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Chad Blair: Here’s Who Takes Money From The NRA In Hawaii
What do Tulsi Gabbard, Joe Souki, Gene Ward, Calvin Say, Cindy Evans, Sharon Har, Kirk Caldwell, Bob McDermott, Will Espero, Fred Hemmings, Clayton Hee, Kymberly Pine, Henry Aquino and Sam Slom have in...
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Bill Targeting False Service Animals Introduced In Hawaii
(AP) — Hawaii lawmakers have introduced a law that would make it a crime to falsely present an animal as a service animal. The law introduced in January would make the act of falsely claiming an...
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Hirono On Her Cancer Battle: ‘My Voice Remains Strong’
When U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer she had a simple question for her doctor: “Am I going to die anytime soon?” He told her no. Hirono’s right kidney was removed along...
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Honolulu Police Commission Gets New Leadership
Loretta Sheehan, a former federal prosecutor, is the new face of the Honolulu Police Commission, marking a significant change in leadership for the oversight agency. On Wednesday, the commission voted...
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Hawaii’s Small Businesses Need Savings Plan Help
At Tanioka’s Seafood and Catering in Waipahu, the line sometimes stretches out the door for their famous ahi limu poke, maki sushi and sashimi platters. The family owned business takes pride in its...
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The American Public Has Power Over The Gun Business
As teenagers in Parkland, Florida, dressed for the funerals of their friends – the latest victims of a mass shooting in the U.S. – weary outrage poured forth on social media and in op-eds across the...
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Progress Made On Improving Hawaii’s ‘Revenue Engine’
Amid news stories about federal government shutdowns and false missile alerts, one the state’s most ambitious modernization initiatives, Tax System Modernization, has not been grabbing headlines. But...
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Why Opening A Dialysis Center Takes Years Longer In Hawaii
Felisa Rapisura of Mililani, 85, wakes up at 3:45 a.m., three times a week, to apply makeup before her dialysis treatments several miles away in Waipahu. And she considers this schedule an improvement...
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‘We Are So Far Behind’: Hawaii Legislators Look To Make Schools Safer
In the wake of another mass shooting at an American school, Hawaii educators are re-examining their safety procedures. “When you go and research what other states have done, we are so far behind, just...
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Authorities Oust Protesters From Coco Palms Resort Land
KAPAA, Kauai — Authorities shut down a protest camp on the grounds of the famed Coco Palms resort Thursday morning, ordering campers off the property and blocking entry by those who had lived at the...
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Man Who Admitted ‘Wonder Blunder’ Concert Scam Wants Plea Change
(AP) — A North Carolina man who admitted defrauding the University of Hawaii of $200,000 by lying about being able to produce a Stevie Wonder fundraiser concert wants to take back his guilty plea,...
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Honolulu Rail May Have To Give Up Nearly $4 Million to Feds
Honolulu rail officials may have violated federal law in issuing millions of dollars in payments to property owners along the rail line who were forced to relocate to make way for the project. In a...
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Hawaii Lawmakers Are Scrambling To Find Another $45 Million
The chairman of the Senate’s key money committee says lawmakers would have to find $45 million to pay for new budget proposals by Gov. David Ige. Sen. Donavan Dela Cruz, chairman of the Senate Ways and...
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Waianae’s Community Gym Is Finally On The Mend
A $548,000 project to restore the water-damaged second floor underway at Shinyei Nakamine Gymnasium Complex in Waianae District Park is projected for completion by the end of summer. Better known as...
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Hawaii Teacher: Can ‘Social Emotional Learning’ Help Deter Violence?
“Please remember to lift up your chairs.” Screeching and scraping sounds permeated the room as giddy students dressed in pink and red and hopped up on chocolate assembled their chairs in a circle. It...
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State’s Unfunded Liabilities Like A Runaway Train
Just like the runaway costs of Honolulu’s rail system, the state’s runaway unfunded liabilities for public employee and retiree health care benefits could wreak havoc on its beneficiaries and Hawaii...
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Hawaii Schools Chief: Threats Against Schools ‘Aren’t Taken Lightly’
Hawaii’s school superintendent and Honolulu Police Department’s deputy police chief said Friday the recent string of violent threats by students would be thoroughly investigated. “We cannot stress...
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Hawaii House Set To Hear Medical Aid In Dying Bill
Hawaii House lawmakers are set to hear a medical aid in dying bill at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday in the Capitol auditorium, giving hope to advocates who have sought the law for years. The Judiciary...
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Tom Yamachika: A Penny For Education?
One of the bills making its way through our legislative system this session is one that would create a special fund for public education, and then funnel to that fund 25 percent of all the money that...
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How To Watch Bhutanese Monks Create A Sand Mandala
Throughout this week, Bhutanese monks will patiently pour millions of grains of colored sand onto a platform in intricate patterns forming a geometric figure representing the Buddhist cosmos known as...
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