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Editorial: More oversight for rail project

 on January 18, 2019
• Updated on  January 17, 2019 at 6:58 pm
 Posted on January 18, 2019
• Updated on  January 17, 2019 at 6:58 pm
The Legislature wanted greater oversight of the Honolulu rail project, and part of that impulse led to the assignment of the state auditor to do a series of reviews. Read More

Island Voices

Column: City lacks justification for taking Portlock lane for public use

By Jennifer Lee Busto, Special to the Star-Advertiser on January 17, 2019
• Updated on  January 17, 2019 at 12:52 pm
By Jennifer Lee Busto, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on January 17, 2019
• Updated on  January 17, 2019 at 12:52 pm
The Fifth Amendment of U.S. Constitution protects the rights of property owners by restricting the power of the government to exercise eminent domain. Read More

Letters

Letter: Headlines filled with city’s misdeeds

 on January 18, 2019
 Posted on January 18, 2019
In reading Tuesday’s headlines (“City’s top civil attorney included in feds’ inquiry,” “Rail delays to cost $160M more,” Star-Advertiser, Jan. 15), it looks like Honolulu is vying with Chicago to be one of the most corrupt, if not the most corrupt, and unmanageable cities in the United States. Read More

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Off the News

Don’t trash the trash-collecting machine

 on January 18, 2019
• Updated on  January 17, 2019 at 6:34 pm
 Posted on January 18, 2019
• Updated on  January 17, 2019 at 6:34 pm
Tugboats towed System 001 — a 2,000-foot-long, U-shaped trash-collecting barrier — into Hilo Harbor on Thursday so that Ocean Cleanup, its nonprofit operator, can take stock of needed repairs. Read More

Insight

Shifting gears: Fewer teens seeking driving permits

By Vicki Viotti vviotti@staradvertiser.com on January 13, 2019
• Updated on  January 12, 2019 at 8:06 pm
By Vicki Viotti vviotti@staradvertiser.com Posted on January 13, 2019
• Updated on  January 12, 2019 at 8:06 pm
Once upon a time, teenagers burned with impatience before finally coming of age — 15-1/2 years old in Hawaii — for getting their learner’s permit and getting behind the wheel. Read More

Name in the News

Name in the News: Dr. Chuck Miller

By Maureen O’Connell moconnell@staradvertiser.com on January 18, 2019
• Updated on  January 18, 2019 at 12:24 am
By Maureen O’Connell moconnell@staradvertiser.com Posted on January 18, 2019
• Updated on  January 18, 2019 at 12:24 am
Hawaii’s “Our Care, Our Choice Act,” which took effect this month, allows terminally ill adult residents facing a prognosis of six or fewer months to live, to obtain a lethal medication prescription. Read More

Kauakukalahale

Column: Hakakā kūloko no ka hoʻomana o Loko

na Laiana Wong on January 12, 2019
• Updated on  January 11, 2019 at 7:06 pm
na Laiana Wong Posted on January 12, 2019
• Updated on  January 11, 2019 at 7:06 pm
U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, half of Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation, are at odds over the nature of questioning in the vetting of a judge selected for U.S. Circuit Court. Claims of religious bigotry are raised. Read More

On Politics

On Politics: As with Ed Case, Democratic Party’s political trust of Tulsi Gabbard won’t come easy

By Richard Borreca, Special to the Star-Advertiser on January 13, 2019
• Updated on  January 12, 2019 at 10:37 pm
By Richard Borreca, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on January 13, 2019
• Updated on  January 12, 2019 at 10:37 pm
For Gabbard, much like Case, political trust is not assumed; it is still something measured daily. Read More

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