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Civil Bytes: DevLeague Works to Fill Hawaii’s Tech Talent Gap Jason Rushin

Civil Bytes: DevLeague Works to Fill Hawaii’s Tech Talent Gap

A three-month course teaches students the basics of programming, taking a bottom’s-up approach to combating one of our tech industry’s key hurdles.

Law Recognizes Native Hawaiians as Indigenous People With Special Rights California Historical Society

Law Recognizes Native Hawaiians as Indigenous People With Special Rights

Legal rulings dating back to 1863 and ongoing global recognition today confirm the appropriateness of laws that apply only to indigenous Native Hawaiians.

Whole Child Left Behind: How Hawaii’s ‘Model’ Approach Fails Kids Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Whole Child Left Behind: How Hawaii’s ‘Model’ Approach Fails Kids

The top-down, business model of public education that our state advances today is obsessed with mass testing, teacher evaluation and other dubious reform measures.

Health Beat: The Case For Paid Sick Leave in Hawaii PF Bentley/Civil Beat/2014

Health Beat: The Case For Paid Sick Leave in Hawaii

The state should mandate this benefit for employees, who then will recover more quickly without infecting their co-workers.

Resume Posting Care Home Reports Now, Without Delay Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Resume Posting Care Home Reports Now, Without Delay

The state health department has mostly failed to comply with a law requiring it to post adult care home inspection reports online. There is no good excuse why.

In the End, in Kakaako, Only Kindness Matters Cory Lum/Civil Beat

In the End, in Kakaako, Only Kindness Matters

Taking food and supplies to the homeless encampment in urban Honolulu renews one writer’s connection to our common humanity.

Monday Memo: Hoopili Ethics, Mountain Top Arrests, Bright Revenue Picture Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Monday Memo: Hoopili Ethics, Mountain Top Arrests, Bright Revenue Picture

New concerns about the City Council regarding Hoopili should be probed, more Mauna Kea arrests and more money for the state treasury.

Politics Are Why Our Electricity Bills Will Remain High ProVision Solar

Politics Are Why Our Electricity Bills Will Remain High

Unless we make bringing down electricity costs the top priority in energy policy, most of us will continue to pay far too much.

Tom Yamachika: State Holds All the Cards Regarding Tax Credit Filings DonkeyHotey/flickr.com

Tom Yamachika: State Holds All the Cards Regarding Tax Credit Filings

Taxpayers only have 12 months to file for credits, but state has up to three years to amend those credits — downward.

Possible Federal Shutdown Needlessly Threatens More Damage to Hawaii NPCA Photos via Flickr

Possible Federal Shutdown Needlessly Threatens More Damage to Hawaii

The budget train wreck looming at the end of September in Washington, D.C., holds special dangers for this state, which is more dependent on federal funds than most.