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Letters: We Need To Help Our Children
Hungry Kids This state program is worth the cost (April 20, 2018) According to the article (“Study: Few Hawaii Students Have Access To After-School Meals”), it costs $110 per student per year for the...
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Hawaii Businesses Are Making Billions Off The Military
WASHINGTON —In the last 10 years, the federal Defense Department has issued grants and paid contractors working in Hawaii nearly $23 billion, according to a new analysis of spending data. And that’s on...
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For Hawaii Politicians, It Pays To Have Jennifer Sabas On Your Side
State Sen. Jill Tokuda and Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa have a lot in common. They’re both Democratic women seeking higher elected office this year — Tokuda is running for lieutenant governor and...
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Feds: Honolulu Needs $250 Million More To Complete Rail
Federal contractors overseeing Honolulu rail believe the transit project’s latest multi-billion-dollar construction budget is short by approximately $250 million, according to City Council leaders....
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$93K Salary Is Now Considered Low-Income For Honolulu Family Of 4
Earning $93,000 per year sounds like a hefty salary, but not in Honolulu. New federal guidelines now consider a salary of up to $93,300 to be low-income in Honolulu for a family of four. The city of...
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Voters Will Decide Whether To Hike Property Taxes To Fund Schools
Hawaii voters will get the chance to decide whether the state should impose a tax on residential investment properties to fund public schools, after approval for a vote on the constitutional amendment...
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Honolulu’s Morgue Is So Run Down Even The Autopsy Room Leaks
The odor of formaldehyde stings the air in the second floor laboratory of Honolulu’s Department of the Medical Examiner Iwilei facility. The scent clings to the throats of all who enter the room where...
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This New Military Spending Site Is Floundering
WASHINGTON — The military might be Hawaii’s second largest economy, but for years state officials have lacked a full understanding of just how far the money flows. That all changed last year when the...
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In a tough re-election fight, Hawaii Gov. David Ige has to reintroduce himself to voters who just four years ago unexpectedly put him in office. He also has to explain what it is, exactly, he has done...
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Big Island: UH Hilo Enrollment Plunges Even As Campus Grows
HILO, Hawaii Island – A recent visit to the University of Hawaii Hilo revealed an ever-expanding campus that’s almost unrecognizable from the one I attended. Of course, my education occurred last...
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My Recent Experience With Ohana Air Was (Spoiler Alert) Not Good
When my much-beloved 15-year-old rescue pup died in late March, I decided to visit my son to ease the pain of her loss. I just needed to get out of Dodge. Getting there was pretty much perfect. Ohana...
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Letters: Socialism Is Not the Answer
Criminal Justice Reform Don’t blame capitalism for the woes of our prison system (April 21, 2018) Kevin Landers’ Coastal Voices piece editorial about our failed criminal justice system (“Hawaii...
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Legislators Agree To Spend Millions More On Affordable Rentals
House and Senate leaders agreed Tuesday to pump $200 million into the rental housing trust fund, more than doubling its current budget to build more units in the country’s most expensive state to live....
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State May Experiment With All-Mail Voting On Kauai
Legislators said Tuesday they are considering piloting an all-mail voting system in Kauai in 2020 before deciding if they’ll adopt is statewide. In an unexpected move, lawmakers this week resurrected a...
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A ‘Descendants’-Style Land Feud Breaks Out On The Big Island
When Atherton Richards set up his trust in 1972, a few things were clear. The trustee would be his nephew, Herbert M. “Monty” Richards Jr., who would also draw a portion of the trust’s net income for...
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Kauai Flooding Heightens Worries About West Oahu Isolation
With parts of Kauai’s North Shore cut off by severe flooding, residents of Oahu’s Leeward Coast are increasingly concerned about their lack of options should a natural disaster close the Farrington...
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It’s Time To Make UH Campuses Completely Smoke-Free
I have spent most of my life being around smokers. My close family members including my mom, grandpa and uncle have been smoking for as long as I can remember. And while they always encouraged us to...
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Check Out These Before-And-After Photos Of The Kauai Flood
The record rainfall that dumped more than 28 inches of rain in 24 hours on Kauai, triggering floods and landslides, has dramatically altered the landscape around Hanalei and much of the North Shore. As...
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Letters: Self-Driving Cars Will Not Make Rail Obsolete
Autonomous Vehicles And Rail Trains can handle far more passengers than self-driving cars (April 23, 2018) Let’s not be so quick to hail autonomous vehicles as the answer to all our transportation...
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Supreme Court Justices Skeptical About Hawaii’s Challenge to Trump Travel Ban
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s travel ban that targets Muslim-majority countries appears likely to survive a legal challenge brought by Hawaii and others. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral...
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