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How Hawaii Nonprofits Are Helping At-Risk Renters

How Hawaii Nonprofits Are Helping At-Risk Renters

What is essential for long term success is continued funding to support and expand on existing programs.

Refocusing Resources At The Honolulu Ethics Commission Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Refocusing Resources At The Honolulu Ethics Commission

The Ethics Commission cannot be held responsible for another agency’s work.

Lawmakers Should Recognize Early Learning Starts At Birth Suevon Lee

Lawmakers Should Recognize Early Learning Starts At Birth

A current bill focuses on “school readiness” but leaves a gap in care for younger children and their parents, who could use the help.

Charles Djou: Why I’m Not Running For Honolulu Mayor Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat

Charles Djou: Why I’m Not Running For Honolulu Mayor

The 2016 candidate and veteran lawmaker is taking up a residency at the U.S. Army War College.

Tom Yamachika: How ‘Just a Technical Change’ To Hotel Tax Might Prove Costly Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Tom Yamachika: How ‘Just a Technical Change’ To Hotel Tax Might Prove Costly

Hawaii lawmakers are looking to assign personal liability on company officials for late transient accommodation tax payments.

Full Independence For Hawaii Looks Unfeasible For Now Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Full Independence For Hawaii Looks Unfeasible For Now

If the goal is for Hawaii to form its own nation, many legal and political barriers block the way.

The Folly Of Spending Tax Dollars To Tear Down The Haiku Stairs

The Folly Of Spending Tax Dollars To Tear Down The Haiku Stairs

The Windward Oahu hiking trail is not only a wonder, it’s safe and could be run cost-effectively.

Hawaii’s Coronavirus Plan Must Address Unusual Challenges CDC

Hawaii’s Coronavirus Plan Must Address Unusual Challenges

Expect disruptions to the tourism economy and don’t count on help from other beleaguered parts of the U.S.

Democrats Must See, Speak And Act In Interests Of The Poor Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Democrats Must See, Speak And Act In Interests Of The Poor

When it comes to the minimum wage, why aren’t Hawaii Democratic lawmakers acting like Democrats?

Demographic Shifts Pose Tremendous Risks For Kauai Flickr: Jordan Fischer

Demographic Shifts Pose Tremendous Risks For Kauai

The island’s population growth is largely a result of the island becoming home to more retirees.