii … governor’s … race. Nope, just can’t do it. With good reason. There’s a good chance that the 2018 Hawaii governor’s race...
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Hawaii Vacation Rentals Threaten Our Survival
Airbnb and a number of other internet-based companies are offering to help in collecting taxes for their illegal short-term rentals in Hawaii that are using their platform. These companies profit...
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‘Poor Door’: Separate Tower Entrance Planned For Lower-Income Residents
A proposed high-rise condominium tower could bring a lot of firsts to the Ala Moana neighborhood. ProsPac Tower would be the first 400-foot building along Keeaumoku Street. It’d be the first project...
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Jim Nabors, TV’s Homespun Gomer Pyle And Singer, Dies At 87 In Honolulu
(AP) — Jim Nabors, the Alabama-born comic actor who starred as TV’s dim but good-hearted Southern rube Gomer Pyle and constantly surprised audiences with his twang-free operatic singing voice, died...
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Hawaii Revives Cold War Relic: Test System For Nuke Attack
(AP) — Just days after North Korea tested its most powerful missile yet, Hawaii is dusting off a relic not heard on the islands since the end of the Cold War. The monthly test of Hawaii’s siren...
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Uber, Lyft Cleared For Airport Pickups Under Pilot Program
Starting Friday, ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft will be able to pick up passengers at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Drivers with those companies have been allowed to drop off travelers...
View ArticleEpisode 4: The Four Hales
What happens when people take an idea for education that sounds great in theory, and try to make it work in a real class? Follow along as reporters track the first year of a new school in Hawaii and...
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Chad Blair: ‘If We Love Hawaii So Much, Why Don’t We Vote?’
Barbara Ankersmit tells a story that illustrates for her the difference in generations when it comes to engaging the populace. Ankersmit, president of research at marketing and communications firm...
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Ian Lind: If You Like Your Privacy You’ll Love This Hawaii Court Ruling
A unanimous Hawaii Supreme Court ruled last week that the Honolulu Police Department conducted an illegal search when, acting on an anonymous tip, it made several helicopter flights in October 2012...
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On Campus: The Four “Hales”
It’s a month into the school year, and the honeymoon period at Kamalani Academy has ended. The small staff struggles to instill a sense of belonging among their older students, and rolls out a pilot...
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Defense Buildup Includes Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars For Hawaii
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Faced with new threats from Asia, Congress has overwhelmingly approved the biggest military buildup in decades in a bipartisan effort that would bring hundreds of millions of dollars...
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Overkill: The US Military In Hawaii
When the word Hawaii is mentioned, thought bubbles of white sandy beaches, flowers in alcoholic beverages and swimming with dolphins might come to mind. For many of the inhabitants of this exquisite...
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Emotions 101: Why Hawaii Schools Are Focusing On Feelings
Editor’s note: This story was produced in conjunction with On Campus, a Civil Beat podcast series that tracks the first year of a new school in Hawaii and examines big education issues in America....
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Military Identifies 100 Killed On Battleship Oklahoma In Pearl Harbor Attack
(AP) — The military has identified 100 sailors and Marines killed when the USS Oklahoma capsized during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 76 years ago, officials said Friday. The milestone comes two...
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Tom Yamachika: The Tax Administration Slush Fund
In early November 2017, the State Auditor issued Report 17-10, which reviewed special, revolving and trust funds administered by the Department of Taxation. One of them is the Tax Administration...
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Fight Over Trump Travel Restrictions Back To Appeals Courts
SEATTLE (AP) — For most of the time Syrian refugee Mohammad Al Zayed has been in the United States, judges have been wrestling with the Trump administration’s efforts to impose travel restrictions...
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