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Hawaii Teachers Think Your Kids Are Taking Way Too Many Tests
The frustrations are palpable: hours sucked out of classroom instruction time to prepare for multiple statewide assessments; school facilities unavailable for use due to reserved test taking; anxiety...
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Letters: Cats Are The World’s Deadliest Invasive Species
Hawaii’s Feral Cats The world’s most deadly species (April 6, 2018) Kudos to Hawaii lawmakers for voting to protect cats and wildlife by rejecting a misguided and shortsighted bill that would have...
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What If The Planet’s Day Began In Hilo?
It was a scorching summer in 2016. I had the privilege of visiting the Republic of Kiribati, a beautiful island country in the central Pacific Ocean. Tarawa is the atoll capital of Kiribati and is...
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Paid Family Leave: It’s Popular And Proven
In 2017, a statewide poll showed over 90 percent approval for paid family leave to care for a new child or an ailing family member. National surveys also show that most Americans support paid family...
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US Agent Who Killed Man In Hawaii Files To Prevent 3rd Trial
(AP) — The U.S. State Department special agent who fatally shot a man in a Waikiki McDonald’s restaurant has asked a federal court to prevent the state from taking him to trial a third time....
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Botched Hawaii Missile Alert Prompts Advice On Drills
(AP) — The missile alert Hawaii mistakenly sent to the public in January prompted the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to recommend that government workers avoid using the phrase “this is...
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Hawaii Senators Get Their Shot At Facebook CEO Zuckerberg
WASHINGTON — Under fire for the worst privacy debacle in his company’s history, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg batted away often-aggressive questioning Tuesday from lawmakers who accused him of failing...
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Letters: Mark Zuckerberg Deserves Better From Kauai
Zuckerberg On Kauai Locals should welcome new neighbor with aloha (April 10, 2018) I read with dismay your story focusing on negative attitudes toward Mark Zuckerberg’s presence on Kauai (“Kauai:...
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Tactics To Revive Mauna Kea Bill Leave Even Senators Confused
Hawaii lawmakers are moving dozens of bills closer to becoming law as the 2018 legislative session enters its final weeks. But the recent gut-and-replace tactics of key Senate leaders who are swapping...
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Council Considers Big Cuts In Honolulu’s Climate Change Office
Honolulu’s fledgling Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency may have to address sea level rise and other effects of global warming with fewer resources if the City Council approves...
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Sen. Daniel Akaka’s Words Were A Gift
First, thank you, Sen. Daniel Akaka, for being an example and an inspiration to me on how to live with strength, kindness, humility and aloha. And, thank you for being a leader who exemplified those...
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How To Make Hiking In Hawaii Safer
This type of headline — “Another hiker died this past weekend…” — has become so routine that we almost hardly bat an eye when we see it. On Easter weekend, it was a man in his 20s who fell from the...
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Hawaii Lawmakers Say They Want Better Sexual Harassment Rules — Just Not Yet
Former House Speaker Joe Souki’s forced resignation after admitting to sexual harassment allegations is prompting legislative leaders to rethink how the state House and Senate deal with complaints in...
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Trump’s Federal Judge Nominee For Hawaii Gets Warm Reception In DC
WASHINGTON — Here’s how non-controversial Mark Bennett is as President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: When Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, of Minnesota, had her...
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Kauai: County Will Sue Big Drug Companies Over Opioid Crisis
LIHUE, Kauai — Kauai’s County Council voted Wednesday to sue the prescription drug industry for alleged liability for the opioid epidemic, choosing to litigate the issue on its own and not wait for the...
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Council Leaders, Mayor Caldwell Will Talk With Feds In DC About Rail Funding
Before next year’s city budget can gain approval, Honolulu’s mayor and his ascendant political rivals on the City Council will take the unusual step of flying to Washington, D.C., where they expect...
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State Agribusiness Agency Says It’s Too Busy To Be Audited
When the Legislature proposed steering funds for papaya research to a state agency in charge of helping diversify Hawaii agriculture, the agency’s executive director in February strongly supported the...
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Neal Milner: Aging In Place — In Hawaii There’s Often No Other Choice
When I first met the elderly gentleman at an Oahu retirement facility, he sat quietly by himself, paying no attention to the dining room’s chatter or the lunchtime musical entertainment. That’s...
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The Last Thing We Need Is A Federal Constitutional Convention
The people of Hawaii know our political system is out of balance and needs to be fixed. Wealthy special interests often set the political agenda with big money campaign spending and unlimited lobbying....
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Hawaii Can Lead The Nation On Health Care Protections
The Affordable Care Act recently celebrated its eighth anniversary. While some may argue otherwise, I am confident in stating that the Affordable Care Act is the greatest advancement in women’s health...
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