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Letters: Tulsi Gabbard’s War
Military Spending Off the war path (June 12, 2018) In response to “How Tulsi Gabbard’s Fight Against War Is Affecting Hawaii“: I say how about a Rand Paul/Tulsi Gabbard 2020 presidential ticket. I’d...
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Thanks To Hawaii For Its Stand Against Pesticides
On a visit to Hawaii a few months ago I was fortunate to meet with Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action and Center for Food Safety officials. I also met community activists who have campaigned long...
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Is Social Security’s Future Safe?
Social Security is the bedrock of Americans’ retirement income security. So you may have been concerned by the news that the federal government needed to dip into the Social Security’s trust fund to...
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Study: Honolulu Workers Need $39 An Hour To Afford A 2-Bedroom Rental
A new national study says Honolulu residents must earn at least $39.06 an hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment at fair market rent without spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent. The...
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National Politics Percolate At ‘Hawaii On The Hill’ Event In DC
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer used a light moment to make a hefty promise Wednesday when addressing a roomful of Hawaii business leaders and politicians. If Democrats win back...
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Ige Signs Law Banning Widely Used Pesticide
(AP) — Hawaii is banning a pesticide scientists have found could hinder the development of children’s brains. Gov. David Ige on Wednesday signed legislation banning chlorpyrifos. Ige and state...
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Blood Bank Paying A High Price In Its Dispute With Honolulu Rail Officials
Rail construction hasn’t started yet along Dillingham Boulevard’s narrow corridor, and it won’t for a long time. But looming plans for the large, elevated concrete pathway, which will usher...
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‘The Last Wild Place’ Wins National Honors
Last summer, Civil Beat reporter Nathan Eagle and videographer Alana Hong Eagle spent nearly two weeks traveling through the extraordinarily remote Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument with U.S....
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Super PAC Dumps A Quarter-Million Dollars Into LG Race
Be Change Now, a super PAC funded by Hawaii’s largest construction union, is dumping $242,000 into the crowded race for lieutenant governor to help state Sen. Josh Green pull away from the pack,...
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Big Island: Distant Eruption Has Major Impact On Kona-Kohala Coast
WAIMEA, Hawaii Island — Vog from the Kilauea eruption that is now in its second month has led to some travelers cancelling Kona-Kohala coast vacation plans. “We’ve seen a very large number of...
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Baseball In Hawaii: Immortalizing The Boys Of Summer
Baseball creates a lasting community bond. Years ago there used to be a bronze plaque in the courtyard of Honolulu Hale commemorating Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr., the Father of Baseball. Like many...
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‘Jurassic World’ Cast Reacts To Real-World Volcanic Disasters
(AP) — The lava pours from the ceilings. It explodes from the mountaintop. It creeps, then pours and roars down the mountainside as people frantically try to escape — with dinosaurs chasing after...
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Hawaii Will Pay $10.25 Million To Settle Special Education Lawsuit
Nearly 500 former Hawaii students have reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the state Department of Education in an 8-year-old class-action lawsuit that alleged they were illegally denied...
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Auditor: Hawaii AG Mismanaged Asset Seizure Program
Hawaii’s asset forfeiture law has long been criticized for what seems to some like a patently unjust policy: it allows government officials to seize and destroy or sell private property without a court...
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Let’s Create A New Native Hawaiian Homeland
In rememberance of our great Aliʻi Nui Kamehameha, still beloved for his great care of our people, on a day that honors him, and in this year of the Hawaiian, recently mandated by the Hawaii State...
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Ethics Commission Audit Quashed On Advice Of City’s Lawyer
Honolulu Auditor Edwin Young has decided not to audit the city’s Ethics Commission on the advice of an attorney defending the city against a lawsuit brought by its former police chief. The City Council...
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Big Island: Rat Lungworm Threatens Animals — Especially Puppies
HILO, Hawaii Island — Rat lungworm in Hawaii has gotten a fair amount of publicity lately. The tiny worm can cause meningitis, paralysis, brain damage, blindness and an array of other illnesses in...
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Hawaii Gets $3.2 Million To Thwart Election Hacking
WASHINGTON — Hawaii is set to receive about $3.2 million to improve its election and ballot security but state officials aren’t saying yet how they plan to spend it. Congress approved $380 million this...
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Eruption Brings Back Memories For Those Who Were In Lava’s Path Before
(AP) — Lava pouring out of a Hawaii volcano burned down Mary Dressler’s home and her town 28 years ago. Now, watching creeping lobes of molten rock slowly wipe out entire neighborhoods over the past...
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Big Island Mayor Harry Kim Has Another Bout Of Pneumonia
HILO, Hawaii County — The mayor of Hawaii County, where lava has destroyed hundreds of homes, has had a relapse of pneumonia. A statement released by Hawaii County says an ambulance took Big Island...
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