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Tom Yamachika: Smoking Out a Frankenbill Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Tom Yamachika: Smoking Out a Frankenbill

Tough to follow in the legislative process, Frankenbills make a mockery of that process.

Police Accreditation Committee Should Listen to Public’s Comments Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Police Accreditation Committee Should Listen to Public’s Comments

Testimony Tuesday was candid and caustic in the Honolulu Police Department’s accreditation forum. Recent events involving HPD should prompt a close review.

We Are Planet Earth NASA

We Are Planet Earth

Our responsibility to protect Earth and reshape our values for the betterment of both human kind and our home is paramount to our future on other worlds.

TMT Can Provide an Unprecedented Benefit to Humanity — Here’s How Courtesy TMT International Observatory

TMT Can Provide an Unprecedented Benefit to Humanity — Here’s How

There are already too many telescopes on Mauna Kea. Let’s walk away from this one.

Who Should Be Appointed to the Board of Education?

Who Should Be Appointed to the Board of Education?

Transparency and diversity are important considerations.

Luke’s Bait-and-Switch on Payday Lending Must be Fixed Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Luke’s Bait-and-Switch on Payday Lending Must be Fixed

The powerful House committee chair eliminated the legislation’s limit on interest rates after assuring colleagues a rate cap was included in the bill.

The Protectors of Mauna Kea: I Accuse Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp

The Protectors of Mauna Kea: I Accuse

The issues over Mauna Kea have been ongoing for more than a decade and it is not about science.

Lawmakers Need To Support Connector’s Healthy Comeback Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Lawmakers Need To Support Connector’s Healthy Comeback

A flood of new enrollment signups and two pieces of helpful legislation portend well for the Hawaii health insurance exchange’s long-term prospects.

Hawaii Has Something to Teach the ‘Religious Freedom’ Movement

Hawaii Has Something to Teach the ‘Religious Freedom’ Movement

Hawaiian culture’s historic ideas and values could be put to good use in states where religious and LGBT rights are commonly seen as either/or propositions.

News Media Misses Real Story in Reporting on TMT Protest Cory Lum/Civil Beat

News Media Misses Real Story in Reporting on TMT Protest

The evidence debunking the fairy tale of Hawaii as the 50th State is conclusive but the news media ignores this.