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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Nov. 10, 2023
When he took office, Gov. Josh Green sent his administration into battle against Hawaii’s persistent housing crisis and the accompanying economic trouble it causes. But, then everything changed with the night of Aug. 8.
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- By Richard Borreca
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Nov. 5, 2023
When Hawaii’s most famous U.S. senator, Daniel K. Inouye, died and was buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl, then-President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended.
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- By Richard Borreca
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Oct. 29, 2023
Chip Fletcher, the award-winning interim dean of the University of Hawaii’s School of Ocean Science and Technology and an impassioned defender of Hawaii’s oceans and beaches, is as the saying goes, “one of the good things about Hawaii.”
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Oct. 22, 2023
We are just one year away from starting to vote for a new president, U.S. senator, two U.S. House members plus 12 state senators and 51 state House members.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Oct. 15, 2023
When Hawaii was in its 2021 COVID crisis, it was no surprise that people would lose their jobs.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Oct. 8, 2023
Hawaii’s governor commands one of the most powerful political positions in the country.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Sept. 3, 2023
The question is: Will there be more action caused by the Lahaina fire tragedy?
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Aug. 27, 2023
It’s so obvious there is even a poem about it: “A Fence or an Ambulance,” by Joseph Malins.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Aug. 20, 2023
Lahaina, one of Hawaii’s most significant towns, has been destroyed. More than 100 residents died in and because of the fire.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Aug. 13, 2023
The administration of Josh Green’s biggest challenge has been set: How the governor administers the rebuilding of not just Lahaina, but Maui in the light of the devastating fire, will be a big measure of his success or failure in office.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Aug. 6, 2023
When George Ariyoshi left the Hawaii governorship in 1986, he was one of the major transitional figures in modern Hawaii political life.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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July 30, 2023
Measuring on a national scale, Green’s popularity has moved the Hawaii governor’s office out of the basement and onto the top floors.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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July 23, 2023
Every Sunday, home shoppers turn to the daily newspaper to find out about Hawaii’s home prices. Yikes. The colorful ads are offering homes for more than $1 million.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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July 16, 2023
Next year will be a major election year for Hawaii. Honolulu will have a chance to register its first formal opinion on Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi. It is also a presidential election year, which historically increases voter turnout.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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July 9, 2023
Almost all of Honolulu’s recent mayors have carried on a political love affair with the city’s train. For decades Honolulu’s mayors have defined their idea of what Honolulu should be, through their adoration of rail.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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July 2, 2023
Before this edition of the Hawaii Legislature even opened back in January, Gov. Josh Green already had a good vision of the state budget and what he wanted to do with it.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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June 25, 2023
Skyline is as good a name as anything else for Honolulu’s rail line. It’s OK, but not great.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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June 18, 2023
Ballotpedia, which bills itself as the “encyclopedia of American politics,” looks at Hawaii and claims that “Hawaii has a Democratic trifecta.”
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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June 11, 2023
As one legal reference explained, “uku pau” means “to jump around like a flea to quickly finish the work.”
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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June 4, 2023
So for a physician, such as Hawaii’s Gov. Josh Green, who received his M.D. from Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at Pennsylvania State University, to succeed, he needs both agility and compassion.
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- By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser
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May 28, 2023
Hawaii’s governors may live in Hawaii’s most expensive and identifiable public housing, but worrying about housing is still a top-of-mind concern for recent Washington Place occupants.
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