Kokua Line: Do city pools have swimming lessons for adults?

• By Christine Donnelly
• Today
• Last updated 9:17 p.m.
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Kokua Line: Why won’t state automatically refund GET overpayment?

• By Christine Donnelly
• Dec. 24, 2024
• 13

Question: I have questions about state tax overpayments. I am a preparer who does GET and individual taxes for clients. The only overpayment that is automatically refunded to the taxpayer is the individual tax on a yearly return. Read more

Column: Polynesian Hall of Fame inductee Jim Nicholson had larger-than-life career

• By Curtis Murayama
• Dec. 23, 2024
• 6

He scored 60 points in a high school basketball game, was an ILH player of the year in both football and basketball, went to a powerhouse college football program, started six years with the Kansas City Chiefs, missed out on winning a Super Bowl ring by choosing to go to law school instead, became a lawyer, went into private practice and was the chairman of the Hawaii Labor Relations Board before retiring. Read more

Column: Federal pandemic money infuses Hawaii’s fiscal health

• By Richard Borreca
• Dec. 22, 2024
• 6

Compare Green’s easy economic decisions with the hard choices forced on Ige. Read more

David Shapiro: Even promiscuous faith can help center the soul

• Dec. 22, 2024
• 28

So many religions are founded on some version of the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Read more

Kokua Line: Why is rebuilding Kalapawai Roundabout so slow?

• By Christine Donnelly
• Dec. 22, 2024
• 18

Why is it taking so long to rebuild the Kala­pawai Roundabout? Read more

Rearview Mirror: How did Waikiki’s Barefoot Bar get its name?

• By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
• Dec. 20, 2024
• 10

The Barefoot Bar was one of the most popular places in town. “You couldn’t get in unless you knew someone,” recalls Miyuki Hruby, who started working with Spencecliff in 1944. “There was always a big line.” Read more

Kokua Line: Does city still mail property assessments?

• By Christine Donnelly
• Dec. 20, 2024
• 7

Only property owners who had signed up for electronic delivery were sent emails; others were mailed notices through the U.S. Postal Service, according to a news release from Honolulu’s Real Property Assessment Division. Read more

Facts of the Matter: Minuscule tardigrades show amazing resilience

• By Richard Brill
• Dec. 20, 2024
• 3

Tardigrades boast an impressive tolerance for radiation. In lab experiments, they have been subjected to doses of ionizing radiation that would be lethal to humans. Read more

Kokua Line: When will Hawaiian Electric pay damage claim?

• By Christine Donnelly
• Dec. 19, 2024
• 5

Over 300 damage claims were filed with Hawaiian Electric Co. over the June 17-21 Downtown Honolulu-­Chinatown outage. Read more

Kokua Line: Why must people wait in sun, rain for airport pickup?

• By Christine Donnelly
• Dec. 18, 2024
• 35

Why is there no canopy over the Uber and Lyft ride pickup median at the Honolulu airport? Read more

Stephen Tsai: Brown rejects big money to complete mission at UH

• By Stephen Tsai
• Dec. 17, 2024
• 31

As a former tackle-obsessed middle linebacker, Hawaii football coach Chris Brown has done some crazy and nutso things. Read more

Jerry Campany: Baseball game still greatest Army-Navy contest held in Hawaii

• Dec. 16, 2024
• 1

The week of the annual Army-Navy football game does different things to different people. Read more

Kokua Line: Why does DMV take old license before mailing new one?

• By Christine Donnelly
• Dec. 15, 2024
• 7

Question: When renewing a Hawaii driver’s license, why can’t we keep our old license while we’re waiting for the new plastic license in the mail, which takes weeks? Read more

Column: Gov. Green’s popularity provides shield for new fees

• By Richard Borreca
• Dec. 15, 2024
• 7

Josh Green ranks sixth nationally in governor approval ratings. Read more

Volcanic Ash: Hawaii firearms squabble challenges U.S. high court

• By David Shapiro
• Dec. 15, 2024
• 17

There’s been hand-wringing from the political left about a constitutional crisis if Donald Trump ever refuses to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling he doesn’t like. Read more

Rearview Mirror: Kimchi and Spam musubi among year’s tasty topics

• By Bob Sigall
• Dec. 13, 2024
• 3

This year in Rearview Mirror, we learned about a pilot who flew his plane under a Kauai bridge, we looked into the writing of the song “Mr. Sun Cho Lee,” by Bob Magoon and the Beamer brothers, and we learned about a buoy off Waikiki that was painted pink in protest. Read more

Kokua Line: Is UH warning foreign students about returning to U.S.?

• By Christine Donnelly
• Dec. 13, 2024
• 20

Question: My son goes to USC, and he said foreign students who plan to go home for winter break are being told to be back on campus before President- elect Donald Trump takes office. Is UH telling its foreign students anything like this? Read more