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HB 1072 Would Endanger Mental Health Patients By Marco Castellani - Flickr: Schizophrenia, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15538220

HB 1072 Would Endanger Mental Health Patients

A physician-legislator argues that the bill’s education requirements would guarantee sub-optimal care that could put lives at risk.

Luke Evslin: My Millennial Choice For President Flickr.com/Phil Roeder

Luke Evslin: My Millennial Choice For President

We need a leader who can renew our vision of what is possible. That leaves just one choice.

Honolulu Mayor Can’t Pass The Buck On Rail Project Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Honolulu Mayor Can’t Pass The Buck On Rail Project

Coming off a week of particularly bad news for rail, Kirk Caldwell has political and moral reasons to show a new level of leadership.

Hawaii Schools Need A Transgender Policy Now Via Vimeo

Hawaii Schools Need A Transgender Policy Now

A growing number of stories in which transgender students face discrimination at the hands of Hawaii public school officials underscores the need for fair and consistent treatment district-wide.

Not Broken: A Student’s Take On Hawaii Schools

Not Broken: A Student’s Take On Hawaii Schools

One local product of a public school education has a very different take from critics on whether Hawaii public schools work. He says his teachers provided a solid foundation.

Denby Fawcett: Kakaako Parks Are For All Of Us, Not Just The Homeless Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Denby Fawcett: Kakaako Parks Are For All Of Us, Not Just The Homeless

An agreement between the city and the state may help break the pattern of homeless people moving between the parks and the sidewalks.

Hawaii Teacher: Windward To Leeward, All In A Day’s Schoolwork Ethan Porter

Hawaii Teacher: Windward To Leeward, All In A Day’s Schoolwork

A high school instructor’s typical day is a jumble of classwork, meetings and personal interactions with students 鈥 plus the commute.

Why We Should Not Reduce Oahu’s Share Of The TAT John Hook

Why We Should Not Reduce Oahu’s Share Of The TAT

Oahu generates more tourism revenue, but it also spends nearly as much as the neighbor islands combined in services for those visitors.

A Ruin With A View: The End Is Near For Some Campaigns YouTube

A Ruin With A View: The End Is Near For Some Campaigns

New York’s primary today could spell the realistic, mathematical end for Cruz and Sanders and increase Clinton’s chances of taking the White House.

Chad Blair: 鈥楻ail Is The Issue鈥 In Mayoral Election, Says Kirk Caldwell Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Chad Blair: 鈥楻ail Is The Issue鈥 In Mayoral Election, Says Kirk Caldwell

The Honolulu mayor calls the $6.6 billion project a 鈥済ame changer鈥 that will improve lives. Will voters buy that?