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Here’s Why Roundup Is Still Used In Hawaii Flickr: Mike Mozart

Here’s Why Roundup Is Still Used In Hawaii

It is an efficient and effective pesticide that can be used safely to control weeds in a variety of settings.

Tom Yamachika: The Value Of A Refundable Tax Credit Flickr.com

Tom Yamachika: The Value Of A Refundable Tax Credit

If it really wants to help the poor, why doesn’t the state government support paying out the earned income tax credit even if means cutting a check?

Let’s Talk About What’s Really Going On At OHA Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Let’s Talk About What’s Really Going On At OHA

Media reports about the finances of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs have been one-sided.

Let’s Work Together To Clean Up Our Land Courtesy

Let’s Work Together To Clean Up Our Land

Civic pride is based on taking action, not waiting for “someone else” to take the lead.

Iwi Kupuna And The Preservation Of Hawaiian History Flickr: jericl cat

Iwi Kupuna And The Preservation Of Hawaiian History

Ancestral bones encapsulate a sacred essence that Native Hawaiians are forever tied to this land.

Kupuna Caregivers Program Deserves Full Funding Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Kupuna Caregivers Program Deserves Full Funding

Our state is the first to invest in the growing caregiving infrastructure.

We Need To Reduce Hawaii’s Reliance On Fossil Fuels Flickr: Janak Raja

We Need To Reduce Hawaii’s Reliance On Fossil Fuels

This GOP lawmaker says moving from one fossil fuel to another feeds Hawaii’s addiction.

Tom Yamachika: Why $750K Wasn’t Enough To Build A Crosswalk Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Tom Yamachika: Why $750K Wasn’t Enough To Build A Crosswalk

Here’s the story of a bill that allocates still more money for a signalized crosswalk in downtown Honolulu.

Why Is Roundup Still Used In Hawaii? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Why Is Roundup Still Used In Hawaii?

We should make public the names of government officials who approve the use of such poisonous chemicals.

Stop The Warmongering And Talk To North Korea Flickr: (stephan)

Stop The Warmongering And Talk To North Korea

Hawaii is being used for political advancement of a hysteria for war. And those warning sirens are unnecessary.