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The Department Of Public Safety Must Build Trust Around The COVID-19 Vaccine Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

The Department Of Public Safety Must Build Trust Around The COVID-19 Vaccine

Other jurisdictions have found ways to encourage their imprisoned persons to take the vaccine.

We Need Housing, Education And Health Care More Than Radar Missile Defense Agency

We Need Housing, Education And Health Care More Than Radar

It’s well past time for the United States to spend less on militarization — including an already obsolete $1.9 billion project planned for Hawaii.

Congress Should Lead On Replacing Red Hill Fuel Tanks Courtesy U.S. Navy

Congress Should Lead On Replacing Red Hill Fuel Tanks

Instead, the silence from Hawaii’s senatorial delegation on the issue is deafening.

Give Hawaii’s Capitol Back To Its People Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Give Hawaii’s Capitol Back To Its People

The open-air architecture was designed to reflect democracy as it should be: open and transparent.

Sen. Donna Mercado Kim: UH Faculty Union’s Attacks Are ‘Mistruths’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Sen. Donna Mercado Kim: UH Faculty Union’s Attacks Are ‘Mistruths’

The Higher Education Committee chair argues that UHPA is doing little to control the high costs of a university education.

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission Is More Important Than Ever Courtesy: Claudia Rohr/2018

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission Is More Important Than Ever

Its three commissioners are doing exactly what we should expect them to — acting as the public’s fiduciaries in the face of corporate interests.

Ige Should Veto Public Land Lease Extension Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Ige Should Veto Public Land Lease Extension

House Bill 499 will negatively impact Native Hawaiian beneficiaries.

Rebuilding In Puna Ma Kai Is Folly Courtesy: USGS/2018

Rebuilding In Puna Ma Kai Is Folly

People seem to have no memory of eruptive histories and apparently don’t understand or appreciate the consequences of those eruptions.

We Must Continue To Be Vigilant About COVID-19 Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

We Must Continue To Be Vigilant About COVID-19

A newly vaccinated youth weighs in on the progress of the pandemic.

The Problem Of Plastic Pollution Rivals Climate Change Kuʻu Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2020

The Problem Of Plastic Pollution Rivals Climate Change

And because of its potential to infiltrate and disrupt natural cycles, it may be far worse.