Denby Fawcett: Diamond Head Slopes Are Absolutely Trashed
Sometimes I feel like I am the guardian of Diamond Head as I take morning walks for exercise around the famous crater and get increasingly huhu (mad). Recently I saw a queen-sized mattress dumped on...
View ArticleHealth Beat: Why Do We Insist On Complicating Workers’ Comp?
More committees. That’s the latest response to a decades-long problem with the state’s workers’ compensation program as detailed last week by Civil Beat’s John Hill. In an effort to streamline the...
View ArticleSenate Leader Opposes Fast-Tracking Honolulu Rail Bill
A federal agency may have given Honolulu an April 30 deadline to pull a rail financing plan together, but a key state lawmaker said this week she isn’t feeling any pressure to approve enabling...
View ArticleHawaii Is 1,428,557 Strong
The population of Hawaii grew by about 3,400 people between July 2015 and this July. The current estimate for the daily population, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, is...
View ArticleRenovating The Blaisdell
Honolulu officials have released a “Blaisdell Center Master Plan Feasibility Study and Conceptual Land Use Plan,” which they say calls for the Arena and Concert Hall “to be retained and renovated.” As...
View ArticleHawaii Environmental Council Is Finally Playing With A Full Deck
For the first time in nearly a decade, the state Environmental Council’s 15 seats are full thanks to a slew of appointments by Gov. David Ige. The council’s work in creating administrative rules for...
View ArticleTrump’s Three Rings Of Support
Weeks before the presidential election of Donald Trump I shared some thoughts about his candidacy with readers in this space. In short, I declared that we should allow Trump to be Trump, because if he...
View ArticleNeal Milner: No More Mr. Nice Guy — Unless You Think It Through
Christmas season stories are typically personal, feel good tales meant to get you to help the less fortunate by reaching out and connecting with them. You do good by feeling their pain, really feeling...
View ArticleYesterday’s Tomorrow: Heads Had To Roll Over Rail, Right?
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View ArticleIge, Trump Agree On This: We Need Better-Paying Jobs
By some measures, employment is booming in Hawaii and the rest of the country. But the shortage of good-paying jobs — the kind where wages are high enough to afford a decent standard of living — is...
View ArticleDo Hawaii Prisons Overuse Solitary Confinement?
Perched on a 31-acre plot of state land in Halawa Valley, tucked away at a far end of Hawaii’s largest prison, the special needs facility is unlike any other prison unit in the islands. Opened in 1962...
View ArticleFukumoto Remains GOP Leader
There are no more Republicans in the Hawaii state Senate, while the number of members in the House has dwindled to six. And some members of the GOP had argued earlier this year that Rep. Beth Fukumoto...
View ArticleWas Acting HPD Chief In On The Theft Conspiracy?
Acting Honolulu Police Chief Cary Okimoto may face uncomfortable questions come January as he attempts to explain to police commissioners his proximity to a growing scandal involving a missing mailbox....
View ArticleMore Help For Homeless Vets
In a “continuing effort” to help end veteran homelessness, two federal agencies on Thursday announced more financial support for the states. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the...
View ArticleRestore Tax Credits For Low-Income Renters
How does the most Democratic state in the union treat its poorest citizens? Not very fairly, if we look at how the state tax system works. Consider the general excise tax: amidst all the lobbying for...
View ArticleWhy Children Believe (Or Not) That Santa Claus Exists
The holiday season is upon us, and so are its attendant myths, most prominent of which is the Santa Claus story. This is the time that many children are told about a man who lives forever, resides at...
View ArticleThe Projector: If It’s Christmas, It Must Be The Obamas
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View ArticleA Big Day For US-Japan Relations Tuesday At Pearl Harbor
Honolulu residents and visitors might want to avoid roads and highways leading to Pearl Harbor on Tuesday, particularly in the morning. That’s the day when the prime minister of Japan will meet with...
View ArticleReaders Share Their Hopes
We decided to bring some holiday cheer into the Civil Beat office by setting up a Christmas tree. Instead of traditional decorations, we thought we would let our readers decorate it for us. We asked...
View ArticleHawaiian Electric’s New Plan: 100 Percent Renewable By 2040
The Hawaiian Electric companies that power Oahu, Maui County and the Big Island have submitted a plan to state energy regulators that lays out how they will achieve 100 percent of their electricity...
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