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Aid-In-Dying: It’s About Defining Choice Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Aid-In-Dying: It’s About Defining Choice

We must at least allow our loved ones the opportunity to think for themselves.

Money Saving Measures That Make Sense Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Money Saving Measures That Make Sense

Two bills addressing pensions and retire health care can save hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

Waianae Contra-Flow Lane Was A Terrible Idea Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Waianae Contra-Flow Lane Was A Terrible Idea

The commute to the Leeward Coast from virtually anywhere else on the island was against traffic — until now.

How To Save Money And Salvage The Rail Cory Lum/Civil Beat

How To Save Money And Salvage The Rail

Running street level rail from Middle Street through downtown can be done with the $6.8 billion in existing funding.

Aloha Spirit Alive And Well In Hilo Denise Laitinen

Aloha Spirit Alive And Well In Hilo

Here on the Big Island, we really do have aloha spirit.

Why Bitcoin Access Has Been Shut Down In Hawaii Getty Images

Why Bitcoin Access Has Been Shut Down In Hawaii

The regulatory environment for new technology signals that doing business in Hawaii comes with unnecessary hassles and risks.

Pesticides: The Science Is Clear, The Solution More Complex Zeynel Cebeci/Wikimedia Commons

Pesticides: The Science Is Clear, The Solution More Complex

The problem is how do we move forward now to protect the public and to encourage farming and food self-sufficiency?

Close The Tax Loophole For Real Estate Investment Trusts Denby Fawcett/Civil Beat

Close The Tax Loophole For Real Estate Investment Trusts

Some of the state’s most valuable commercial properties are sidestepping income taxes in Hawaii.

Why One Journalist Decided 2017 Was The Year To Retire John Pritchett/Civil Beat

Why One Journalist Decided 2017 Was The Year To Retire

The state of the news business and why I retired from journalism.

Honolulu Rail Is Too Much, Too Late Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Honolulu Rail Is Too Much, Too Late

Beyond 聽exorbitant costs, we should stop rail now because it will be obsolete. By 2040, the answer to traffic woes will lie in ride-sharing services, driverless cars and other technology.