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Let’s Not Move So Fast On Waianae Camp Sweep
Time is running out for a good solution to the homeless camp at the Waianae Small Boat Harbor, but it doesn’t have to. The news broke last week that state officials are threatening to shut down the...
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Campaign Corner: Why We Need Clayton Hee
“If you have lived as long as I have and you have had the privileges that I have had, there comes a time that you take a look at what we leave behind for our grandchildren.” Clayton Hee’s message...
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Hawaii Refuses To Release Internal Records On Missile Alert
(AP) — Hawaii officials have repeatedly pointed to a low-level state employee and a breakdown in his agency’s leadership as the main cause for a January missile alert that left hundreds of thousands...
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Navy’s Red Hill Analysis Concerns Environmental Regulators
(AP) — A Navy analysis may underestimate the contamination potential of leaks from giant fuel tanks near Pearl Harbor, environmental regulators said. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the...
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Students Find Their Voice In Preparing For Wednesday Walkouts
The sound of gunfire near her own school jolted Teia O’Malley into organizing a walkout rally to protest gun violence after the recent massacre at a Florida high school claimed 17 lives. The sophomore...
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Denby Fawcett: John Radcliffe’s Last Fight Is For His Own Right To Die
John Radcliffe is in the middle of what will probably be his last fight. He’s the self-described “poster boy” in the ongoing battle to persuade state lawmakers to make it legal for patients with less...
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Regulators Should Control Industrial Ag, Not Small Farmers
State agencies should work with our local farmers to solve problems and not create problems for them. In South Kona, the Hawaii Department of Health told Waiea Aquaponics that a restaurant would not...
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Lawmakers Want To Preserve Obamacare — At Least In Hawaii
Lawmakers in some blue states like Hawaii are scrambling to create their own versions of federal health care legislation in the face of President Donald Trump’s commitment to repeal those laws. The...
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Time To Step Up On Gender Equity At Work
High-ranking companies on the Best Places to Work in Hawaii list or Hawaii’s Best Workplaces seem to have it all — great culture, great working environment, talent retention, progressive policies, an...
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Hawaii Senate Wants To Restrict State Government’s Hiring Power
When a debilitating disease like rat lungworm hits the islands or a homeless encampment under the freeway needs sweeping, state department heads create temporary positions with Gov. David Ige’s...
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New Revenue Forecast Means $50 Million More For State Budget
State tax collections are expected to come in about $50 million higher than previously forecast for this fiscal year, giving legislators a little more room to work with as they craft the overall budget...
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Homeless Leaders Say Waianae Sweep Called Off For Now
Leaders of the Waianae Boat Harbor homeless encampment known as Puuhonua O Waianae say that Gov. David Ige met with them Tuesday and pledged that there will be no sweep of the camp. “They are going to...
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ACLU Says State Has No Plan To Address Gender Equity Issues
The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii on Tuesday said the Hawaii Department of Education’s response to its Feb. 9 letter demanding a solution to gender inequity for female athletes in public...
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Letters: Twinkle Borge Is A Hero
The Harbor In Waianae Twinkle Is A Hero (March 12, 2018) Thank you for this most recent article about the Boat Harbor camp (“Let’s Not Move So Fast On Waianae Camp Sweep”). You have beautifully...
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A Subjective Survey On Gun Tolerance
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as of 2015, the United States has a murder rate of 4.88 per 100,000 people, which puts us 94th out of 219 countries. In statistics compiled...
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When Rats Were Wiped Out On This Island, So Were The Mosquitoes
Sometimes — too rarely — happy things happen by accident. On the remote island of Palmyra, directly south of Hawaii, the removal of rats also killed off the population of the Asian tiger mosquito....
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Politics From The Pulpit? Just Say No
Congress’ upcoming omnibus appropriations bill may include a repeal of the Johnson Amendment, which protects nonprofit nonpartisanship. This repeal is one of many riders being attached to this “must...
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Yet Another Speed Bump Ahead For Rail As City Council Reorganizes
This was supposed to be a low-drama year for Honolulu rail. But six months after state leaders passed a $2.4 billion bailout package for the project and moved on to other pressing matters, such as...
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Honolulu Mayor OKs Temporary Ban On ‘Monster’ Houses
(AP) — Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell has approved a temporary ban of up to two years on building permits for “monster” houses, giving the city Department of Planning and Permitting time to come up with...
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Hawaii Students Join Walkouts In Wake Of School Shootings
Hawaii students joined tens of thousands of others across the country Wednesday by walking out of classes to demand action on gun violence. In one of the biggest national student protests since the...
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