Why Hawaii Republicans Are Destined To Be Irrelevant
Hawaii is down to six Republicans in the 51-member state House of Representatives and zero Republicans in the 25-member Senate. Regardless of your political leanings, this should trouble you....
View ArticleThe State Of Paychecks In Hawaii
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View ArticleSafe Sleeping Rules Adopted 4 Years After Bill Required Them
Almost four years after Hawaii lawmakers approved a bill to assure safe sleep practices at day cares, the Department of Human Services has adopted regulations requiring infants to be placed on their...
View ArticleTrump Briefs Governors On Plan To Spend More On Military
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told the nation’s governors, including Hawaii’s David Ige, about plans to boost defense spending substantially and give states more authority over health care and...
View ArticleSenators Shoot Down Rail Tax Extension — At Least For Now
Wielding a scalpel the size of an axe, the Hawaii Senate’s budget committee on Monday sliced off scores of pages from a bill intended to help Honolulu fund its troubled rail project. What was left on...
View ArticleDenby Fawcett: Don’t Give Up On Resisting Trump
It is exhausting to stay angry day after day. Never mind for the next four years. A friend of mine says his wife — who participated in the Women’s March on Washington — is burning out by turning on CNN...
View ArticleIt’s Time For A Living Wage In Hawaii
Hawaii has the highest statewide cost of living in the U.S. Our state also has the nation’s biggest discrepancy between our cost of living and average wages, and it is no coincidence that we have the...
View ArticleHawaii Hopes To Pick Up The Pace In Cooling Classrooms
Just one-fifth of the classrooms Gov. David Ige pledged to air condition by the start of 2017 have been completed. Roughly 1,000 classrooms are out to bid and 209 units have been installed. In an...
View ArticleCelebrating Diverse Cultures Helped This Student Succeed
“Ms, you just seem really close. Like I feel like you get me. You treat me like I’m your family, like you really care about me. It’s like you’re my auntie who keeps me in check.” Hearing these words...
View ArticleAid In Dying Bill Edges Closer To Hawaii Senate Approval
Legislation that would allow terminally ill Hawaii adults to receive medication to end their own lives is heading to the floor of the state Senate. Assuming it clears that chamber, Senate Bill 1129...
View ArticleSome Men Just Want To See The World Burn
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View ArticleHealth Beat: Medicare Vouchers Imperil The Most Vulnerable
Back in 2010 when the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, several provisions were debated about the legality of requiring people to purchase insurance or face a penalty. In addition, concerns were...
View ArticleIt’s Long Past Time To Stop The Fistfights In Waianae
While kids in Waianae have been regularly duking it out on a grassy knoll, the adults in their community have been busy pointing fingers. As Noelle Fujii recently reported for Civil Beat, large groups...
View ArticleWhy Weren’t Other Parents Told About Day Care Toddler Abuse?
Parents of children at an Ewa Beach day care where a toddler nearly died in an apparent assault were not informed about the incident, contrary to a recommendation from a panel of child abuse experts...
View ArticleLife Without The National Endowment For The Arts
Ka Hana Kapa is a modern-day story of kapa-making (barkcloth) in Hawaii. Seen through the eyes of a mother and daughter, the documentary traces the kapa-making process once used by ancient Hawaiians....
View ArticleHow Planned Parenthood Has Helped Millions Of Women
Planned Parenthood has allowed generations of low-income women to survive childbirth, to combat sexually transmitted infections and to plan their pregnancies. However, the fact that women live...
View ArticleHow News Media May Get More Access To Disaster Scenes
The lava flow that threatened to bury the Hawaii Island town of Pahoa in 2014 and 2015 made international headlines. People feared for their homes and livelihoods as Madame Pele came close to cutting...
View ArticleHonolulu Police Admit They Mishandled Toddler Abuse Case
The Honolulu Police Department admitted Wednesday it botched the case of a toddler who almost died from apparent abuse at an Ewa Beach day care, but said it was highly unlikely that anyone will ever be...
View ArticleCulling Sharks Won’t Protect Surfers
The warm and productive waters of La Réunion, an island east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, are home to many types of tropical sea life, including apex predators such as sharks. Eight fatal shark...
View ArticleIs Hawaii Ready For Driverless Cars?
WASHINGTON — The race is on. Self-driving cars have moved off the pages of science fiction novels and onto American streets, and government officials around the country are chasing behind, wondering...
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