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Reader Rep: When Should You Credit Your Media Competitors?
After I finished a recent column on journalistic competitors crediting each other (or not) for scoops, Honolulu Star-Advertiser reporter Andrew Gomes and I exchanged a few more emails on this topic,...
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Pod Squad: A Life Changing Trip To Papahanaumokuakea
Nathan and Alana Eagle called their trip to the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, a place where few people are allowed to visit, “magical” and “transformative.” It also left them with a...
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The Long Vacation: Not Home For The Holidays
The post The Long Vacation: Not Home For The Holidays appeared first on Honolulu Civil Beat.
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Civil Beat Poll: Let’s Have A Constitutional Convention
State Sen. Les Ihara, a Democratic state senator, was a delegate to the 1978 Constitutional Convention. The ’78 Con Con, as it’s called, is perhaps best known for establishing the Office of Hawaiian...
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Why We Really Should Care About Net Neutrality
In light of recent attacks on democracy in the realms of healthcare, immigration and tax reform, there is another urgent issue that needs our attention: net neutrality. I know you probably just fell...
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Caldwell Offers A New Multimillion-Dollar Option For Natatorium
For several years now, there have been two basic options for what to do with the Waikiki Natatorium: “pool” or “beach.” Either restore the dilapidated World War I memorial and its saltwater pool, which...
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Denby Fawcett: Sweeping The Boat People Of Ala Wai Harbor
Homeless sweeps are a constant on Oahu with Honolulu police and state law enforcement officers regularly ousting people from beaches and public parks. State law enforcement officers carried out a...
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Civil Beat Poll: Power To The People — Voters Want More Control
Registered voters in Hawaii are ready to do what the Legislature has refused to do, according to a new Civil Beat poll: • Sixty-eight percent of respondents support term limits for legislators, while...
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Time To Exempt Food From The GET
We all know raising a family and making a living in Hawaii is expensive. Honolulu has some of the highest costs of living in the country, right next to places like New York and San Francisco. And...
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Charter School Debuts An Online Hawaiian-English Dictionary
A Hawaiian immersion public charter school in Kaneohe was opened in 2000 to bolster culture-based education through the Hawaiian language. Now it’s developed an online Hawaiian dictionary in...
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Insurance ‘Hell’ Leaves Many Injured Workers Broken
Part 1 of an ongoing series about Hawaii’s workers’ compensation system. Kolen Kauwalu was pumping liquid concrete, helping to assemble a platform that would anchor one of the construction cranes that...
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Trump’s Monumental Mistake In The Pacific
In a memo to President Donald Trump last week, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended reducing the size of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument — an area of 490,534 square miles...
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Health Beat: What You Can Do To Help Us All Afford Our Insurance
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the latest in cancer treatment – CAR-T cell therapy, at a cost of approximately $475,000 for a course of treatment. The therapy is restricted to those...
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The GOP Doesn’t Care If You Like Its Tax Plan — Here’s Why
Congressional Republicans’ collective sigh of relief after passing tax legislation may seem confusing. Won’t voters hold them accountable in 2018 for passing such an historically unpopular bill? The...
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Cannabis Cardholders Increase, But They Aren’t Flocking To Dispensaries
Every month, the number of patients cleared to use medical marijuana increases by about 3 percent in Hawaii. Since dispensary sales kicked off in August, more than 1,000 new patients have registered....
View ArticleRecent Court Decisions Beneficial For Injured Workers
Two recent Hawaii Supreme Court cases have strengthened the position of workers seeking compensation: Pulawa v. Oahu Construction Co. (Supreme Court of Hawaii, 2015) : Established that an injured...
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This Woman Lost 10 Years Battling A System Where Insurers Call The Shots
Part 2 of an ongoing series about Hawaii’s workers’ compensation system. Dr. Leonard Cupo had just testified in a workers’ compensation case in a windowless hearing room in downtown Honolulu. Cupo, a...
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Civil Beat Poll: Support Is Still Strong For Medical Aid In Dying
Lolita Agudelo is licensed to operate an adult foster care home out of her house in Waipahu. One of her two patients is in his 90s, and the other one just passed away at an advanced aged. She supports...
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Director Of Colorado Pension Fund Dies Snorkeling In Hawaii
(AP) — The executive director of the board that oversees Colorado’s public employee pension fund died while snorkeling in Hawaii. Public Employees’ Retirement Association spokeswoman Katie Kaufmanis...
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Legislators May See Another Heavy Load Of Medical Marijuana Measures
Interested in flying with your medical marijuana? What about consuming cannabis edibles in public? Can pot help with opioid addiction? And now that more patients are registered and can buy pot at...
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