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Tom Yamachika: We Can’t Afford Not To Try Zero-Based Budgeting Flickr.com

Tom Yamachika: We Can’t Afford Not To Try Zero-Based Budgeting

It assumes that nothing, not even the amount the Legislature appropriated the previous year, is automatically approved.

Hawaii Must Sustain Its Technology Momentum Hawaii ETS

Hawaii Must Sustain Its Technology Momentum

The governor鈥檚 nominee for chief information officer is a 鈥渟easoned leader and administrator.鈥

Our Small State Has Big Ambitions When It Comes To Climate Change Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Our Small State Has Big Ambitions When It Comes To Climate Change

Hawaii is at the forefront of dealing with looming problems like rising seas and more devastating storms.

Thirty Meter Telescope Will Help Prepare Hawaii鈥檚 Students Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Thirty Meter Telescope Will Help Prepare Hawaii鈥檚 Students

Besides the contribution to scientific exploration, the TMT provides scholarships, encourages STEM education and diversifies the state鈥檚 economy.

A Blueprint For Fixing Public Education Cory Lum/Civil Beat

A Blueprint For Fixing Public Education

It includes writing a constitutional amendment ballot question that will withstand legal and public scrutiny.

Why I Left Hawaii For Texas Chad Blair/Civil Beat/2019

Why I Left Hawaii For Texas

After more than three decades enjoying the islands, this resident moved to Austin to retire sooner.

How To Drive With Aloha Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

How To Drive With Aloha

Seriously, people, it’s not that hard. Texting while driving is illegal, for example, and drivers should not play games.

Tom Yamachika: Did State Agencies Meet Their Goals This Year? Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Tom Yamachika: Did State Agencies Meet Their Goals This Year?

It’s hard to say. Variance reports from the Airports Division and Halawa Correctional Facility, for example, lack key data.

Don鈥檛 Mess With Renewable Energy Tax Credits Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Don鈥檛 Mess With Renewable Energy Tax Credits

Thanks to government help, Hawaii has the highest per capita number of solar thermal and electric systems in the U.S.

Reducing The Carbon Footprint Of Producing Medical Cannabis Anthony Quintano / Civil Beat

Reducing The Carbon Footprint Of Producing Medical Cannabis

Business is booming, but so are electricity costs and environmental risks.