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Let’s All Pitch In To A New Community Bail Fund
Legislators passed some reform measures this session, but poor defendants are still discriminated against. A new nonprofit effort will help.
Courtesy: Sally Kaye/2019
Blindsided By A Last-Minute Plan To Privatize Lanai’s Small Boat Harbor
Under legislation that surprised and angered many residents of the small island, Manele boat harbor will become the first and only privately managed small boat harbor in Hawaii.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Astronomy Led Canoe Explorers To Hawaii鈥檚 Shores
Kamehameha the Great and Kalakaua were both vested in tradition yet accommodating to science.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Rental Crackdown Threatens North Shore鈥檚 Prosperity
The Honolulu City Council is considering two bills to control the vacation market.
Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat
Should Hawaii Make Prostitution Legal?
We would do well to look to New Zealand as a model.
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Tom Yamachika: DLNR Considers Carbon Credits For East Maui
They have nothing to do with a carbon tax, but they share the same end goal.
Analogies Are For Lawyers And Lazy Minds
Rail is not H-3, Trump is not Nixon and tax cuts don鈥檛 necessarily pay for themselves.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Remember When Honolulu Was A Pretty Good Place To Live?
The City and County of 2019 faces a collection of problems bordering on the intractable.
Flickr: Kevin Gill
Global Warming Is A Global Problem
It is the collective duty of states to ensure the survival of Earth.
Flickr: Robert Huffstutter
From Meiji To Reiwa: The 鈥楳odern鈥 King Kalakaua And Japan
Recalling Hawaii鈥檚 close ties to the Chrysanthemum Throne during the 19th century.