The US Military Won’t Bomb Pagan Or Tinian Just Yet
The U.S. Department of Defense is slowing the process of establishing live-fire training ranges on Pagan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands in response to widespread community concerns. But under a new...
View ArticleNeal Milner: Why The Trump Resistance Can’t Just Copy The Tea Party
Regarding the future of the Trump resistance movement, consider this: Town Halls Gone Wild! Members of Congress face angry, sign-carrying mobs and disruptive behavior from citizens angry about health...
View ArticleEPA To Probe Whether Pesticide Use Harms Native Hawaiians
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is launching an investigation into whether state agencies discriminated against Native Hawaiians on West Kauai and Molokai when licensing pesticide use. The...
View ArticleFoundation Suspends $50K Grant For Superintendent Search
The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation has decided to pull its $50,500 donation for Hawaii’s search for a school superintendent out of concerns that the process is rigged in favor of Darrel Galera. The...
View ArticleExperts Tell Honolulu Rail What Needs To Be Fixed
High turnover and distractions over old contract disputes are hampering Honolulu’s over-budget and behind-schedule rail project, according to a panel of independent transit experts commissioned to...
View ArticleIge: Real Change In DC Will Be ‘Slow To Come’ Despite Trump
After meeting Donald Trump in person, David Ige says the new president is exactly what one would expect. “What you see on TV is what you get,” said the Hawaii governor, just back from a trip to...
View ArticleHouse Uses Sleight Of Hand To Kill Pesticide Disclosure Bill
The Hawaii House of Representatives on Thursday quashed a bill that would have required large-scale agricultural operations to publicly disclose when and where they spray pesticides and insecticides....
View ArticleMore States Sue Trump Over New Travel Ban
A day after Hawaii mounted the first legal challenge against President Donald Trump’s new executive order on immigration, at least five other states have banded together to block the travel ban....
View ArticleWhy A Big Boost In US Sea Power Could Be A Boon For Hawaii
WASHINGTON — U.S. military spending is on the rise, and Hawaii is likely to be a financial beneficiary, especially when it comes to expanded sea power. A $578 billion defense bill, up $5 billion...
View ArticleWhy One Journalist Decided 2017 Was The Year To Retire
I was an enemy of the people. Perhaps I should explain. For over 22 years, I worked as a freelance journalist. The vast bulk of those years were spent writing in and working in Hawaii. I also lived and...
View ArticleClose The Tax Loophole For Real Estate Investment Trusts
There is an untapped source of revenue that can provide millions of dollars every year to our state – funds that could be used to improve our public schools, expand services for our senior citizens, or...
View ArticleLawmaker May Lose Committee Chair Over Pesticide Bill
It hasn’t happened in years, but members of the Hawaii House of Representatives say the chairman of a committee is close to being ousted from his position smack dab in the middle of a session. Rep....
View ArticleThe Search For A New Hawaii Schools Chief Just Suffered A Major Setback
The Hawaii Board of Education has suspended its search for the next state school superintendent after a foundation pulled back from a large donation to support the effort. Hundreds of people were...
View ArticleSea Level Rise May Be Worse Than Previously Thought
A new technical report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggests that climate change-induced sea level rise over the course of this century, especially in Hawaii, may be far worse...
View ArticlePesticides: The Science Is Clear, The Solution More Complex
A recent Civil Beat article was entitled “Calling Out Anti-Science Denialists.” The gist of the article is that it is “anti-scientific” to be concerned about the toxicity of pesticides and that...
View ArticlePod Squad: Ex-Gov John Waihee On Today’s Political Scene
John Waihee III is still the only Native Hawaiian to have served as governor. But when he joins Civil Beat’s Chad Blair for this installment of the Pod Squad, he’s more interested in talking about...
View ArticleReader Rep: When Journalists Take Credit For Their Colleagues’ Work
Journalists aren’t the “enemy of the American people.” They represent the American people, in all of their various forms. But they are the enemy of any corrupt or incompetent person in power....
View ArticleHawaii Expands Voluntary Pesticide Reporting Program
The Hawaii Department of Agriculture has started posting data on what kinds of restricted-use pesticides large agricultural companies apply each month and in what amounts. The data is part of a...
View ArticleMcKelvey Booted From Chairmanship In Rare Mid-Session Shake-Up
Rep. Angus McKelvey was removed from his chairmanship of the House Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee on Monday after hours of behind-the-scenes networking. House Speaker Joe Souki acknowledged...
View ArticleState Revenue Forecast Drops By $250 Million
In the coming weeks Hawaii lawmakers will be wrestling with ways to cut roughly $250 million from the state’s overall budget for the next two years thanks to lower than expected general fund revenues....
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