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Editorial: Working families need some relief
Working families continue to shoulder the brunt of the hardship from a COVID-19 scourge that rages on, despite hopeful projections that an easing may be around the corner. Read more
Working families continue to shoulder the brunt of the hardship from a COVID-19 scourge that rages on, despite hopeful projections that an easing may be around the corner. Read more
‘Give us the ballot,” said Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957, “and we will no longer have to worry the federal government about our basic rights.” Read more
Few official responses to this pandemic have been smooth, but students heading back to class in the new year deserved better than the exceptionally bumpy ride provided by the state Department of Education. Read more
One of the major lessons underscored by this COVID-19 pandemic? Just how vital our health care professionals are to the well-being of our community. Read more
The highly publicized drunken driving trial of state Rep. Sharon Har landed with an unsatisfying thud this week. Read more
Honolulu’s former police chief and his then-wife Katherine Kealoha — the former deputy city prosecutor — are now in prison for corruption, and some of the horrid mess surrounding the scandal was swept to the side as time marched on. Read more
The Navy sent someone with a big title to deliver big news, but it turned out he couldn’t provide all the information needed to put minds at ease. Read more
A plan is afoot on Maui to turn back time. Specifically, to 1988 at the Kaanapali Beach Resort. Read more
Cruises have been seen as a bad idea for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, and it’s no wonder: Passengers infected with COVID-19 were all in the headlines that dominated those scary, early days. Read more
As the coronavirus has surged and mutated for nearly two years, so, too, has Hawaii’s unique shield: the Safe Travels program. Read more
The public applauded the state Department of Health decision: The order to drain the Navy’s aging Red Hill underground fuel tanks was upheld. Read more
In the face of the rapidly spreading omicron variant and rising hospitalization rates, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi on Wednesday took a step he had previously resisted: He reimposed some COVID-19 restrictions. Read more
Who’s in charge here? Where COVID-19 is concerned, for much of the past two years, it’s been Gov. David Ige. From March 2020 to the end of November 2021, the pandemic has been navigated through his executive authority to issue emergency proclamations. Read more
In the numbers game that is setting a minimum wage, one figure stands out: $5 an hour. That’s the estimated worth of Hawaii’s $10.10-per-hour minimum wage when adjusted for cost of living, according to a 2020 report from the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. Read more
One of the many crippling blows dealt to the U.S. by the coronavirus pandemic has been the disruption of a process that is difficult even under the best of circumstances. Read more
Plastic’s strength has proved to be its curse. Durable plastic containers don’t get soggy when filled with food, nor will they decay when tossed out. Lightweight, sturdy and inexpensive compared with a lot of alternatives, they do their job well. Too well. They have a lifespan of forever, yet they’re usually discarded after a single use, to end up in a landfill or floating in the ocean — trash. Read more
The state Legislature did, in fact, have more than COVID-19 on its agenda last year, although public safety also figured as the predominant concern for a couple of other new laws, now in effect. Read more
As Hawaii public school students prepare to return on Tuesday to in-person instruction, there are surely many nervous parents — some of them newly anxious, due to the current surge in omicron cases — who wonder if schools are ready for this. Read more
We begin a new year having learned to bounce. Last year was one of extremes. Up-down, brightness-gloom, for better-for worse. Read more
2021 turned out to be a good land-buying year for Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan, with the billionaire power couple adding twice last year to their Kauai holdings. Read more
Happy New COVID Year! Hawaii has endured two full years of this virus, but there’s hope 2022 will be different. Read more
