At Hawaii’s last Constitutional Convention — convened in 1978 against the backdrop of the Hawaiian Renaissance — delegates adopted several measures aimed at embracing and revitalizing Native Hawaiian culture. Among them: designating Hawaiian as an official language for the state, alongside English. Read more
I have served on the Honolulu Ethics Commission since April 2017. Read more
So, let me get this straight: Mauna Kea is sacred land to Native Hawaiians. And this land is just supposed to sit there. With the winds running over it all day. Every day. Over and over again. Read more
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We have plenty of photographic evidence that a powerful hurricane can pummel island neighborhoods and terrain. Read more
As Hong Kong’s protests escalate, a growing number of observers are asking when and if China will dispatch troops to end them. Read more
Scott Schroeder has wanted to be in education since he was being educated himself, starting with grade school. Whatever level of school he was in at the time, that’s the level he wanted to teach. Read more
At a legislative briefing about the Mauna Kea Access Road, state Sen. Kai Kahele suggested that the land swap between the DOT and the DHHL was not legally consummated. The authority over the road reverts to the DHHL. Read more
For the protesters and Hawaii’s leaders, making the result a compromise and not a disaster, is an ability that today neither side appears to possess. Read more
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