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Health Beat: Hawaii Could Save Hundreds of Overdose Victims’ Lives www.flickr.com/photos/imagensevangelicas

Health Beat: Hawaii Could Save Hundreds of Overdose Victims’ Lives

The state should join others that are overcoming uncomfortable questions to help speed up action to spare people who are dying from drugs.

Chad Blair: Does the AJA Vote Still Matter? Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Chad Blair: Does the AJA Vote Still Matter?

Support of Japanese-Americans has historically been critical to win elections in Hawaii.

Neal Milner: The Primaries, the Average Voter and You Anita Hofschneider/Civil Beat

Neal Milner: The Primaries, the Average Voter and You

The candidates care about the exceptional electorate, people like you who pay close attention to politics. So what does this mean for the coming elections?

Hawaii Monitor: Contaminated Dirt Triggers Military Housing Lawsuit Eric Pape/Civil Beat/2014

Hawaii Monitor: Contaminated Dirt Triggers Military Housing Lawsuit

It started with four plaintiffs, but a judge will decide if families’ claims at Kaneohe Marine Corps Base can become a class-action proceeding.

Denby Fawcett: Death, Hawaii Style — Confusing and Sometimes Costly Nanette Napoleon

Denby Fawcett: Death, Hawaii Style — Confusing and Sometimes Costly

The way we handle the remains of the dead has changed greatly — and in some intriguing ways — over the last century.

Health Beat: The Psychology of a School Shooter Screen capture

Health Beat: The Psychology of a School Shooter

By the time we recognize the warning signs, it is usually too late. So what can be done?

Asia Matters: Learning From Countries Without Mass Shootings Flickr.com

Asia Matters: Learning From Countries Without Mass Shootings

Japan and Australia offer instructive alternatives to the U.S. when it comes to avoiding such slaughter.

Hawaii Monitor: Shifting the Sands to Evade Waikiki’s Zoning Limits PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Hawaii Monitor: Shifting the Sands to Evade Waikiki’s Zoning Limits

The hotel company Kyo-ya is using a nonexistent shoreline to get around restrictions on building heights.

Denby Fawcett: Five Things to Know About Kamehameha the Great

Denby Fawcett: Five Things to Know About Kamehameha the Great

Some things to think about when you’re celebrating King Kamehameha Day on Wednesday.

Health Beat: Learning From a Sitcom Actress’ Deadly Fall Brady Bunch screen capture

Health Beat: Learning From a Sitcom Actress’ Deadly Fall

Ann Davis, the actress who played “The Brady Bunch” maid, died from an avoidable danger.