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Kupuna Caregivers Program Helped Me Stay Employed Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Kupuna Caregivers Program Helped Me Stay Employed

Hawaii lawmakers have set up infrastructure so desperately needed for the coming wave of senior citizens.

Tom Yamachika: Do We Really Need A Law For Presidential Tax Returns? Flickr: Gage Skidmore

Tom Yamachika: Do We Really Need A Law For Presidential Tax Returns?

And if it鈥檚 such a great idea, let鈥檚 apply it to Hawaii executives, judges and legislators.

Budget Time At The Legislature, In Poetry Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Budget Time At The Legislature, In Poetry

“Let鈥檚 look at these fine audits,” said the Chairman. “Let鈥檚 put you to the test.鈥

Protect The Rights Of Children In Our Justice System

Protect The Rights Of Children In Our Justice System

Too little attention has been paid to the most vulnerable casualties of mass incarceration in America.

All The Retirement Plans In The World Won’t Help If We Don’t Save Flickr: GotCredit

All The Retirement Plans In The World Won’t Help If We Don’t Save

The obvious truth is that Americans are not very good at handling their finances.

The Last Family Health Clinic In East Hawaii Flickr: Frank

The Last Family Health Clinic In East Hawaii

We must find a way to fairly and immediately compensate our few remaining primary care physicians in rural areas.

DOE Ought To Consider Pre-K-To-Third-Grade Model Flickr: Steven Depolo

DOE Ought To Consider Pre-K-To-Third-Grade Model

This approach uses the skills of teachers more efficiently.

Follow Civil Beat鈥檚 Lead On Planting Trees Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Follow Civil Beat鈥檚 Lead On Planting Trees

What Honolulu needs is the right tree, in the right place, getting the right care.

John Pritchett: Police Test Scores Doctored? John Pritchett

John Pritchett: Police Test Scores Doctored?

Longtime Honolulu political cartoonist has this view on the recent settlement between the city and a former police officer who said she was fired for reporting altered test scores.

What We Must Talk About When We Talk About Housing Cory Lum/Civil Beat

What We Must Talk About When We Talk About Housing

Like child labor laws, the minimum wage and workplace safety regulations, housing is a basic right.