Column: Keep promised income tax cuts intact
Let us be clear: There is no need for Hawaii’s legislators to reverse the historic state income tax cuts that were enacted during the 2024 legislative session. Read more
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Editorial: Full count of isles’ homeless needed
There is no such thing as “too much information” when it comes to guidance for programs to address Hawaii’s homelessness problems. Read more
Off the news: Queen Theater negotiations get underway
Despite its prominent location on the main drag in Kaimuki, the Queen Theater has been vacant for decades, deteriorating in spite of many unsuccessful entreaties to the owner to either sell the building or have it renovated. Read more
Off the news: Beware L.A. wildfire donation scammers
It never fails. When a disaster on the scale of the L.A. wildfires strikes, there are those trying to take advantage of our better impulses. Read more
Letter: Fireworks enforcement raises ethics concerns
There are many innocent victims in the New Year’s Eve fireworks tragedy. People who lived across the street, next door and two and three houses away had windows blown out and shattered. Read more
Letter: Official fireworks, drone shows might save lives
Went to sleep New Year’s Eve happy after enjoying my neighbor’s extravagant aerial fireworks show. Woke up to news of the horrific tragedy in Salt Lake and, like everyone else, I am completely devastated. Read more
Letter: Voters spoke to put end to government disorder
Recent Star-Advertiser columns on public health were a discussion of “opponents versus rivals” in an attempt to normalize the worst of both (“Trump’s picks for top health jobs are not just a team of rivals — but a ‘team of opponents,’” Insight, and “Amid hit job on U.S. public health, wiser spirit in isles,” Island Voices, Dec. 29). Read more
Letter: 2nd Trump presidency is nightmare come true
In the depths of my nightmare, I awoke only to find myself trapped in a chilling reality. Donald Trump had won the election and his inauguration loomed ominously on Jan. 20. Read more
Letter: Blame Hamas for Gaza conditions, not Israel
I’m frustrated by the tendency to blame Israel for the tragic deaths in Gaza, as seen in the recent letter “Women and girls in Gaza should have right to live” (Star Advertiser, Jan 8). Read more
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Off the news: More good government is definitely good
The 2022 scandalous arrests — followed by guilty pleas — of former Hawaii Senate Majority Leader Kalani English and House Finance Vice Chair Ty Cullen for taking bribes to influence wastewater legislation prompted several ethics reforms at the Legislature. Read more
Off the news: Macy’s in Hawaii survives latest cuts
For longtime kamaaina, there’s something comforting about having Macy’s around, even as the days of any conventional department store are waning. Read more
Editorial: Do more to house Lahaina survivors
Stark figures from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) latest Point-in-Time (PIT) count reveal a whopping 87% increase in Hawaii homelessness between 2023 and 2024, with primary blame laid on the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires. Read more
Letter: Less spent on war means more spent on disasters
In view of the wildfires in Southern California last week, President Joe Biden pledged that the federal government would throw every available resource at the blazes. Read more
Letter: Environmental activists should rejoice over rail
As a green, eco-friendly state, it surprises me that, when people in Hawaii complain about the rail, no eco-warriors come to its defense. Read more
Letter: Turn disused bus stops into homeless kauhale
The state builds mobile kauhales, or tiny homes, for the homeless. Demand exceeds capacity. Consider transferring abandoned bus shelters near the rail stations to temporary housing to the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions. Read more
Letter: Select new landfill site quickly but carefully
The city knows where the Board of Water Supply’s “no pass zone” boundaries are, so it should not have wasted years looking at sites in those areas. Read more
Letter: For kids, stop reinforcing idea of unaffordability
According to a recent report, Gov. Josh Green said “that even though [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.] has said he doesn’t plan to take away vaccines, his rhetoric could effectively prevent large swaths of people from getting immunized” (“Green sounds alarm over RFK Jr.’s stance on vaccines,” Star-Advertiser, Jan 9). Read more
Letter: Laken Riley murder tragic, but bill flawed
The U.S. House passed an immigration bill that is truly un-American. Read more
Letter: Return to tradition, allow firecrackers
Illegal aerials are proliferating because lawmakers banned ground-based fireworks. Read more
Letter: Sensible, enforceable fireworks law needed
Hawaii needs to return to days of traditional firecrackers, common-sense laws. Read more
Letter: Please explain Laken Riley Act ‘no’ vote
Public needs to know why Hawaii Congress members voted against the bill. Read more
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