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Rep. Ed Case and Rep. James Moylan from Guam have my full backing to make Hawaii exempt from the Jones Act, which is an archaic 100-year-old law that does not resonate with our times.
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Again this year, our lawmakers have an opportunity to pass lifesaving legislation by lowering the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) for driving from 0.08% to 0.05%. It’s time to make this change a reality.
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A letter writer takes state Sen. Glenn Wakai to task for proposing nuclear energy for Hawaii via misinformation and a pipe dream project of small nuclear reactors (“Don’t waste funds on nuclear pipe dream,” Star-Advertiser, Feb. 16).
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It’s Sunday night. Hawaii Fest 2025 is going full blast, upheaving lives in our Moanalua Gardens community.
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The dismantling of equal opportunity employment and affirmative action regulations will result in a complete rewrite of personnel regulations that have been in place for over 60 years.
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- By Jack Kittinger
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Feb. 20, 2025
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Like many island systems, Hawaii and its ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to the dangerous threats from climate change.
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Oahu’s Neighborhood Board System was founded in 1973 and, though its record of influence is impressive and its role is critical to maintain, it’s long overdue for a renovation, along with an infusion of new energy.
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State lawmakers are contemplating a boost to the beverage container fee that supports the state’s recycling program, and that surely gets consumers’ attention.
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University of Hawaii regent Neil Abercrombie, a former U.S. Representative and Hawaii governor, is well known for taking strong positions, and he has a new beef: using a fund filled by students’ tuition and fees to pay $42.5 million in “hazard pay” to staffers who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Last Friday, Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge was informed that all probationary employees were to be fired. Three highly-valued staff were terminated.
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There is no charity in Donald Trump. He is targeting federal workers not because he wants to make cuts to reduce the national debt, but because he wants all federal government employees to profess fealty to him.
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It was difficult not to notice the front-page story in the Star-Advertiser on Feb. 18 (“Protesters rally against Trump and Musk on Presidents Day”).
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I want to strongly support and agree with a letter in a recent edition of the Star-Advertiser (“Protest pillaging of federal government,” Feb. 16).
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The Trail of Tears involved the ethnical cleansing of 60,000 indigenous Americans who were forcibly moved from the southeastern U.S. to west of the Mississippi River.
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What a difference a year makes. Landon Pretre finished second in the Great Aloha Run last year, and Monday he was the overall winner of the 41st annual edition of the race.
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If there is any good news on the local front from the job cuts pursued by President Donald Trump’s administration, it’s the proportion of federal labor here that comprises civilian defense jobs, such as employment at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.
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The federal Education Department has ordered every U.S. preschool, elementary, secondary and postsecondary educational institution and state educational agency receiving federal money to eliminate policies or programs treating students differently “on the basis of race” in “all” aspects of student, academic and campus life.
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- By Kathy Higa
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Feb. 19, 2025
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It is with heartfelt gratitude that the Moanalua Valley Community Association honors and publicly thanks Ernest “Ernie” Lau, manager and chief engineer of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, for his steadfast leadership despite significant opposition to protect our water for Hawaii’s people.
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