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Perhaps it was inevitable. Following news that funding for the East-West Center (EWC) was in doubt due to an expected halving of the U.S. State Department’s budget, the center is now extending voluntary buyout offers to 80% of its 137 employees.
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- By Michael N. Hansen
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After a hiatus of nine years, the state is seriously reconsidering the use of liquified natural gas (LNG) as an alternative fuel.
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The Gillig Phantom, or the “high-floor bus,” has been the backbone of TheBus for more than 40 years.
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Hawaii has got to have the most beautiful ocean life ever, but it is losing its spark every single day because of how wave currents constantly pull in trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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With the expiration date for the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill coming up, and the recent passage of House Bill 969, the city should explore the concept of developing two landfill sites.
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Public Service Recognition Week runs from May 4 to May 10. In years gone by, in the busyness of our lives, we forgot or took for granted the public servants in federal, state and county governments, the Post Office, and our military who diligently and often sacrificially provided services to the public.
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The paper has consistently published letters critical of Israel, often presenting biased perspectives without factual grounding.
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- By Luanna H. Meyer
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May 4, 2025
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Most Americans have no memory of lives without Social Security and Medicare.
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- By Robert Piper and Ryan Kusumoto
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May 4, 2025
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As any new federal administration begins its term, change is inevitable.
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- By Justina Acevedo-Cross and Judy Mohr Peterson
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May 4, 2025
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In Hawaii, nearly half of all children have experienced an adverse childhood experience (ACE), such as family separation, abuse or economic instability.
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Sometimes raising taxes becomes a politically good thing.
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The Legislature has completed another rushed round of lawmaking, but there’s a lingering lack of certainty that the job is done.
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- By Caleb McMahan
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May 4, 2025
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Just as I warned in 2016, executive actions that bypass our science-based fisheries management system remain a dangerous precedent today, regardless of which president signs them or what ideological agenda they serve.
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- By Carson Holt, Yeon Jae Kim and Rylie Kubo
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May 4, 2025
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When visitors step off the plane at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, they are immediately met with the word “aloha.”
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It is extremely disheartening that the film tax bill was deferred in committee.
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Last week, we the people of Hawaii suffered the death of House Bill 371.
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Major media outlets covered the state Legislature’s work on April 30 and some of the 250 or so bills that were voted on. What we didn’t hear about is a significant error in one particular bill that passed Friday.
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The state Legislature made a huge mistake by not passing a bill to lower the tax on low-alcohol spirits and ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails.
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