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Legislature Lets Hawaii Down With Passage Of HB 2501 Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Legislature Lets Hawaii Down With Passage Of HB 2501

The Hawaii Constitution holds natural resources in trust for the benefit of the people. But HB 2501 prioritizes corporate uses instead.

Why I Voted No Confidence In KCC Chancellor Leon Richards Wikimedia Commons

Why I Voted No Confidence In KCC Chancellor Leon Richards

A longtime faculty member and聽department chair shares why she joined with colleagues in voting for the removal of the chancellor.

Hawaii Should Require Paid Sick Leave For Workers Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Hawaii Should Require Paid Sick Leave For Workers

With federal legislation unlikely to move, Hawaii should follow the lead of a growing number of states in passing its own sick leave law.

Harnessing The Power Of Parents To Serve Kids With Disabilities Screenshot

Harnessing The Power Of Parents To Serve Kids With Disabilities

Parents who have experience with the complexities of special education can serve as meaningful guides for parents new to those systems.

Tom Yamachika: Much Ado About Nothing In The Hawaii Legislature Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Tom Yamachika: Much Ado About Nothing In The Hawaii Legislature

Legislators shouldn’t use tactics to move bills that shut out the public from any voice in the process.

Rich Simplicity: A Teacher Embraces Hawaii’s Challenges Susan Kay Anderson

Rich Simplicity: A Teacher Embraces Hawaii’s Challenges

An experienced educator with a graduate degree and “highly qualified” status knows well聽what makes teaching here difficult. For him, Hawaii’s worth it.

Why House Bill 2501 Should Be Defeated: A Parable Josh Henderson via Flickr

Why House Bill 2501 Should Be Defeated: A Parable

One lawmaker creatively explains his position on legislation that would allow Alexander & Baldwin’s continued diversion of Maui stream waters.

We Can’t Let Airbnb Commercialize Hawaii’s Beaches Cory Lum/Civil Beat

We Can’t Let Airbnb Commercialize Hawaii’s Beaches

A bill before the Legislature would exempt the company from tax laws that apply to local property managers and allow it to hide illegal operators.

Wahiawa General Hospital Needs Aloha, Not A Corporate Takeover

Wahiawa General Hospital Needs Aloha, Not A Corporate Takeover

Helping the struggling hospital with a modest annual subsidy makes good financial and moral sense.

Blood Ivory, 2016: A Poem Wikipedia

Blood Ivory, 2016: A Poem

A Hawaii poet moved by the brutal violence driving elephants to the brink of extinction tenderly introduces his daughter to the gentle giants at the Honolulu Zoo.