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Late Moves Shake Up Hawaii Races For Governor, Congress
A late entry and a last-minute change of heart reshaped two of the biggest races this election season as candidates scrambled to meet Tuesday’s filing deadline. In all, about 300 candidates are running...
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Before Deciding On A New Constitutional Convention, Consider Those Held Before
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of Community Voices about the November ballot question regarding whether to hold a state constitutional convention. Some countries have sham constitutions...
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Tulsi Gabbard Is Writing A Book
WASHINGTON — Amid all the talk of Hawaii Congresswoman Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s possible ambitions for national office comes this nugget: She’s writing a book. The Washington-based literary agency Javelin...
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This Sludge Pit Plan Gets Little Love In Manoa
When the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources was planning to dredge the Manoa Stream for flood control in 2016, agency officials identified numerous activities related to the project –...
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Why Women Lack Power In Hawaii’s Legislature
More than a quarter of Hawaii’s Democratic legislators are female, but men are more likely to hold powerful positions. Women occupy three of 19 majority caucus leadership roles in the House and Senate....
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Letters: Regulate Uber Drivers — For Their Own Good
The Truth About Ride-Sharing Networks It’s a race to the bottom if you look at what drivers earn (June 1, 2018) An economic policy institute study on Uber reveals that average Uber drivers’ wages...
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City Council Votes To Cap Uber And Lyft Prices
Honolulu has moved a step closer to limiting how much Uber, Lyft and other ride-sharing companies can charge customers through surge pricing, when the demand for rides increases the price. The Honolulu...
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Entire Neighborhood Vanishes As Lava Gushes In
(AP) — A neighborhood called Vacationland on had disappeared by Wednesday as lava poured into two oceanfront subdivisions, smothering hundreds of homes and filling an ocean bay, turning it into new...
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Feds May Require Honolulu To Sell Bonds For Rail Project
Even as the Honolulu City Council approved a plan Wednesday to cover some $44 million in rail costs next year, it learned that it faces a new, unexpected wrinkle. The proposal that council leaders...
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What A Constitutional Convention Might Cost Hawaii Taxpayers
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of Community Voices about the November ballot question regarding whether to hold a state constitutional convention. The 17 people who met in March for the...
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Letters: There’s More Than One Way To Battle Opioid Overdoses
Opioid Abuse Train community to recognize overdoses (May 31, 2018) In search of the noblest of goals, saving lives, Dr Kathleen Kozak’s column Health Beat: Hawaii Can Do More To Save Opioid Overdose...
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Hawaii Elections 2018: Primary Ballot
Hawaii is the only state that holds its statewide primary election on a Saturday. This year, the primary is Aug. 11. The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., but Hawaii also has a robust mail-in...
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Oahu’s $4 Million Food Fight
Elliot Telles stands over a steaming tub of pig slop – food waste being cooked down to a soup he feeds the 480 pigs on his farm. Beside him 70-gallon plastic trash cans with the “EcoFeed” label wait to...
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Hawaii Elections Guide 2018
The political battle for the Hawaii governor’s office began early this year when U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa formally announced that she would challenge incumbent David Ige in the Democratic primary....
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Neal Milner: After Trump’s Win We’d Be Crazy To Write Off David Ige
Conventional wisdom says that Gov. David Ige will lose his re-election bid. Not so fast. You need to rethink, or, better yet, to think differently. As far as election predictions are concerned, we all...
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Scientists Reap Data From The Rumbling Kilauea Volcano
(AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano may be disrupting life in paradise with its bursts of ash and bright-orange lava, but it also has scientists wide-eyed, eager to advance what’s known about volcanoes....
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New Coastline Emerges As Kilauea Pumps More Lava To The Sea
(AP) — Lava from the Kilauea volcano that flowed into Kapoho Bay has created nearly a mile of new land and officials with the U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday the flow is still very active and...
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Eruption Threatens Future Of Some Big Island Charter Schools
The continuously erupting Kilauea volcano on the Big Island is threatening the future of nearby charter schools whose funding from the Hawaii Department of Education is tied to the number of students...
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Trump Plan Would Cost Planned Parenthood In Hawaii $830,000
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grant funding for Hawaii Planned Parenthood clinics are in jeopardy because of a Trump administration proposal to cut funds for family planning facilities...
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Political Volatility Could Affect Hawaii Constitutional Convention Question
Editor’s note: This is the fourth and final in a series of Community Voices about the November ballot question regarding whether to hold a state constitutional convention. When the “Con-Con Salon”...
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