- By Courtenay Matsu, M.D.
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March 17, 2024
While much of the focus has been on replacing tangible losses — homes, businesses, schools and jobs — we must also prioritize recovery from the disaster’s significant and long-lasting impact on mental health.
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- By Craig Fugate
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March 17, 2024
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Consistent with similar efforts advanced by analogous lobbies in other states, this bill puts the builder and developer interests ahead of Hawaii’s residents, whose health and safety it places at greater risk.
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- By Kelly McKinney
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March 17, 2024
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The aftermath of every catastrophe includes a long period of finger-pointing and, after the devastation of Lahaina, the local emergency manager had his share.
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- By Joshua Montgomery
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Feb. 25, 2024
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In September, enforcement of New York City’s 2022 short-term rental rules began — and we can now see the results.
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- By Kevin Y. Kawamoto and Christy Nishita
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Feb. 4, 2024
A reliable and updated infrastructure keeps communities safe, productive and happy.
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- By Leilani Madison
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Jan. 14, 2024
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I have high hopes for what we will do in Hawaii in terms of breaking new ground in caring for our kupuna by developing a program to reverse cognitive decline in a group setting.
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- By John Heidel
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Jan. 14, 2024
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Before this brand new year becomes obscured with more issues, there are at least three concerns, from my perspective, that require our moral resolve, our collective effort, our principled thinking and our sustained action: the extinction of all creation, our violent culture, and technological “progress.”
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Readers write in to share their hopes and dreams for this new year.
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- By Suzanne Vares-Lum and Charles E. Morrison
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Jan. 7, 2024
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While conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine overshadow world events at the onset of 2024, in the longer term the Indo-Pacific region remains by far the most important part of the world for global peace and prosperity.
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- By Ray Tsuchiyama, Iqbal Ashraf and Kevin D. Lye
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Jan. 7, 2024
GUILD Consulting, a Honolulu-based management consulting firm, presents its trends and predictions for 2024:
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I am thankful to be living in a place that still cares about people and which mostly shares common values like kindness, compassion and honesty.
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- By Monique R. Ibarra
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Sept. 17, 2023
The Lahaina fire on Maui in August rose to a disaster level that has been unparalleled in our state.
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- By U.S. Sens. Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono, and U.S. Reps. Ed Case and Jill Tokuda
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Sept. 17, 2023
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Given how bitterly polarized Washington is today, it’s rare when leaders of both parties agree on something.
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It has been just over a week since wildfires gutted our community of Lahaina, and already the vulture capitalists are circling.
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- By Sterling Higa
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July 23, 2023
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On Monday, Gov. Josh Green declared a housing emergency. Now it falls on journalists, advocates and concerned citizens to hold his administration accountable to produce housing that local families can afford.
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- By David Callies
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July 23, 2023
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Last week, Gov. Josh Green signed a broad-ranging emergency proclamation to address the state’s chronic and long-standing housing crisis.
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- By Gov. Josh Green
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July 23, 2023
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Housing is too expensive in Hawaii — and we all know it.
We all hear stories of families who have been saving for years but still can’t afford to buy a home of their own.
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