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Tsutsui Stepping Down As Hawaii Lieutenant Governor
Hawaii’s lieutenant governor, Shan Tsutsui, is leaving office effective Wednesday. According to a press release Monday, he will return to his home island of Maui to join Strategies 360, a public...
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Bill Could End Academic Freedom In Hawaii
The University of Hawaii has a goal of a closer link between research and teaching. Many faculty members enjoy teaching undergrads and most of us teach graduate students, but teaching and independent...
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Senators To Stores: Don’t Kick People Out In Emergencies
People would have the legal right to shelter in “buildings open to the public” during emergencies if some Hawaii state senators have their way. They introduced Senate Bill 2534 two weeks after a false...
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Charter Schools And Special Ed Will Be In The Legislative Spotlight
The lineup of K-12 education proposals in the Hawaii Legislature this year is anchored by two recurring issues: boosting funding for public charter schools and improving the quality of education for...
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Here’s How The State Could End Up Owning Your Oceanfront Property
Rising seas and eroding shorelines are expected to put coastal homes, hotels and condos at increasing risk of falling into disrepair — or even falling into the ocean itself — as the effects of climate...
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Chad Blair: Telling The Public A Little Less About What It Pays Its Workers
In early August 2010, the fledgling Honolulu Civil Beat was covering these stories: Gov. Linda Lingle’s nomination of Katherine Leonard to be Hawaii’s next Supreme Court chief justice was shot down by...
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Denby Fawcett: Can Anyone Resuscitate The Hawaii GOP?
State GOP Chairwoman Shirlene Dela Cruz Ostrov is launching a campaign to do what some might call the impossible: stop the Hawaii Republican Party from rushing headlong into oblivion. Ostrov is a...
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Worker Who Sent Alarm Thought Missile Attack Was Real
(AP) — A Hawaii employee who mistakenly sent an alert warning of an incoming ballistic missile earlier this month, creating panic across the state, thought an actual attack was imminent, federal...
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Man Who Sent Out False Missile Alert Was ‘Source Of Concern’ For A Decade
The state employee whose errant click of a computer mouse sent a message to thousands of Hawaii residents telling them that a ballistic missile was heading toward the islands has been fired, according...
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House Speaker Doesn’t Want Lieutenant Governor Job Either
Story updated 5:35 p.m., 1/30/2018 House Speaker Scott Saiki announced Tuesday that he has “no desire” to take over as lieutenant governor in light of Shan Tsutsui’s sudden decision this week to step...
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Tick Tock Of Terror: New Details In Missile Alert Timeline
(AP) — The missile alert mistakenly sent on Jan. 13 by Hawaii officials came just a few minutes after a shift change at state Emergency Operations Center in Diamond Head Crater. Here’s a timeline of...
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Hawaii Praises And Pans Trump Speech
President Donald Trump said in his first State of the Union address Tuesday that “a new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land.” Calling the state of the nation “strong because our...
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Medical Aid In Dying: ‘The Political Risk Is Not Passing It’
Physician-assisted suicide, death with dignity, medical aid in dying. Whatever it’s called, the Hawaii Legislature has tried and failed for two decades to pass legislation that would give terminally...
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Let’s Send A Welcoming Message On Immigration
President Trump’s recent vulgarity regarding some countries was shocking, to say the least, but it was only the latest in his continuing verbal assault on minority racial, ethnic and religious groups....
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Protect Iolani Palace And All It Stands For
For most of my adult life I have worked, and occasionally lived, near Iolani Palace. It is an awe-inspiring building that embodies the history of these islands, and I can only imagine what Native...
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Searing Audit Says OHA Misspent Millions Of Dollars
A harshly critical draft audit found the Office of Hawaiian Affairs spent millions of dollars loosely and without proper oversight. The draft report by the Hawaii State Auditor questions whether the...
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Hawaii Missile Defense Test Failed To Intercept Target
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says a missile interceptor failed to hit its target in a test conducted in Hawaii on Wednesday. The official was not authorized to discuss the outcome and spoke on...
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Kim Leads Pack In Congressional Campaign Cash
A life in Hawaii politics appears to be paying off for two of the Democratic candidates vying for the chance to replace U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa as the Aloha State’s congressional representative for...
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Ige Leads Hanabusa In Campaign Fundraising For Governor’s Race
Capitalizing on his incumbency, Hawaii Gov. David Ige has hauled in $810,903 for his re-election campaign against Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa in what’s expected to be a tough Democratic primary this...
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Areas Around Schools And Libraries May Be Next For Sit-Lie Ban
Every morning Georgette Preston wake ups on the sidewalk outside of the McCully-Moiliili Public Library, packs up her things and moves a block away to Old Stadium State Park, which opens at 5 a.m. and...
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