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Hawai‘i Has Been Arguing Over How To Tax Tourists For Generations Screenshot/Newspapers.com

Hawai‘i Has Been Arguing Over How To Tax Tourists For Generations

Gov. Josh Green’s push for tourists to help fund climate mitigation is just the latest round of a debate that goes back nearly a century.

Oahu’s First Island-Wide Plantation Strike Ended In Failure. But It Changed Hawaii Forever Screenshot/Newspapers.com

Oahu’s First Island-Wide Plantation Strike Ended In Failure. But It Changed Hawaii Forever

Japanese laborers were unable to sway powerful plantation owners and hysterical English-language newspaper editors in 1909, but they set changes in motion that would dramatically shape modern Hawaii. 

Honolulu Has Been Fighting Over Illegal Vacation Rentals Since The 1970s David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Honolulu Has Been Fighting Over Illegal Vacation Rentals Since The 1970s

Whether tourists destroy neighborhoods or provide a critical financial lifeline to residents is an argument that goes back a generation.

Hawaii Has Been Debating Marijuana Legalization For Half A Century Screenshot/Newspapers.com

Hawaii Has Been Debating Marijuana Legalization For Half A Century

Lawmakers have been vacillating over how to handle weed consumption in the islands since the late 1960s.

Hawaii’s State Mental Hospital Has Long History of ‘Horrifying’ Problems Screenshot/newspapers.com

Hawaii’s State Mental Hospital Has Long History of ‘Horrifying’ Problems

Doctors and mental health advocates have been calling for changes in how Hawaii cares for the mentally ill for generations.

Electric Streetcars Transformed Honolulu Before They Disappeared Screenshot/Newspapers.com

Electric Streetcars Transformed Honolulu Before They Disappeared

The city was home to an extensive streetcar system that shaped neighborhoods before it was replaced by buses and automobiles.

Hawaii Has A Long History Of High School Football Violence Screenshot/Newspapers.com

Hawaii Has A Long History Of High School Football Violence

The recent decision to cancel a Waianae-Castle match over safety concerns is just the latest chapter in a saga that goes back at least 60 years.

Hawaii Has Been Facing A Housing Crisis For Generations screentshot/newspapers.com

Hawaii Has Been Facing A Housing Crisis For Generations

Politicians have been pledging to address a shortage of housing in the islands for decades, but the root causes of the crisis run deep.

The Bizarre And Troubling Story Of Hawaii’s ‘Filipino KKK’ Scare Screenshot/newspapers.com

The Bizarre And Troubling Story Of Hawaii’s ‘Filipino KKK’ Scare

In 1922, newspapers reported extensively on the possibility of a Filipino branch of the Ku Klux Klan operating in the Hawaiian islands. There was no such group, but the real story is just as dark.

Hawaii’s Cesspool Crisis Has A Long History. It’s Not Over Yet (Screenshot/newspapers.com)

Hawaii’s Cesspool Crisis Has A Long History. It’s Not Over Yet

Concerns about the proliferation of cesspools and their impact on nearshore waters and our drinking water supply date back more than a century.

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