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Editorial: Immigration ‘public charge’ rule too harsh
This is an immigrant state in an immigrant nation, at a time that is proving unreasonably — and unproductively — harsh for immigrants. Read more
This is an immigrant state in an immigrant nation, at a time that is proving unreasonably — and unproductively — harsh for immigrants. Read more
As the rail transit project inexorably rises on the West side, the work of the Honolulu Rate Commission has taken on new significance. Read more
In an embarrassing backtrack, schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto has had to inform the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights that Hawaii needs to amend faulty records it submitted about student suspensions. Read more
The road to resolution on Mauna Kea just got longer — or at least bumpier. Nobody can even agree on who owns the road, to begin with. Read more
Two years ago, President Donald Trump signed an executive order for a review of actions that could stop the tapping of fossil fuel reserves for energy resources. Read more
Hawaii’s leaders and environmental advocates have been put on alert that its populations of endangered species will need even more careful protection at the state level, as the federal government seems uncommitted to that mission. Read more
In April, when the state Senate gave Department of Public Safety Director Nolan Espinda the thumbs-up to head the corrections system for another four years — rejecting the thumbs-down advice of a Senate committee — Espinda vowed to address a litany of leadership-related concerns. Read more
Someone has got to hold the line on costs for the city’s long-delayed, increasingly expensive rail project. Read more
In recent years, Hawaii put in place the nation’s first statewide ban on plastic bags at store checkout counters. Hawaii County led the way in 2013, followed by the other counties in subsequent years. Read more
Airbnb and other platforms are thriving, and Hawaii’s overall vacation rental demand appears voracious. It’s critical for Honolulu, along with the other counties and the state, to stand resolute in the effort to rein in the industry’s presence. Read more
Any more headlines about the burglar-arsonist is not going to help burnish Hawaii’s somewhat tarnished image as a carefree vacation spot, that’s for sure. Read more
Speculation flew about the future of the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, which has donated $350 million over nearly three decades to help Hawaii’s poor and vulnerable. Read more
The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has long been under fire for its lengthy waiting list of those qualified for a homestead lot. Read more
Things are relatively quiet on the mountaintop, which is great news for those aligned with the Thirty Meter Telescope opposition, encamped at the base of the Mauna Kea Access Road. Read more
The same thing that makes public education a bedrock institution is part of its particular challenge: It accepts all students, including those who may not be an easy fit in standard classrooms. Read more
In early 2000, when a few turtles began hauling out at the North Shore’s Laniakea Beach, wildlife officials started getting calls from people who thought the honu were in distress. Read more
Do something. It doesn’t have the ring of a rallying cry, but that is, in fact, what is being chanted, starting with the response of mourners at a vigil for the nine slain in the Dayton, Ohio, mass shooting. Read more
By this time next year, the city hopes to have a private-sector partner in place for its envisioned $772 million redevelopment of Neal S. Blaisdell Center. Read more
As the current blockade of the Mauna Kea Access Road goes into its fourth week, there have been developments in the Thirty Meter Telescope standoff that ought to invite those with a long view of this controversy to step up — to the negotiating table. Read more
For years, Oahu residents complained that the city was ignoring the thousands of illegal vacation rentals sprouting up in their neighborhoods, with online booking sites spreading the word. It’s hard to say that now. Read more
There’s already been quite an uproar from the construction industry about a proposal to enforce a “community workforce agreement” on city construction contracts for $250,000 or more. Read more