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Medical Marijuana In Hawaii Still Conflicts With Federal Law Abd allah Foteih via Flickr

Medical Marijuana In Hawaii Still Conflicts With Federal Law

The Legislature can and should end this harmful discrimination against qualified patients and dispensaries.

Corruption By Any Other Name Is Still Corruption Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Corruption By Any Other Name Is Still Corruption

Allowing committee chairs the sole power to decide whether to hear a bill, to pass a bill or to kill a bill invites corruption — both illegal and legal.

Lawmakers Again Have The Chance To Tax Sweetened Beverages Eddie Welker/Flickr

Lawmakers Again Have The Chance To Tax Sweetened Beverages

The negative effect of excess sugar consumption on health is well known, especially on low-income communities.

Let鈥檚 Brave The Possibilities On Mauna Kea Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Let鈥檚 Brave The Possibilities On Mauna Kea

Reach out to each other with humility and aloha to create the future we want for our descendants.

An $18 Minimum Wage Won鈥檛 Raise Prices Dramatically Cory Lum/Civil Beat

An $18 Minimum Wage Won鈥檛 Raise Prices Dramatically

But a living wage increase will go a long way toward providing financial stability for many in Hawaii.

Now Is The Time to Invest In Hawaii鈥檚 Children Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Now Is The Time to Invest In Hawaii鈥檚 Children

Covid鈥檚 reach into all sectors of the state has highlighted a big weakness in the safety net.

Nostalgia, Development And A Changing Honolulu Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Nostalgia, Development And A Changing Honolulu

Only when something old is destroyed can something new be placed.

Honolulu鈥檚 Plan To Raise Bus Fares Will Hurt Riders Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Honolulu鈥檚 Plan To Raise Bus Fares Will Hurt Riders

If we are focused on climate change, multimodal and kupuna-friendly goals, public transit should be affordable.

Ranked Choice Voting Would Improve Democracy In Hawaii Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020

Ranked Choice Voting Would Improve Democracy In Hawaii

RCV guarantees that any elected candidate for office will be chosen by a majority of the community.

Rep. Gene Ward: Legislature Should Back Off Les Kondo Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Rep. Gene Ward: Legislature Should Back Off Les Kondo

A House committee opted for “getting mud鈥 on the state auditor rather than taking a deep dive into the inefficiencies in state government.