Editorial: Budget must raise quality of city life
Mayor Rick Blangiardi has proposed a $3.63 billion operating budget for the 2025 fiscal year, beginning July 1. Read more
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Editorial: Green fee needed, but beware pitfalls
Hawaii leaders have been contemplating the enactment of a “green fee” for several years to enable better care of the state’s natural and cultural resources, many of them under duress from increased use by island visitors. Read more
Editorial: Keep close eye on brown-water risks
Climate change has brought enormous cause for worry about impacts on the environment and property. Read more
Editorial: Constructing a stronger Hawaii
Construction will grow in Hawaii over the next few years, fueled by major federal and state projects. Read more
Editorial: Lahaina survivors need housing now
Hawaii’s governor has certainly not gone looking for a fight with West Maui’s short-term rental (STR) owners over Maui fire survivors’ need to secure longterm housing — but an increasingly desperate search for housing near now-incinerated Lahaina homes has pushed the state and Maui County to a breaking point. Read more
Editorial: HPD needs culture shift to start at top
Without any doubt, the Honolulu Police Department needs to deploy every means to train the next generation of officers. Read more
Editorial: Build on Green’s housing initiative
Build Beyond Barriers (BBB), a working group formed by Gov. Josh Green to streamline bureaucratic procedures, cut costs and speed creation of affordable housing here, is finished after only seven months. Read more
Editorial: Grow investment in local students
The decline in Hawaii’s population due at least in part to the out-migration of young working adults has been well documented. Read more
Editorial: Get act together on school facilities
The value in Senate Bill 3328, if there is any, is that lawmakers would use it to hold the state Department of Education accountable to correct the floundering school construction process — and that they would insist on a plan before putting the DOE back in total control of facilities. Read more
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Editorial: DHHL’s ‘paper lease’ plan worth a 2nd look
More than a smattering of skepticism has greeted news that the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) plans to restart a program of issuing undivided interest lease awards, aka “paper leases.” Read more
Editorial: Cost issues cloud Maui rebuild plan
Potential costs to the state for recovery from the Maui wildfires is drawing intense scrutiny from the state Senate, and for good reason. Read more
Editorial: A chance to curb student abuse
When children go to school, the employees assume responsibility for keiki safety and well-being. That temporary custody should mean that, collectively, the adults working there must account for behavior that falls short of that standard. Read more
Editorial: More is needed to woo Japan visitors
On a graph, the track of Japanese visitors to Hawaii would trace a clear “V” outline. For years soaring along at high levels, it would start cratering in 2020 at a point aligning precisely with the COVID-19 global lockdowns. Read more
Editorial: Speed camera bill could save lives
A bill to allow use of fixed, automated cameras and radar devices to ticket speeding vehicles in school zones statewide is wending through the state Senate, and should be supported. Read more
Editorial: Navy still in hot seat over Red Hill
Over the past four months, defueling of the massive tanks at Red Hill has been a successful textbook operation — providing a rare bright spot in an otherwise dark period of water contamination caused by the Navy’s November 2021 fuel spill. Read more
Editorial: HCDA can help Mauians rebuild Lahaina
Something irreplaceable was lost on Aug. 8: the lives of 101 people who perished in the fires that left terrible scars on Maui’s west side — and more. Read more
Editorial: Monster action for monster homes
Two welcome aspects of the city’s approach to handling outsized, out-of-bounds residential builds in Honolulu neighborhoods converged in recent days. Read more
Editorial: Protect our gun regulation legacy
The U.S. Constitution has a Second Amendment that lays out an individual right to bear arms, a provision that more recently has been ruled to ensure a right to carry them outside the home as well. Read more
Editorial: At-risk keiki need urgent protection
Thomas Adam Blas Sr. and Brandy Kanani Blas — legal guardians of 10-year-old Geanna Bradley — and Brandy’s mother, Debra D. Geron, were charged with murder Friday, three weeks after Geanna’s lifeless body was found emaciated and bruised, with broken teeth, open sores and missing part of her nose. Read more
Editorial: Maui fire survivors need health services
Half a year has elapsed since the merciless wildfires that tore through Lahaina, and recovery has been slow. Read more
Editorial: New film studio would be good for Hawaii
IFG has a long history of working with and in Hawaii, rising to prominence with its backing of “Princess Kaiulani,” which was released in 2009. Read more
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