Editorial: Homes, rail, labor, safety top city priorities

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Letter: Stand up for veterans’ vital, at-risk medical care

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Veterans march in basic training to prepare for war. Now we march again to war against Project 2025. This isn’t about left or right; it’s about veterans policy. Read more

Letter: Disgraceful Dems didn’t even applaud positives

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The behavior of Democrats at President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress was completely disgraceful and demonstrated how severely out of touch they are with the American public. Read more

Letter: No apologies needed by Democrats over speech

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Although I have only lived in Hawaii for seven years, I thought I understood the word “aloha” when referring to others. To me, it connotes a feeling of acceptance or fondness. Read more

Letter: Televised UH sports should be free to all

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University of Hawaii sports viewership is directly proportional to the number of cable TV subscribers. Read more

Off the news: No time to indulge in new state holiday

• March 11, 2025
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Hawaii officially recognized Nov. 28 as La Ku‘oko‘a, or Hawaiian Independence Day, in 2023. On Nov. 28, 1843 — 50 years before the overthrow of the monarchy, and more than a century before Hawaii’s statehood — the kingdom of Hawaii was recognized as independent by world powers Great Britain and France. Read more

Editorial: Plan for effects of Medicaid cuts

• March 11, 2025
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Nobody knows for sure how budget cuts from Capitol Hill will land in Hawaii and other states. Read more

Off the news: Arakawa was accomplished Oahu native

• March 11, 2025
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The recently discovered, tragic deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, shocked people in Hawaii and everywhere — but relatively few knew much about the Punahou School and USC graduate’s earlier life in her Hawaii home. Read more

Column: Halawa stadium isn’t the right choice

• By John Kawamoto
• March 11, 2025
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The proposed Aloha Stadium entertainment district is in serious trouble. Rising costs, funding uncertainties and shifting priorities threaten to derail the project. Read more

Letter: Standard speed limits at monitored intersections

• March 11, 2025
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While I support the red-light cameras, I do not support the speed cameras. The program is seriously flawed and unfair to some drivers. Read more

Letter: Government must keep close eye on CIP projects

• March 11, 2025
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Funding uncertainties require government restraint when considering new capital improvement program (CIP) projects. Read more

Letter: Spare a thought, and a penny, for tennis players

• March 11, 2025

Congratulations to Mayor Rick Blangiardi and his budget team for proposing a balanced budget for fiscal 2026. Read more

Letter: Columnist doesn’t get it, but at least he’s objective

• March 11, 2025
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I don’t usually agree with David Shapiro, but Sunday’s column was actually quite good (“Dems love making rules; Trump loves to break them,” Star-Advertiser, March 9). Read more

Letter: What if Harris was in charge right now?

• March 11, 2025
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I wonder what your right-wing letter writers would say if Kamala Harris had been elected and the Dow was below what it was on Nov. 1, 2024, the price of eggs had more than doubled, the U.S. was canceling support of Ukraine, and she had hired someone (George Soros, maybe?) with no congressional approval or vetting who was illegally closing programs, cutting departments and laying off workers willy-nilly? Read more

Off the news: House prices hit new high, condos’ drop

• March 10, 2025
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Supply, demand and insurance woes for many condo associations are working their magic on Oahu’s housing market. Read more

Off the news: Long process of Iwilei development starts

• March 10, 2025
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It’s still very early in the process, but the long-awaited vision to overhaul Iwilei with transit-oriented development might start getting clearer. Read more

Editorial: Rail riders deserve better from city

• March 10, 2025
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Construction of Oahu’s rail system has been fraught, to say the least. Running billions of dollars over budget, late and two stations short of original plans, Skyline has endured public pushback to the point that its mere existence is often used as a political cudgel. But on it rolls. Read more

Letter: Devise new rehab system before costly new jail

• March 10, 2025
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I agree with the director of the state Department of Correction and Rehabilitation and his staff that the University of Hawaii report, “Breaking Cycles,” does a good job bringing together community input and a broad knowledge base to provide guidance for designing an alternative incarceration system (“Time to look at OCCC as a comprehensive decarceration hub,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, March 3). Read more