Editorial: Transparency key for sewer fee hike
It’s all but impossible to make Oahu taxpayers happy about looming increases in sewer fees. Read more
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Off the news: Red Hill Registry preenrollment underway
The entire Red Hill water contamination debacle was painful, so the University of Hawaii is hoping its pre- enrollment process in the new Red Hill Registry won’t add to that. Read more
Off the news: Green lobbies against RFK Jr. nomination
Gov. Josh Green is in Washington, D.C. to push back against a nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services, meeting Senate members to argue that RFK Jr. is unfit to lead the nation’s health care system. Read more
Column: Better uses for K-12 education funding
As the state Legislature begins another session this month, the people of Hawaii need to realize the crucial role that it, and not the governor, plays in funding our K-12 public education system, which is underfunded. Read more
Letter: Homeless care needs to involve more parties
A column written by a state Department of Human Services investigator asserted that long-term and permanent care facilities are needed for the homeless that are suffering from mental illness and addiction (“Care homes key to isle homeless plight,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, Aug. 25). Read more
Letter: What constitutes veteran status for isle proposal?
It was reported recently that a proposal would exempt military veterans from paying auto registration fees. That is great, but how does the proposal define a veteran? Read more
Letter: Start enforcing law to prevent fireworks deaths
The fireworks-related deaths and injuries in Salt Lake on New Year’s Eve are a tragedy. The fact that fireworks claim victims each year is insanity. Read more
Letter: Fireworks unlikely to be controlled by laws alone
Just as illegal firearms will never be controlled by gun laws, illegal fireworks will probably not be controlled by fireworks legislation. Read more
Letter: Demand police reform, justice for Myeni family
We the people are disgusted by the repeated excuses given as justification in the taking of citizens’ lives. Lindani Myeni’s death adds to a growing list of death at the hands of police. Read more
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Editorial: Navy must ensure safe mine training
It’ll be one of the more consequential decisions in recent years regarding Hawaii’s contribution to U.S. military strategy: Whether to renew the Navy’s operating permit for training at sea around Hawaii and California, which aims to expand mine warfare training here. Read more
Off the news: Queen’s, Wilcox nurses consider strike
Union nurses at The Queen’s Health System on Oahu are threatening a strike as negotiations hit a sticking point over nurse-to-patient ratios — the subject of tense disagreement at Kapi‘olani Medical Center last year. Read more
Off the news: Trump waits in wings on attack anniversary
Four years ago today, true American patriots and citizens watched in horror as live-news feeds showed an unthinkable assault on the U.S. Capitol, the very seat of our shared democracy Read more
Letter: Proactive screening can stop illegal fireworks
Illegal fireworks continue to be a major problem in Hawaii. This New Year’s was like a war zone, and a tragic accident cost the lives of three people and injured many others. Read more
Letter: Not much can be done about early trash pickups
So many folks upset with trash haulers starting early in the morning. Isn’t part of the reason for the early start the number of pickups they must make? Read more
Letter: State lawmakers should laud ins to Trump cadre
President-elect Donald Trump and his team of disruptors will soon occupy Washington. Many influential people from tech giants to world leaders want a seat at the table. Read more
Letter: Biden’s wins will help Trump’s second term
To call the Biden administration a failure is factually inaccurate. During that time, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan, the Infrastructure Act, the Chips Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. Read more
Letter: Where is outrage over arrested Gaza doctor?
The genocide is being televised. But we go about our daily lives as if it is normal to witness every day the slaughter of innocent children, babies dying from cold and starvation, displaced people being displaced yet again and bombed in designated places of refuge. Read more
Editorial: Mayor Rick Blangiardi has much left to do
It’s heartening to hear Mayor Blangiardi promise to waste no time in moving forward. Now, as he also recognizes, the administration’s success or failure will be measured by its performance. Read more
Column: New thinking needed to offset impact of high-cost food imports
Reliance on expensive imported goods will continue to make the economic realities of living in Hawaii more difficult, especially for younger generations like mine. Read more
Column: Hawaii’s agricultural knowledge can break cycle of reliance
Hawaii’s rich history of agricultural production is key to breaking the cycle of reliance on imports. Read more
Column: Schatz calls for new state mindset to help Lahaina rebuild
Schatz is helping to steer an estimated $1.6 billion in new federal funding for Maui’s continued recovery, saying the money goes for building permanent housing for survivors of the Lahaina fires. Read more
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