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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Today
- Updated 1:17 am
Was TV personality Oprah visiting Hawaii when Hawaii Gov. Josh Green was writing up his first State of the State address? Probably not, but it sure sounded like she could have helped with it.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Jan. 22, 2023
As Hawaii’s legislative leaders ready their 2023 plans, it is obvious that the practice of just glossing over differences between the state administration and the lawmakers is ending.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Jan. 15, 2023
There is something about sun and sand in a tropical setting that makes folks think, “I should be in a dark, noisy, off-smelling casino happily feeding money into a slot machine.”
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Jan. 8, 2023
Kai Kahele is the latest in a string of Hawaii members of Congress who fight like heck to be in Congress, only to leave in hopes of a higher political office.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Jan. 1, 2023
After a campaign year of promises from Gov. Josh Green, the state Legislature’s leaders appear ready for both action and results.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Dec. 25, 2022
Gov. Josh Green is showing off his first proposed Hawaii state budget, and it is the biggest in state history.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Dec. 18, 2022
Gov. Josh Green is now in charge, sort of.
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- By Richard Borreca
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Dec. 11, 2022
Talking issues, not promises, Hawaii’s new Gov. Josh Green spent much of his successful campaign extolling the Republican issue of cutting taxes.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Dec. 4, 2022
Days before his swearing in as Hawaii’s ninth governor, Josh Green set his embryonic government in order by adding the names for many of his top executives.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Nov. 27, 2022
This month, David Ige, an unassuming, modest politician, is concluding eight years as Hawaii’s eighth governor.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Nov. 20, 2022
Will Hawaii’s voters and observers of Tulsi Gabbard, the former Hawaii state legislator, congresswoman and unsuccessful presidential candidate, ever draw the curtains on the 41-year-old politician?
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Nov. 13, 2022
We can assume that now as governor, Green will be changing out of the scrubs as he goes on to become Hawaii’s gubernatorial attending physician.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Nov. 6, 2022
Hawaii’s Democratic governors have for decades drawn a connection back to the beginning of the state’s modern Democratic Party — largely through the work of country lawyer and political guru Bob Oshiro.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Oct. 23, 2022
David Ige may be capping two terms as governor of Hawaii, but one of the real sources of power and political clout in Ige’s administration has been Mike McCartney, director of the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Oct. 2, 2022
The good thing about Aloha Stadium is that it was built at a time when Hawaii was filled with bravado asserting that America’s newest state could compete with the big boys.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Sept. 25, 2022
When observers note that Gov. David Ige has “finally made a decision” on what to do about rebuilding Aloha Stadium, they may not realize the time span for action could be as short as 70 days.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Sept. 18, 2022
One of the many bad things that can happen to politicians who fall victim to the bullying and sleazy smear attacks that pass for political dialogue of the Hawaii Carpenters is that they lose their voice.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Sept. 11, 2022
Nothing catches your eye like a police report about “a sword-wielding 7-Eleven employee (who) allegedly severed a man’s hand and lacerated his abdomen.”
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Sept. 4, 2022
As the Sierra Club of Hawai‘i one year ago said in a news release critical of Hawaii’s promotion of tourism: “All together now, like we have been saying it for 20 years: NUFF ALREADY!”
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Aug. 28, 2022
Hawaii’s voters are getting some national recognition. Not for our primary election winners or losers. And not because of our unique local politics, but thanks to our local voters.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Aug. 21, 2022
Four years ago, Josh Green, then a Hawaii island state senator, was on his way to becoming the strongest lieutenant governor candidate in a contested Democratic primary.
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