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The Hotel Tax Should Be Raised 鈥 A Lot Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

The Hotel Tax Should Be Raised 鈥 A Lot

It will discourage visitors and raise revenue. Once the pandemic subsides, the tax can be lowered.

Tom Yamachika: Our Government In Darkness Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Tom Yamachika: Our Government In Darkness

Justification for suspending open records and public meetings laws is still sketchy.

Thinking Philosophically About COVID-19 Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Thinking Philosophically About COVID-19

Let鈥檚 consider the type of world we want to inhabit once the worst of the pandemic is over.

The Virus That Broke The Classroom Flickr: Ming-yen Hsu

The Virus That Broke The Classroom

We could be at a watershed moment in reevaluating the current state of education.

Hawaii Needs To Pay Its State Employees Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Needs To Pay Its State Employees

Demands for 鈥渟hared sacrifice鈥 because of budget shortfalls should be rejected.

We Must Finds Ways To Open More Of Hawaii Claire Caulfield/Civil Beat/2020

We Must Finds Ways To Open More Of Hawaii

The people of Hawaii need places to go to have a sense of freedom.

Hawaii Is The Envy Of The Nation 鈥 For Voting At Home

Hawaii Is The Envy Of The Nation 鈥 For Voting At Home

It comes just in time for what may be the most consequential elections in our lifetime.

School Funding Is An Investment In Our Future Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

School Funding Is An Investment In Our Future

It is vital that Hawaii do what is right so we do not lose even more teachers.

How To Reopen Hawaii Safely Flickr: Marc Tarlock

How To Reopen Hawaii Safely

It requires a science-based screening and quarantine system to prevent incoming travelers from reinfecting the state.

Hospice Offers Support During COVID-19 Crisis And Beyond Screenshot

Hospice Offers Support During COVID-19 Crisis And Beyond

Patients with a terminal illness may not have the luxury of waiting until things go back to normal to enter hospice care.