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Disaster: From Hurricane Katrina to Homelessness Kimo Carvalho

Disaster: From Hurricane Katrina to Homelessness

I am a different person for having gone through Katrina. So I know Hawaii can prevail on homelessness, too.

Tom Yamachika: Taxing Digital Goods is a Work in Progress

Tom Yamachika: Taxing Digital Goods is a Work in Progress

Hawaii should clarify at the front end what it expects of taxpayers when it comes to computer products and services.

Hawaii, Nation Still Have a Ways to Go on Equity, Equality for Women RV1864 via Flickr

Hawaii, Nation Still Have a Ways to Go on Equity, Equality for Women

As America reflects on the 95th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, it’s important to remember that our work toward gender equality isn’t done.

OIP Is More Interested in Protecting Information Than Making it Public Sophie Cocke/Civil Beat/2011

OIP Is More Interested in Protecting Information Than Making it Public

The agency that is charged with promoting 鈥渙pen and transparent government in Hawaii,鈥 OIP has clearly been neither.

Novelist’s Island Love, Insight Are as Apropos to Hawaii as Jamaica

Novelist’s Island Love, Insight Are as Apropos to Hawaii as Jamaica

Esther Figueroa holds that historical similarities between Jamaica and Hawaii are deeper than the dissimilarities. Her new novel lays bare the truth of island life.

Tom Yamachika: Fund the IRS so It Stops Hanging Up on Taxpayers DonkeyHotey/flickr.com

Tom Yamachika: Fund the IRS so It Stops Hanging Up on Taxpayers

Crippling the聽agency that needs to take in the revenue needed to run the government is a sure path to聽disaster.

Seeing the Light: City’s LED Project Needs Revisions

Seeing the Light: City’s LED Project Needs Revisions

The Honolulu City Council Budget Committee will consider asking for a new report Wednesday on the LED lighting project. The public needs answers to questions being raised about the project.

Tom Yamachika: A Classic Example of Procurement Run Amok Flicker: Pipsta

Tom Yamachika: A Classic Example of Procurement Run Amok

The Hawaii Department of Health doesn’t seem too worked up over a finding that it allowed an original bid of $76,400 to balloon into a $525,000 final bill.

Paid Family Leave: When Will Aloha State Become the Ohana State? Shay Chan Hodges

Paid Family Leave: When Will Aloha State Become the Ohana State?

After what happened last legislative session, it’s encouraging to hear state lawmakers ask about how to structure a leave law in Hawaii.

Aloha Aina Unity March: A Kahea to the Next Generation Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Aloha Aina Unity March: A Kahea to the Next Generation

Sunday’s event was a form of activism that has not been seen in Hawaii for many years.