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View ArticleFeds Lay Out ‘Pathway’ To Native Hawaiian Self-Governance
In what’s being described by some as a historic step toward Native Hawaiian self-governance, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday that it has finalized “a pathway” that would formally...
View ArticleDrug-Resistant Gonorrhea Strain In Hawaii A First For U.S.
A drug-resistant cluster of gonorrhea infections in Hawaii have health officials worried that the sexually transmitted disease could soon prove untreatable. The Centers for Disease Control and...
View ArticleObama ‘Spat’ On Hawaiians
Healani Sonoda-Pale, founding member of Protest Nai Aupuni, made clear what she things about the U.S. Department of Interior’s announcement regarding Hawaiians. “Today, President Obama spat in the face...
View ArticleFresh Ideas Urgently Needed To Address Special Education Woes
Special education students in Hawaii’s public schools persevere under challenging circumstances. In addition to the physical, emotional and mental obstacles they might face, they are increasingly...
View ArticleHealth Beat: Most Of My Colleagues Will Just Say No To Medical Pot
Medical marijuana dispensaries are about to open in Hawaii, but that doesn’t necessarily mean your doctor is ready to help you get it even if you qualify. Earlier this year, the state issued eight...
View ArticleReader Rep: Billy Kenoi Should Blame Himself, Not The Media
Beleaguered Big Island Mayor Billy Kenoi has joined the cult of politicians who believe it’s really the media’s fault – for telling the rest of us about it – when they do illegal, unethical and idiotic...
View ArticleWhat Quota? Hawaii Longliners Are Fishing For Ahi Again
Hawaii’s longline fishermen are back at sea in search of more ahi after extending their quota limit through an agreement with the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The 2016 season had ended...
View ArticleWhy Is Ron Taketa Still On The Honolulu Police Commission?
Ron Taketa’s term on the Honolulu Police Commission expired nine months ago, yet Mayor Kirk Caldwell has yet to reappoint or replace him. The question is, why? The commission has been catapulted into...
View ArticleHawaii ‘Worst’ State For Teachers
WalletHub has struck again, and Hawaii’s union for teachers is calling for change. The finance and credit website ranks Hawaii 51st in the nation when it comes to best and worst states for teachers...
View ArticleHonolulu Misuses Hanauma Bay Funds, Nonprofit Group Claims
Updated 3:15 p.m., 9/26/2016 Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell and city officials are under fire from a nonprofit organization for “the continuing misuses of admission fees paid by visitors to Hanauma Bay.”...
View ArticleCandidate Q&A: Kauai County Council — Mason Chock
Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Nov. 8 general election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions. The following came from Mason Chock, a candidate for the Kauai County Council. There are 12...
View ArticleCandidate Q&A: Kauai County Council — Gary Hooser
Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Nov. 8 general election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions. The following came from JoAnn Yukimura, a candidate for the Kauai County Council. There are 12...
View ArticleLIVESTREAM: First Presidential Debate
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are set to debate at 3 p.m. Hawaii time at Hofstra University in New York. You can watch the coverage live below via ABC News and join the discussion in Hawaii through...
View ArticleSuit Challenges Haleiwa Restaurant
Several Hawaii residents are suing the property owners of a North Shore restaurant for allegedly violating permitting law and polluting Haleiwa by using an improper septic system. The plaintiffs...
View ArticleGroup Wants To Suspend Hawaii’s Effort To Build A New Jail
A community group has filed a complaint with the Hawaii Office of Environmental Quality Control seeking to suspend an environmental review process for building a replacement facility for the crumbling...
View ArticleMaui ‘Skin Suit’ Isn’t The End Of ‘Moana’ Trouble
So Disney has pulled the most ill-conceived merchandise idea of the year (perhaps decade) — the Maui skin suit — and issued a “sorry-some-of-you-were-offended” non-apology. While the decision to pull...
View ArticleHawaii Should Heed Charlotte’s Police Body Cam Lessons
A fatal police shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina offers important lessons for Hawaii just a few months before the 2017 legislative session, when lawmakers are again expected to consider...
View ArticleOnly 215 Hawaii Inmates Were Tested For Valley Fever In Arizona
Earlier this summer, word spread among Hawaii inmates at the Saguaro Correctional Center: A fellow prisoner had died of valley fever, an insidious airborne fungal disease endemic to the desert...
View ArticleDenby Fawcett: Advice For The Next Mayor On Homelessness
One of the key challenges for the next four years for whoever is elected mayor will be to figure out how to lessen the number of homeless people on Oahu. Honolulu has more homeless people per capita...
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