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Hawaiian Electric Calls Its Own Shots On Energy Projects ProVision Solar

Hawaiian Electric Calls Its Own Shots On Energy Projects

The utility company takes issue with multiple statements made by a state legislator on NextEra, renewables and more.

Honolulu鈥檚 Runaway Rail Project And The Fallacy of Sunk Costs Cory Lum/CIvil Beat

Honolulu鈥檚 Runaway Rail Project And The Fallacy of Sunk Costs

The larger the sunk costs, the stronger the urge to continue. With Honolulu rail, this urge must be recognized and resisted.

Tom Yamachika: Charter Schools Need To Play By The Rules Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Tom Yamachika: Charter Schools Need To Play By The Rules

A certain amount of autonomy comes with being a charter school in Hawaii. But these institutions still must have oversight.

Canceled Investments, Threatened Jobs: Empower The PUC Doug Murray/FPL

Canceled Investments, Threatened Jobs: Empower The PUC

The Public Utility Commission must be able to review matters like the聽abrupt cancellation of renewable energy projects.

Reject This Ill-Advised Attempt to Restructure City’s Land Management Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Reject This Ill-Advised Attempt to Restructure City’s Land Management

On Friday, the Honolulu Charter Commission will consider a proposal designed to make it easier to use public land for private gain.

Third Parties, The Electoral College And The 2016 Presidential Race Wikimedia Commons

Third Parties, The Electoral College And The 2016 Presidential Race

In a race in which聽dominant nominees have historically high negatives, good showings by Libertarians and Greens could throw the contest聽to the Electoral College.

A One-Stop Center Empowering Hawaii鈥檚 COFA Migrants Cory Lum/Civil Beat

A One-Stop Center Empowering Hawaii鈥檚 COFA Migrants

Relationships between Micronesia and the United States should be mutually beneficial, both to each country and the people they represent.

Tom Yamachika: Why Do We Tax Shipping? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Tom Yamachika: Why Do We Tax Shipping?

The state’s push to continue taxing as many forms of shipping as possible just makes our already high cost of living worse.

Voter-Driven Governance Vs. Money-Driven In Maui Ryan Piros

Voter-Driven Governance Vs. Money-Driven In Maui

In a democratic republic such as ours, money takes a back seat to integrity, or integrity does not exist.

Expansion Of Marine Monument Protects Key Fisheries UNESCO via Wikimedia Commons

Expansion Of Marine Monument Protects Key Fisheries

By protecting key waters from over fishing, we can take tangible steps to preserve fishing in the Hawaiian Islands for generations to come.