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Hawaii Governor’s Leadership on Homelessness Is the Right Approach Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Governor’s Leadership on Homelessness Is the Right Approach

The new Governor’s Leadership Team on Homelessness has the necessary membership to make a difference. Will it?

All Parties to Proposed Energy Merger Agree: NextEra Isn’t Talking PF Bentley/Civil Beat

All Parties to Proposed Energy Merger Agree: NextEra Isn’t Talking

Plenty of concerns are being raised about whether the Florida company’s acquisition of Hawaii utilities is good for consumers.

Brower’s Sad Choice, Resurgent Research at UH, Havana’s Big Thaw Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Brower’s Sad Choice, Resurgent Research at UH, Havana’s Big Thaw

A legislator misses a chance to model forgiveness, UH faculty score big in research funding and U.S.-Cuba relations enter a new era.

Tom Yamachika: Court Ruling Affirms the Power of the People Wikimedia Commons

Tom Yamachika: Court Ruling Affirms the Power of the People

In matters of taxing, spending, redistricting and so much more, it’s clear that “the people” and “the boss” are, in fact, one and the same.

Trans-Pacific Partnership: A New Wave of Colonialism Pete Souza/White House

Trans-Pacific Partnership: A New Wave of Colonialism

Potential impacts of the giant treaty, under negotiation in Maui, are wide-ranging; rattling off a list sounds alarmist. Maybe it’s past time to sound the alarm.

Hawaii Legislature Should Rethink Regulation for Taxis, Uber and Lyft Aaron Pareck

Hawaii Legislature Should Rethink Regulation for Taxis, Uber and Lyft

Rather than putting new innovators under decades-old regulations, lawmakers should loosen restrictions for all to better serve a public eager for transportation solutions.

Honolulu Ethics Commission’s Do-Over Is a Chance to Do Right by the Public Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Honolulu Ethics Commission’s Do-Over Is a Chance to Do Right by the Public

The commission’s media policy is a solution in search of a legitimate problem. In fact, there’s simply no need for a media policy.

David Ige’s Quiet, Deliberative Leadership Style Is Not Such a Bad Thing Cory Lum/Civil Beat

David Ige’s Quiet, Deliberative Leadership Style Is Not Such a Bad Thing

The Hawaii’s governor’s under-the-radar style doesn’t always suit some observers, but we like the outcomes it’s delivered so far.

Hawaii: World鈥檚 First Hydrogen Economy? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii: World鈥檚 First Hydrogen Economy?

By incorporating 21st century technology into our transportation system, we can speed toward sustainability, boost the economy and even save the poorly planned rail project.

Monday Memo: Reuniting Filipinos, Trump’s Fighting Words, a Fallen Cow Courtesy: U.S. Navy/2009

Monday Memo: Reuniting Filipinos, Trump’s Fighting Words, a Fallen Cow

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.