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Trading cash for waivers not serving housing needs

Posted on September 4, 2016

Money buys a lot of things, but not always what is needed. Read More

Balance of power: Unions still wield clout, even if it’s less than critics claim

By Shannon Tangonan stangonan@staradvertiser.com Posted on September 4, 2016

The state’s drawn-out struggle to privatize Maui’s failing public hospitals is a telling gauge of how much influence public sector labor unions wield in Hawaii. Read More

Lawsuits bear manini blame for rail costs

Posted on September 4, 2016

Francis Nakamoto erroneously blames soaring rail costs on “meritless legal obstacles” (“Lawsuits kept rail from moving ahead,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, Sept. 1). Read More

Puzzling delays hamstring Maui hospital privatization

Richard Borreca rborreca@staradvertiser.com Posted on September 4, 2016

The fate of health care on Maui is turning out to be one of the great puzzlements of this Labor Day weekend. Read More

RELIGION

Kaimuki Christian School to dedicate new $4M facility

By Pat Gee pgee@staradvertiser.com Posted on September 3, 2016

Kaimuki Christian School will host a blessing ceremony and dedication at 10 a.m. Friday for its new $4.2 million educational center. Read More

Religion calendar

By Star-Advertiser staff Posted on September 3, 2016

Send announcements to Star-Advertiser religion writer Pat Gee at pgee@staradvertiser.com. Read More

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LCH Director of Music and Liturgy, Scott Fikse.

New liturgy by isle Lutherans encourages care for the planet

Sept. 4 celebration at palace to honor Queen Lili‘uokalani

By Pat Gee pgee@staradvertiser.com Posted on August 27, 2016

The 10th annual ‘Onipa‘a (stand firm) celebration will honor the 178th birthday of Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani. Read More

NEW YORK TIMES

BBC soap, pushing 70, generates a new buzz with its abuse thread

By Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura New York Times Posted on September 4, 2016

Set in a rural village, the BBC radio soap opera “The Archers” keeps finding ways to remain relevant. The trial of a character has much of Britain buzzing. Read More

On the campaign trail, Clinton woos the ultrarich

By Amy Chozick and Jonathan Martin New York Times Posted on September 4, 2016

Donald Trump has pointed to Hillary Clinton’s noticeably scant schedule of campaign events this summer to suggest she has been hiding from the public. Read More

A ranger, a field of wildflowers and the retelling of Flight 93

By Dan Barry New York Times Posted on September 4, 2016

Robert Franz’s title is “interpretive park ranger,” which means that his job is to tell the story of what happened in a color-dappled field behind him, again and again and again. Read More

Islam Karimov dies at 78; ruthlessly ruled Uzbekistan for decades

By Neil MacFarquhar New York Times Posted on September 3, 2016

Islam Karimov, a ruthless autocrat who ruled Uzbekistan for almost three decades, died Friday in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. He was 78. Read More

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