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Language to help reunite Filipino families to be part of a new executive order, Trump gets blasted, and a sweet animal meets a sad end.

Tuesday’s fractious meeting on a plan to more tightly regulate Manualua Bay showed all sides need to work harder to help this iconic natural resource.

The accord prevents Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons and provides for serious monitoring and verification. Call this a win for diplomacy.

A lawmaker’s comments about how legislators reacted to the homeless problem this year speaks volumes about why it’s so difficult to get help for Hawaii’s poor.

Trouble at the summit prompts a new rule, Hawaii’s Tammy Duckworth’s Senate chances look great, and Ige gets to name a new Board of Education chair.

A series of laudable moves have dramatically decreased the horrendous new patient wait times at Oahu’s Matsunaga VA Medical Center. 

Some schools may be flouting the constitutional mandate for separation of church and state. The Charter Schools Commission needs to stand up for compliance.

Some state lawmakers say the mayor didn’t give key facts in his rail testimony. The Honolulu City Council needs to make sure that rail finances get the scrutiny they deserve.

The public wins with the release of financial disclosures, Ige commits to an improved trafficking bill and marriage equality is the law, hysteria nothwithstanding.

Neither a bigger police presence nor simply demolishing the homeless camp would do anything to address the issues driving the growth of Honolulu’s homeless problem.