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Dengue Outbreak, Threat Of Zika Demand State Action Now Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Dengue Outbreak, Threat Of Zika Demand State Action Now

New dengue cases on the Big Island and the possible spread of Zika worldwide should spur the state to get in front of the situation.

Denby Fawcett: Learning Life Skills in Honolulu, One Chocolate At A Time Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Denby Fawcett: Learning Life Skills in Honolulu, One Chocolate At A Time

River of Life Mission hires a chocolatier to teach formerly down-and-out clients to create award-winning chocolates that are highly sought in the islands.

 

Facing Life On The Streets, A Maui Homeless Man Cries Out Cory Lum for Civil Beat

Facing Life On The Streets, A Maui Homeless Man Cries Out

As his time in transitional housing ends, a man born and raised in Maui with two UH degrees says he won’t survive unsheltered.

Zuri Aki: They Who Control The Land, Control Hawaii, Part 3 Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Zuri Aki: They Who Control The Land, Control Hawaii, Part 3

But we have the capacity to take that control back. Here are some tactics for doing so.

Ige’s Plan A Welcome Sign Of Growing Momentum To Cool Hawaii Classrooms Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Ige’s Plan A Welcome Sign Of Growing Momentum To Cool Hawaii Classrooms

The governor surprised even some in his own administration with a proposal to air-condition schools while implementing cost-saving energy efficiencies.

Curt Sanburn: When Protections Fail, An Ugly Honolulu Emerges Curt Sanburn

Curt Sanburn: When Protections Fail, An Ugly Honolulu Emerges

Pink houses, Special Districts, and how Honolulu’s Department of Planning and Permitting works … or doesn’t.

Todd Simmons: Will This Primary Season Change U.S. Electoral Politics For Good? Courtesy: Ninian Reid/Flickr

Todd Simmons: Will This Primary Season Change U.S. Electoral Politics For Good?

When candidates can fund their own campaigns and use social media to engage supporters, how relevant are partisan politics? We’ll know more after today.

Tom Yamachika: If We Start A Lottery, Gambling Could Expand In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Tom Yamachika: If We Start A Lottery, Gambling Could Expand In Hawaii

If Native Hawaiians gain federal recognition as a community similar to Indian tribes on the mainland, they’d have certain gambling opportunities — and more if the state has a lottery.

Hawaii Should Remember To Ask: ‘And How Are The Children?’ Eric Pape/Civil Beat

Hawaii Should Remember To Ask: ‘And How Are The Children?’

A traditional Maasai greeting poses a question we ought to be prioritizing half a world away in the islands.

For The Poor And The Mentally Ill, Help In Two Bills Cory Lum/Civil Beat

For The Poor And The Mentally Ill, Help In Two Bills

Generating more funds for rental housing assistance and making it easier to hospitalize the mentally ill could help address Hawaii’s homelessness crisis.