Hawaii Leaders Say State Is Under ‘Attack’ With Loss Of Federal Funds
Millions of dollars in federal funding for Native Hawaiian housing programs may be in jeopardy. Hawaii’s U.S. senators and representatives on Tuesday jointly criticized legislation before the Senate...
View ArticleWealthy Oahu Neighborhoods Benefit From Program Meant To Help Poor Communities
No one was more surprised than Hiroko Shuto to hear that his new Sky Men’s Grooming Salon — where the barber chairs are plush, the stylists wear crisp shirts and vests, and a basic cut runs $45 — was...
View ArticleMayor Caldwell Sells $72,000 Of Territorial Bank Stock
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell earns about $173,000 a year as mayor and as much as $200,000 more for his part-time position as a director of Territorial Bancorp Inc., the parent of Honolulu-based...
View ArticleHonolulu Rail Project Needs To Take A Time Out
The Hawaii State Legislature should not try and add more tax dollars to the rail project this year because they do not have complete and trusted information about the project. They should take a...
View ArticleNew Members Bring Fresh Perspectives To Civil Beat’s Editorial Board
We’ve spent the last eight months looking far and wide for a new editor to lead Civil Beat’s opinion-writing efforts. But the best choice was right under our noses all along. Chad Blair has been a...
View ArticleIan Lind: An Uneasy Final Goodbye To My Mother And My Sister
For just a second or two after I dropped my mother’s ashes into the ocean a few yards from the Diamond Head buoy last week, you could see a green glow as the filtered sunlight found the ti leaf...
View ArticleWhy Leaking Classified Information Is Sometimes Ethical
Twenty-five-year-old Reality Leigh Winner remains in jail after a federal judge denied her bail in a case where she is alleged to have sent classified information to the media. Winner faces up to 10...
View ArticleKauai Groups Sue State, Syngenta To Stop GMO Farming On Public Land
Kauai residents and organizations are suing the state and Syngenta in an attempt to prevent the company from continuing to grow genetically modified crops on public land. Punohu Kekaualua, a Hawaiian...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To The BOE About Community Engagement
Aloha Board of Education members: In the five years I attended BOE meetings (2012-2017), I witnessed a major overhaul of board policies. What we have now is a vast improvement over what existed in the...
View ArticleIt Looks Like Another Good Year For Hawaii Tuna Fishermen
Hawaii’s longline fishermen will hit their annual 3,138-ton limit for bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific by early September, according to a forecast Wednesday by federal fishery biologist...
View ArticleHonolulu Has Improved Parks But Some Areas Don’t Get Their Fair Share
In January 2012, just after announcing his candidacy for Honolulu mayor at the Kalihi transit center, Kirk Caldwell read from a slip of paper listing two concerns from a city employee. “One is more...
View ArticleBret Yager: The Growing Meat Market On The Big Island
Kohala farmer Carol Fuertes has a dream. In the shell of an old butcher shop that closed many years ago, she is planning to once again offer local residents the meats that were raised on the old cane...
View ArticleAudit Finds Domestic Violence Crackdown Isn’t Working In Honolulu
Police and prosecutors are taking on far more domestic violence cases, yet still can’t seem to secure more successful convictions due to various inefficiencies in their departments and the courts in...
View ArticlePark Service Analyzes Reservations For Haleakala Sunrise Visits
(AP) — The National Park Service on Thursday said it would study whether to keep its new system requiring reservations to drive up to Haleakala’s summit to see the sunrise. The agency plans to conduct...
View ArticleGroups May Sue Over Harm To Birds From Airport And Harbor Lights
Several conservation groups have filed notice of their intent to sue the Hawaii Department of Transportation over the harm that bright lights at harbors and airports cause native birds. Earthjustice, a...
View ArticleHawaii’s Catholic Church Must Confront Its Past
There are two Roman Catholic Churches when it comes to taking responsibility for child sex abuse cases in Hawaii: the repentant and the defiant. The repentant is occasionally seen in public statements....
View ArticleHawaii May Feel Less Pain Than Elsewhere If GOP Guts Obamacare
The health care debate in Washington is making people sick with worry, but Hawaii is likely to fare better than much of the country if the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress repeal the...
View Article535 Scientists Want Trump To Leave Hawaii’s Marine Monument Alone
Responding to an executive order from President Donald Trump, 535 marine scientists, climatologists and others have signed a letter in support of marine reserves, citing the role they play in...
View ArticleIge Says His Low-Key Approach Is Producing Good Results For Hawaii
Responding to a low approval rating in a recent Civil Beat poll, Gov. David Ige defended his record Thursday while acknowledging his reputation as a low-key engineer who focuses on behind-the-scenes...
View ArticleBike Tour Offers Firsthand Look At Kalihi’s History — And Potholes
Kalihi has a reputation for violence and poverty, but the organizer of an upcoming bicycle tour wants people to see another side of community that stretches from valley to ocean northwest of downtown...
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