Big Island Has Too Much To Lose If TMT Leaves
The proposal to build the Thirty Meter Telescope near the existing telescope complex at the top of Mauna Kea has gone from a project that has been in development for over 10 years, backed by a...
View ArticleProposed Expulsion Of Chelsea Kent Reveals Democratic Party Flaws
Complaints have been filed in the Democratic Party of Hawaii against member and officer Chelsea Lyons Kent. With just one little finger, she has managed to shame the party so deeply that she should be...
View ArticleIan Lind: How Do We Honor The Animals That Shared Our Lives?
Yes, we love the four cats that now share our home. And we’re not alone. About six of every 10 Americans report living with a pet in their household, and a rather astonishing 95 percent of those...
View ArticleJob Cuts At The Star-Advertiser By ‘End Of The Month’
Editorial employees of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser have been bracing for pink slips for the past seven weeks. The wait could be over soon — the newsroom’s planned downsizing, part of Oahu...
View ArticleAre Honolulu Prosecutors Covering Up Police Misconduct?
For years, criminal defense attorney Richard Holcomb has struggled to get the records on cops who lie, cut corners or find themselves crosswise with the law. Holcomb mostly handles DUI cases, and he...
View ArticleAnother Special Ed Aide Says Reporting Abuse Got Her Banned
Haley Meshnik was thrilled to be working on her first one-on-one assignment with a special education student at Mililani High School in Honolulu. The student was making progress on the goals in her...
View ArticleGabbard: Halt Saudi Arms Sales
U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard wants Congress to kill a $1.15 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia. “Saudi Arabia continues to spend billions of dollars funding the spread of the Wahhabi Salafist ideology that...
View ArticleHawaii’s ‘Integrated’ Hispanics
Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 in the United States is Hispanic Heritage Month, recognizing the contributions of Hispanic- and Latino-Americans. That includes in Hawaii, where about 10 percent of the population...
View ArticleCommercial Fishing Interests Deserved Place At IUCN Table
“How Fishing Interests Infiltrated Conservation’s Biggest Event” by Nick Grube is a good example of how one of Civil Beat’s smiling imps makes nice to Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management...
View ArticleDisney Pulls ‘Moana’ Products That Some Found Offensive
Less than a week after Disney debuted kids’ costumes for their upcoming film “Moana,” the company has pulled several products from their website after the items sparked outrage for appearing to promote...
View ArticleHonolulu Has 16 Million Reasons To Reform Its Housing Programs
Honolulu hardly has a nickel to waste on the effort to catch up with this island’s enormous and growing affordable housing needs. As Civil Beat editorialized just last week, the city needs at least...
View ArticlePeter Apo: Preserving Kukaniloko, Most Sacred Of Hawaiian Places
The mountain of Mauna Kea on the Big Island and the Papahanaumokuakea Marine Monument have gotten a lot of attention recently as areas many Native Hawaiians consider sacred. But judging by the number...
View ArticleKirstin Downey: Here’s What Hawaii’s Housing Crisis Looks Like
When the clock struck midnight, the applications for Section 8 rental assistance started pouring in to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority. Throughout the first hour, starting at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday,...
View ArticleHow Foreign Crews Are Able To Work Aboard US Fishing Boats
Foreign crew members reportedly working in slave-like conditions for monthly wages as low as $350 would not have found their way onto Hawaii’s longline fishing boats without an exemption carved into...
View ArticleState’s Fecal-Bacteria Testing To Close Kauai Beach
The state Department of Health is shutting down a beach on the south shore of Kauai for two months while it works to pinpoint the source of fecal matter that has polluted its nearshore waters for...
View ArticleIge Wants Maui Disaster Help
Gov. David Ige said Thursday he will seek a disaster declaration from President Barack Obama for Maui’s Iao Stream area. The region suffered severe storm damage last week. Ige toured the area by...
View ArticleProfanity-Laced Video Shows Mayor Partying Hard At Conference Party
It sounded like a sober enough affair. The Hawaii Congress of Planning Officials began its annual conference on Wednesday with an array of federal, state and local government officials who traveled to...
View ArticleWant To Solve Homelessness? Address DHHL Funding First
Homelessness is an increasingly unsolvable problem in Hawaii, and that is not surprising. Money, land and multiple services have been made available for about 10,000 homeless with only about 1,000...
View ArticleCandidates Invited To Put Signs Down And Walk to School
The benefits of walking and other physical activity have been well publicized, yet many children still do not get the one hour or more recommended daily amount of physical activity. Wednesday, Oct. 5,...
View ArticleCivil Geeks: Money And Exposure Lure Startups Away From Hawaii
Hawaii may be growing into a “Startup Paradise” for new ideas and early-stage companies, but many entrepreneurs know that growing up often means moving to the West Coast. For Scott Mercer, the founder...
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