Most Of The Imported Seafood We Eat Isn’t Inspected
In September, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took the unusual step of issuing an “import alert,” warning that scallops harvested by a seafood company in central Philippines had tested positive...
View ArticleJudge: Deportation Involving Hawaii Businessman Is Inhumane
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Trump administration order to deport a man who entered the country illegally nearly three decades ago and became a respected businessman in Hawaii was “inhumane” and “contrary to...
View ArticleState Tax Collections Still Predicted To Grow Slightly
The Hawaii Council on Revenues left its quarterly fiscal forecast for the state general fund unchanged Tuesday, opting to not speculate on whether the Legislature will raise taxes to maintain funding...
View ArticleHART Takes Its Train Out For A Test Drive Along The Rail Guideway
The rail project got on track — literally — Tuesday afternoon when the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation ran a train along a portion of its guideway. In the first of many tests, HART pushed...
View ArticleIs It Fair To Profit From Reselling Affordable Housing?
Kakaako Condo turned a profit of $46,592 when the company sold a high-rise unit after owning it for just a year. The sale would be unremarkable except the unit was identified as “workforce housing” on...
View ArticleKauai Councilman Violated The Public’s Trust
Financial disclosures are, by their definition, somewhat tantalizing. They offer an inside glimpse into government officials’ personal finances, including their sources of income, their investments,...
View ArticleHealth Beat: Why This Bill Won’t Kill The Pain Of Opioid Addiction
Opioids are killing people. In Hawaii, opioid medications were responsible for 35 percent of the 778 overdose deaths from 2010-2014. Whether taken alone or in combination with other pills, the use of...
View ArticleScariest Ride In Honolulu
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View ArticleBrian Schatz: ‘Invigorating To See People So Engaged’ In Resisting Trump
President Donald Trump’s controversial tenure has caused a tectonic change in the political landscape, with Democratic voters more energized than at any time in recent memory, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz...
View ArticleCorals Are Dying At Hawaii’s Most Popular Snorkeling Spot
Warmer ocean waters around the Hawaiian Islands are threatening reefs — and the state’s tourism-dependent economy — by increasing the frequency of coral bleaching, a new study has found. A scientific...
View ArticleTad Bartimus: Erin Lindbergh Shares Her Famous Grandparents’ Passion For Maui
KIPAHULU, Maui – Keeping one eye on brewing black clouds and the other on sightseers, the caretaker at Palapala Hoo’mau Congregational Church was racing a storm on her John Deere when she noticed a...
View ArticleCivil Beat Poll: Caldwell Is As Unpopular As Trump In Hawaii
In Hawaii, an island oasis for Democrats, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is about as popular as Republican President Donald Trump. And it looks like Caldwell might have the rail project to blame for it....
View ArticlePulling Out Of Climate Accord Will Hit Hawaii Hard, Officials Say
Disgusted by President Trump’s decision Thursday to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, elected officials and nonprofit leaders in Hawaii said they are not backing down from their...
View ArticleTad Bartimus: How Anne Morrow Lindbergh Battled Maui’s Wild Side
KIPAHULU, Maui — “I feel dropped out of the world,” Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote to a friend on Jan. 21, 1971, from Kipahulu. “This is the most isolated place on earth: 35-40 minutes from the nearest...
View ArticleCivil Beat Poll: Voters Dislike Trump, Support Lawsuit Against Travel Ban
In his tumultuous first months in office, President Donald Trump has made little headway in winning the hearts and minds of Hawaii residents. The real estate tycoon-turned-chief executive has a 59...
View ArticleHawaii Supreme Court To Rule On Secret Government Deliberations
A public records case that fundamentally challenges Hawaii government’s tendency to work in the shadows is in the hand’s of the state’s highest court. The Hawaii Supreme Court heard oral arguments...
View ArticleCould Oahu’s West Side Be The New Vacation Hot Spot For Millennials?
On Tuesday at the Kahala Hotel & Resort, a group of travel writers boarded a white Cadillac Escalade and Black Mercedes SUV and, escorted by an entourage of hotel staff and publicists, rode west to...
View ArticleBig Island Company Recalls More Imported Ahi Tainted With Hepatitis A
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that frozen ahi products imported by a Hawaii seafood company and distributed to dozens of mainland establishments have tested positive for...
View ArticleBret Yager: This Big Island Shelter Is Killing 14,000 Animals A Year
Reforms could be on the way for the Hawaii Island Humane Society, where high euthanasia rates have frustrated Big Island residents. Thousands of dogs and cats are put down each year, which has raised...
View ArticleRegressive Policies And Deplorable Ethics: Jeff Sessions Must Go
To the outside observer, the Trump administration may largely seem like an ineffective mess. Scandals relating to the Russia inquiry, conflicts of interest, and the incompetence of the president and...
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