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Hawaii Needs A Plan To ‘Shelter In Place’ Flickr: Ian Weddell

Hawaii Needs A Plan To ‘Shelter In Place’

False alarm aside, we need to talk about how the public is supposed to respond to a real ballistic missile attack.

Tom Yamachika: Will The Legislature Enact Tax Relief? Flickr: Chris Potter

Tom Yamachika: Will The Legislature Enact Tax Relief?

Hawaii lawmakers will have to decide whether to conform to central provisions of the Trump Tax bill.

Helping To Save Hawaii’s Special Places Historic Hawaii Foundation

Helping To Save Hawaii’s Special Places

Add your voice to a forum this month celebrating Asian-American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage.

A Hawaiian National’s Take On The False Missile Threat Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

A Hawaiian National’s Take On The False Missile Threat

Yes, those 38 minutes were terrifying, but so are 125 years of U.S. occupation for Native Hawaiians.

What Will We Learn From The False Alarm? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

What Will We Learn From The False Alarm?

The upside from the Saturday incident is that everyone in Hawaii can plan as a community for survival.

Don’t Overlook Hawaii’s Teachable Moment From False Alarm Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Don’t Overlook Hawaii’s Teachable Moment From False Alarm

The mistaken ballistic alert reveals how our community should not be unprepared in the future.

Hawaii’s Missile Alarm System Was Designed For Failure Screen shot

Hawaii’s Missile Alarm System Was Designed For Failure

Suggestions for guidelines and procedures that might have helped avoid Saturday’s debacle

The Hawaiian Nation’s Overthrow 125 Years On Hawaii State Archives

The Hawaiian Nation’s Overthrow 125 Years On

Thousands are expected to march to Iolani Palace Wednesday for the all-day onipaa.

A Hiroshima Native’s View: ‘More Missiles Will Not Save Us’ Flickr: The Official CTBTO Photostream

A Hiroshima Native’s View: ‘More Missiles Will Not Save Us’

The nuclear missile false alarm shows that education and prevention are the only solutions to avoid Armageddon.

Tom Yamachika: How Will Hawaii Respond To Federal Tax Reform? DonkeyHotey/flickr.com

Tom Yamachika: How Will Hawaii Respond To Federal Tax Reform?

The Legislature must decide if the state tax system will continue to conform to federal law.