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Editorial: Governor offers ambitious agenda

 on January 23, 2019
• Updated on  January 22, 2019 at 6:41 pm
 Posted on January 23, 2019
• Updated on  January 22, 2019 at 6:41 pm
The state of the state is, according to its chief executive, at a decision point on state finance and on key educational and housing policy matters. Read More

Island Voices

Column: Generation Z voters want AVR

By Melia Marguleas on January 23, 2019
• Updated on  January 22, 2019 at 6:35 pm
By Melia Marguleas Posted on January 23, 2019
• Updated on  January 22, 2019 at 6:35 pm
I’m registered to vote because I got lucky. My school did all the heavy lifting for me, handing out forms during an assembly, collecting said forms, and delivering them to the city clerk’s office. Read More

Letters

Letter: Prohibit vaping that attracts kids

 on January 23, 2019
• Updated on  January 23, 2019 at 12:16 am
 Posted on January 23, 2019
• Updated on  January 23, 2019 at 12:16 am
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Surgeon General recently recognized that we are in the midst of a youth vaping epidemic — a fact we know well in Hawaii as youth vaping rates are now higher than the national average. Read More

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Off the News

It’s Kaholo, not Kahlua, obviously

 on January 23, 2019
• Updated on  January 22, 2019 at 6:36 pm
 Posted on January 23, 2019
• Updated on  January 22, 2019 at 6:36 pm
To our ears in Hawaii, Kaholo sounds nothing at all like Kahlua. But to the owners of the coffee liqueur, Absolut Co. Aktiebolag of Sweden, they both start with “Kah,” have an L, end in a vowel and contain three syllables. Presto! Instant trademark dispute. Read More

InsightIsland Voices

Column: Win or lose, Hawaii keeps fighting for rights

By Marianita Lopez on January 20, 2019
• Updated on  January 18, 2019 at 8:20 pm
By Marianita Lopez Posted on January 20, 2019
• Updated on  January 18, 2019 at 8:20 pm
As Hawaii marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let’s remember that it’s more than just a day off. Let’s think about how far we’ve come and how far we have yet to go in realizing his dream. 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: Hoʻokahuli aupuni: Piha nā makahiki he 116

na Laiana Wong on January 19, 2019
• Updated on  January 18, 2019 at 6:47 pm
na Laiana Wong Posted on January 19, 2019
• Updated on  January 18, 2019 at 6:47 pm
Synopsis: 126 years have passed since the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. As we remember this, we are reminded that the right to utilize our language has been effectively overthrown as well. Read More

On Politics

On Politics: For presidential wannabe Tulsi Gabbard, early homophobia is just start of topics to question

By Richard Borreca, Special to the Star-Advertiser on January 20, 2019
• Updated on  January 20, 2019 at 6:38 pm
By Richard Borreca, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on January 20, 2019
• Updated on  January 20, 2019 at 6:38 pm
Instead of recounting her campaign theme of world peace, she is being forced to answer for her past campaigns against gays and praise for a list of right-wing dictators. Read More

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