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Hawaii Should Get On Board With Cryptocurrency Exchanges Voytek Pavlik/Wikimedia Commons

Hawaii Should Get On Board With Cryptocurrency Exchanges

The state effectively bans them because of the high levels of collateral required to facilitate the purchase of investments.

Honolulu Should Enforce Existing Law On Vacation Rentals Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Honolulu Should Enforce Existing Law On Vacation Rentals

A proposed bill is a drastic departure from a 2019 ordinance and is a clear giveaway to the hotel industry.

Hawaii’s People Must Be As One In Opposition To Anti-Semitism Screenshot

Hawaii’s People Must Be As One In Opposition To Anti-Semitism

The recent attacks on Lt. Gov. Josh Green are shocking and vile, and must be roundly denounced.

Papahanaumokuakea Is A Model For Our Future Courtesy: NOAA

Papahanaumokuakea Is A Model For Our Future

Let鈥檚 celebrate ocean conservation by advancing inclusive collaboration and cultural leadership.

Native Hawaiians Should Consider Vaccines, Set Aside Contempt For Wearing Masks Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Native Hawaiians Should Consider Vaccines, Set Aside Contempt For Wearing Masks

Too many ancestors have been lost to smallpox, measles, whooping cough, syphilis, tuberculosis and leprosy.

Tourism And Its Discontents Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Tourism And Its Discontents

Hawaii remains hugely affected by and reliant on the visitor industry.

Invest In Human Infrastructure, Not Just Roads And Bridges Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2020

Invest In Human Infrastructure, Not Just Roads And Bridges

Reps. Ed Case and Kai Kahele have the opportunity to help Congress build back a more resilient and equitable economy.

What One Of America鈥檚 Leading Police Professionals Says About Police Reform Policy Exchange

What One Of America鈥檚 Leading Police Professionals Says About Police Reform

Bill Bratton has led police departments in Boston, New York City and Los Angeles and has done more to influence American policing than any other person.

Aloha Stadium Should Be Replaced By Aloha Homes Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Aloha Stadium Should Be Replaced By Aloha Homes

The need for affordable housing in Hawaii is much greater than the need for a new stadium.

Haiku Stairs Should Be Reopened, Not Removed Courtesy: Friends of Haiku Stairs

Haiku Stairs Should Be Reopened, Not Removed

Public sentiment favors managing access to the stairs, not getting rid of them.