Island Voices: Keiki need more safe routes to school
For many children, going to school means everything to them. We can do more to help get them there safely. Read more
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Richard Borreca: Dentists gnashing teeth over fluoridation rollback
Hawaii’s state Legislature has previously considered taking action on a statewide fluoridation ban, but without enough interest to pass it into law this year. Read more
Editorial: Halt state worker housing fund bill
Valuing our state workers shouldn’t result in public spending that favors these employees at the expense of private-sector workers Read more
Island Voices: We must teach, model pono speech
We must continue to teach the power of positive speech — communication that is truthful, honorable, ethical and kind. Read more
Letter: Putting state workers before taxpayers
Why should all residents be required to help local government employees have access to affordable condominiums through taxpayer money? Read more
Letter: ICE arrests of COFA migrants troubling
The targeting of the already vulnerable COFA community is outrageous and wrong. Read more
Letter: Tariffs, buy local share basic pitfalls
A letter writer noted that Donald Trump’s tariffs are just like Hawaii’s “Buy Local, It Matters” campaign, but the argument actually shows what the problem is with both of them. Read more
Letter: Case’s SAVE Act vote an affront to women
By supporting the SAVE Act, U.S. Rep. Ed Case voted to make it harder or impossible for tens of millions to vote. Read more
Column: Eia mai nö kahi “köna” ke küla’i kauhale nei
Synopsis: Should the possessive pronoun “kona” be spelled with a macron over the “o”? Read more
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Letter: Modify old stadium to save taxpayer dollars
Why don’t they just use the existing stadium and remove the top red and yellow sections, and keep the lower orange and blue sections in place? Read more
Letter: Hold convention center management to task
The Hawaii Convention Center has been deteriorating and no one is being held accountable. Read more
Letter: Great idea! Air military plans to public, enemies
Columnist Marc Thiessen’s perspective on Signalgate should become our template on national security…if we seek bedlam. Read more
Editorial: Who’ll pay to keep HECO’s lights on?
A clash between two power players — Hawaiian Electric Co. (HECO) and the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters — is heading to a showdown at the state Legislature. Read more
Off the news: After obstacles, Kuilei Place breaks ground
Overcoming controversies such as a zoning exemption for its tower height, the upcoming 43-story Kuilei Place condo project in Moiliili is on its way to supplying 1,005 units in high-demand Oahu, 603 of them as “workforce” housing. Read more
Off the news: Concealed carry permit numbers boom
From (nearly) zero to 2,200: Before a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision upended Hawaii’s gun law, just six people were granted a concealed-carry weapons permit over 21 years. Read more
Letter: Make anti-vaxers pay for virus’ financial impacts
I regret that measles has shown up in Hawaii. I sympathize with the playmates, with the neighbors, with the grocer and with so many others forced into its path. Read more
Letter: HTA must continue to root out possible graft
We have way too many grifters serving us in Washington already, so why bring it home to Hawaii? I am shocked and dismayed at the Star-Advertiser’s front-page headline article regarding Hawaii Tourism Authority board Chair Todd Apo’s advisement to put the recent audit probe “to bed” (“Chair advises putting audit probe ‘to bed,’” April Opens in a new tab8) Opens in a new tab. Read more
Letter: Late Rep. Gene Ward was peerless politician
State Rep. Gene Ward was a wonderful man that many of us knew well, as he represented Hawaii Kai. He did a great job! Read more
Letter: On Musk, columnist reverts to partisan ways
I had hoped that Cal Thomas was finally standing his own moral ground with his recent commentary, calling out the Christian nationalist movement with its “divine mission” to take over our government and hold dominion uber alles (“Christians beware: There is a heretic in the White House,” Star-Advertiser, April 1). Read more
Letter: Trump doing most to dismantle democracy
Responding to the letter suggesting we kept calm and give Donald Trump a chance (“Keep calm, take stock and give Trump a chance,” Star-Advertiser, Feb. Opens in a new tab20) Opens in a new tab, I beg to differ. Read more
Column: New technology will improve management of state finances
The state’s Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) recently issued a request for proposals (RFP) to support the Enterprise Financial System (EFS) project — a $68 million effort to overhaul the state’s outdated financial system that drives key functions of our government. Read more
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