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Outrage Over A Seawall In West Maui Flickr: Forest and Kim Starr

Outrage Over A Seawall In West Maui

The time is now for the state to act quickly and adopt managed retreat policies for beaches and coastlines.

The Future Of Mauna Kea Cory Lum/Civil Beat

The Future Of Mauna Kea

The mountain is not in balance, and so our community is not at peace.

ACLU Condemns Citizenship Query On Census Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

ACLU Condemns Citizenship Query On Census

The census must count people in all communities, not just those whom the Trump administration favors.

Trump Is Edging Toward The Unthinkable Flickr: Gage Skidmore

Trump Is Edging Toward The Unthinkable

The president is pushing away military advisors who could steer him toward practical policies and warn him against disastrous missteps.

Tom Yamachika: Financial Planning For A $200M Per Year Deficit? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Tom Yamachika: Financial Planning For A $200M Per Year Deficit?

The state budget is hard enough to understand without gimmicks. Let’s have a real financial plan and honest debate.

Relevant Info Needed To Respond To Climate Change Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Relevant Info Needed To Respond To Climate Change

It seems that some people in Hawaii are being confused about progress to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Campaign Corner: Kim Coco Iwamoto The Only True Progressive LG Candidate Gregory S. Yamamoto

Campaign Corner: Kim Coco Iwamoto The Only True Progressive LG Candidate

A prominent civil rights attorney says the candidate will transform the Hawaii lieutenant governor’s office.

State Must Strike Balance In Funding Roadways

State Must Strike Balance In Funding Roadways

Let’s move from the gas tax to a vehicle-miles-traveled tax – but as the number of Hawaii’s electric vehicles increases.

It’s Important To Understand The Rail Numbers Cory Lum/Civil Beat

It’s Important To Understand The Rail Numbers

What message is Honolulu sending the FTA when it posts multiple errors in city documents?

Tom Yamachika: The California Stupidity Fund Flicker: Jeff Turner

Tom Yamachika: The California Stupidity Fund

The Golden State is trying to enact a workaround for the Trump tax cut, and some Hawaii lawmakers are considering similar legislation.