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Native Hawaiian Citizens In A Native Hawaiian Government Louis Choris via Wikimedia Commons

Native Hawaiian Citizens In A Native Hawaiian Government

As the Na驶i Aupuni 驶Aha continues, the question arises: Who should be defined as a citizen of a new Hawaiian government?

I’m Not Quite Ready To Move Home to Hawaii Flickr: Kanaka Menehune

I’m Not Quite Ready To Move Home to Hawaii

Living in Ohio and D.C. has聽helped me better appreciate what I left behind on Oahu.

Bill Would Help Homeowners Leverage Clean Energy Incentives

Bill Would Help Homeowners Leverage Clean Energy Incentives

Despite the bill’s benefits for homeowners and Hawaii’s clean energy movement, it has stalled in the House. The writer seeks help in keeping the bill alive.

Scalia’s Death Rekindles Student’s Memory Of Encounter With The Justice Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Scalia’s Death Rekindles Student’s Memory Of Encounter With The Justice

Many UH students remember Scalia’s 2014 campus visit, but this writer still recalls a trip to D.C. and a frustrating exchange about U.S. annexation of Hawaii.

Tom Yamachika: How High Might Hawaii’s General Excise Tax Rise? Flickr/taxcredits.net

Tom Yamachika: How High Might Hawaii’s General Excise Tax Rise?

The GET is far-reaching and baked into almost everything in our economy.聽Proposed increases are still alive and well at the Legislature.

Big Island Residents Not Reassured By Latest State Action On Dengue Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Big Island Residents Not Reassured By Latest State Action On Dengue

When they issued an emergency proclamation, state officials seemed more concerned about tourism than about Hawaii Island residents.

Ige And Souki’s Immoral, Illegal Denial Of DHHL Funds Island Truss

Ige And Souki’s Immoral, Illegal Denial Of DHHL Funds

Gov. David Ige and House Speaker Joe Souki argue the separation of powers prevents courts from ordering specific funding be provided for Hawaiian Homelands. It’s a bankrupt position.

Pakalolo’s Long History, Regulated Future In Hawaii iStock.com

Pakalolo’s Long History, Regulated Future In Hawaii

Despite Hawaii’s centuries-old appreciation for medicinal marijuana, dispensaries coming on line later this year are unlikely to make access and affordability better for patients.

NextEra Hearings: Distance Makes The Heart Grow Fonder Cory Lum/Civil Beat

NextEra Hearings: Distance Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

When it came to the PUC’s proceedings, I knew I could see it all much better on Olelo back home here on Lanai.

The Nation Needs A Full Lineup Of Supreme Court Justices Chad Blair/Civil Beat/2015

The Nation Needs A Full Lineup Of Supreme Court Justices

Inconvenient as the timing may be for conservatives, Republican senators should do their duty and proceed with the process for replacing Antonin Scalia.