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Driver’s License Bill Recognizes Sacrifices of Immigrants Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Driver’s License Bill Recognizes Sacrifices of Immigrants

We can acknowledge their experiences by enabling those contributing to our state, who continue to fight for the survival of their families, to live unafraid.

Why So Little Information About City Meeting With Feds About Rail?

Why So Little Information About City Meeting With Feds About Rail?

Who knows what happened when Honolulu City Council members met with Federal Transit Administration officials? Not the taxpayers.

Freddie Gray and America’s Police Culture: Time for a National Review Veggies via Wikimedia Commons

Freddie Gray and America’s Police Culture: Time for a National Review

Both on the mainland and here at home, the way that police interact with black Americans — and police conduct more broadly — must be addressed.

Tom Yamachika: Whose Tax Is It, Anyway? Flickr.com

Tom Yamachika: Whose Tax Is It, Anyway?

Recent Tax Court case has important ramifications for small business owners.

Support Plan to Heal Cancer Center, Med School

Support Plan to Heal Cancer Center, Med School

Filling a $14.1 million budget hole for fiscal year 2017 and addressing the overall funding model are far less costly options than the alternatives.

Want Some Perspective on Pesticides? Talk to the Swiss Flickr.com

Want Some Perspective on Pesticides? Talk to the Swiss

Switzerland no longer allows the use of many chemicals that are still sprayed on American fields.

Coming to a Freeway Near You: Daily Congestion That Rivals Zip Fiasco

Coming to a Freeway Near You: Daily Congestion That Rivals Zip Fiasco

If the Honolulu City Council approves rezoning to allow the Hoopili development, every day will be a traffic nightmare like the day the ZipMobile broke.

Meeting the Growing Needs of Long-Term Care for the Elderly Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Meeting the Growing Needs of Long-Term Care for the Elderly

Hawaii has an opportunity to continue its innovative national leadership on aging in place and with dignity by creating a state solution to pay for long-term care.

A Supreme Civil Rights Moment for the High Court ArnoldReinhold via Wikimedia Commons

A Supreme Civil Rights Moment for the High Court

Justices will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could establish the right to marry for same-sex couples in all 50 states. America is ready.

Talking With My Daughter About the TMT Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Talking With My Daughter About the TMT

Supporters and opponents of building the Thirty Mile Telescope on Mauna Kea should step lightly, lest we crush the spirit of our young people.