Editorial

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Tom Pirog, Manager of Lucky Owl Car Rental in Mapunapuna, left, and the company’s owner Sava Mankovskiy run the business out a small industrial lot not far from the airport.

Off the News: Rentals, from cars to U-Hauls to TheBus

Today

Amid the pandemic-prompted plunge in visitor traffic here and elsewhere, some rental car companies sold off large portions of their fleets. Now, with tourism picking up, there are rental shortages and climbing prices. (Fleet replenishment has been stymied, in part, by a vast microchip shortage.) Read more

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This preliminary, conceptual image shows what the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District could look like, though a private developer working with the state will determine a final plan.

Column: New Aloha Stadium, ill-conceived and costly, is losing fans

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colleen Hanabusa

Letters: HART should cancel Hanabusa’s contract; Time to restore access to West Side beaches; Disturbing reports of racism by UH students

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A Honolulu Rail Transit train was parked at the Halaulani Rail Station at Leeward Community College.

Editorial: Rail must reach downtown, at least

HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT
In a screen capture from a Honolulu Police Department body camera, Lindani Myeni, left, could be seen in a physical confrontation with two Honolulu police officers on April 14 in Nuuanu.

Column: Obeying a police officer’s instructions is part of the social contract we must respect

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Letters to the Editor

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colleen Hanabusa

Letters: HART should cancel Hanabusa’s contract; Time to restore access to West Side beaches; Disturbing reports of racism by UH students

Today

HART should cancel Hanabusa’s contract; Time to restore access to West Side beaches; Disturbing reports of racism by UH students. Read more

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This is the progress of construction of the HART mass transit rail line going into the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport from the rail line (as it splits of where it was running parallel to H-1) toward the Terminal 1 parking garage.

Letters: Stopping rail at Middle Street won’t save money; To regulate guns, put tax on ammunition; Use clean natural gas as bridge to renewables

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The Biki bike stand in Waikiki on Kalakaua Avenue near Paoakalani Avenue.

Letters: Supporting Biki makes more sense than rail; ‘Clean’ energy creates a mountain of waste; Republican control would be a disaster

JAMM AQUINO/JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
EMT Ikaika Mollena loads a gurney into his team’s ambulance after taking in a patient to the emergency room at Queens Medical Center in Honolulu.

Letters: Recognize service of public workers; North Shore sites not good for new landfill; Hiring Hanabusa an outrage for failing rail

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Letters: Reuse, recycle, stop generating waste; Don’t judge police for difficult choices; Focus on criminals, not police officers

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Letters: Giving 8 leis of aloha to celebrate May Day; Race or gender a poor basis for public policy; Vaccination should be mandatory for students

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Honolulu Police officers investigated the scene where Iremamber Sykap, 16, was fatally shot earlier this month. Honolulu prosecutors plan to conduct an independent investigation of the shooting.

Letters: HPD needs independent investigation of shootings; Car giveaway could encourage vaccinations; Don’t allow universities to discriminate racially

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Our View

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A Honolulu Rail Transit train was parked at the Halaulani Rail Station at Leeward Community College.

Editorial: Rail must reach downtown, at least

Today

Everything seems to be on the table now in the efforts to rescue the city’s deficit-plagued rail project. If in taking that approach the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) can find its way to a realistic solution, that would be a welcome shift. Read more

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Solomone Halaeua, gets vaccination from Jomelyn Marcelino, RN.

Editorial: Push needed for full vaccinations

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The Honolulu Police Department headquarters in downtown Honolulu.

Editorial: Build public trust with HPD probes

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Wilhelmina Rise.

Editorial: Hike property taxes for certain homes

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hawaii Senate President Ron Kouchi speaks at a podium at the state Capitol on Thursday, flanked from left to right by Sens. Kalani English, Jarrett Keohokalole, Michelle Kidani and Brian Taniguchi.

Editorial: Small gains for 2021 Legislature

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Colleen Hanabusa talks to the news media after the first batch of election results were released on Aug. 8.

Editorial: Colleen Hanabusa’s gravy train

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Editorial: Carrying a gun in public in Hawaii

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Island Voices

Column: New Aloha Stadium, ill-conceived and costly, is losing fans

Column: New Aloha Stadium, ill-conceived and costly, is losing fans

By John Kawamoto
Today

Column: Obeying a police officer’s instructions is part of the social contract we must respect

Column: After troubling pattern of shootings by HPD officers, reform is necessary

Column: To clean up Oahu’s coastal waters, focus on storm drains

Column: Help U.S. vets reunite with their children stranded abroad

Off the News

Off the News: Rentals, from cars to U-Hauls to TheBus

Off the News: Rentals, from cars to U-Hauls to TheBus

By None
Today

Off the News: In-person graduations return

Off the News: Zuckerberg expands Kauai holdings

Off the News: Rent, utility relief now available

Off the News: Keeping windmills at a distance

Insight

Column: U.S. Constitution not perfectly just, but never give up on the rule of law

Column: U.S. Constitution not perfectly just, but never give up on the rule of law

By Daniel R. Foley
May 2, 2021

Column: Don’t equate U.S. political agenda with soldiers’ commitment to country, service

Column: Broadband access to all would boost telehealth, education, jobs

Column: Scholars caution that online learning affects equity in Hawaii public schools

Column: New study adds fuel for Hawaii carbon fee to curb emissions

5 Questions With ...

Christopher Chun: The head of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association prepares for the return of prep sports — carefully

Christopher Chun: The head of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association prepares for the return of prep sports — carefully

By None
April 16, 2021

Lori Kahikina: The interim head of Honolulu’s rail project faces unprecedented challenges to get the system back on track

Peter Yee: The volunteer moderator helps Hawaii’s jobless residents navigate the trials of filing unemployment claims

Dean Uchida: The new head of DPP wants to modernize and speed up the city’s building-permit application process

Deepak Neupane: HCDA’s executive director envisions the future for development of Kakaako, Kalaeloa and Aloha Stadium

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