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The Devastation Of Younger-Onset Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease Flickr: Susumu Komatsu

The Devastation Of Younger-Onset Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease

Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii is co-sponsoring a bill to make younger patients eligible for support and services.

Why Ige Must Veto The Commercial Hemp Bill Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Why Ige Must Veto The Commercial Hemp Bill

Hawaii鈥檚 well-meaning legislators could expose constituents to unintended consequences.

College Should Be Cheaper And Not Lead To Endless Debt Flickr: Ithmus

College Should Be Cheaper And Not Lead To Endless Debt

Higher education has become corporatized as students struggle financially.

Chad Blair: What I Learned Renewing My License At The DMV City and County of Honolulu

Chad Blair: What I Learned Renewing My License At The DMV

The law has changed in recent years, and so has the process. Be prepared.

Want To Save Hawaii? Educate The Youth Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Want To Save Hawaii? Educate The Youth

It鈥檚 critical for the young to understand the imperative of combatting climate change.

Tom Yamachika: Shining Light On Revenue Estimates Flickr: P氓l Joakim Pollen

Tom Yamachika: Shining Light On Revenue Estimates

Thanks to a Civil Beat lawsuit, government transparency is already improving.

A Bike-Friendly Hawaii Requires Bike-Friendly Parking Cory Lum/Civil Beat

A Bike-Friendly Hawaii Requires Bike-Friendly Parking

Ensuring such options is essential to transition from car ownership to more eco-friendly transportation.

Self-Driving Cars Another Nail In Rail鈥檚 Coffin Flickr: Don DeBold

Self-Driving Cars Another Nail In Rail鈥檚 Coffin

It鈥檚 another example of how private sector innovation often outpaces the slow gears of government.

An Open Letter To Democrats About Trump

An Open Letter To Democrats About Trump

The party is doomed if it embraces angry, left-wing, populist socialism.

Hawaii Has Too Often Failed To Plan Properly Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Has Too Often Failed To Plan Properly

Many of us feel dissatisfied with ugly and misplaced infrastructure and buildings foisted on us.