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The creation of a city fund to help small businesses disrupted by rail construction was a convoluted process — so it’s little surprise that applying for a grant itself seems convoluted, too.
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With the recent articles about activating automated speed cameras that accompany existing red light cameras, I noticed most of the current speed limits of 25 mph and 35 mph are totally unrealistic.
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President Donald Trump announced plans to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund. How will we fund it when we have a deficit of $1.83 trillion?
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The Green Party is a movement for justice, equality and sustainability. While Democrats and Republicans fail to act, our new plan is building the future ourselves — community by community.
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David Brooks’ Monday column is a very learned essay on stupidity and he makes a lot of good arguments about what is stupid.
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A writer claims that “Putting Gaza into context yields unthinkable result” (Star-Advertiser, Letters, Jan. 16).
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It’s the type of situation that keeps the public suspicious of government — and on guard against insider dealings.
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Hawaii is failing to hold the line on invasive species of all kinds, from smothering fungi to stinging tiny ants to rapacious axis deer.
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- By Kalae Kong
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Feb. 5, 2025
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Following the collapse of Senate Bill 3335 in the 2024 legislative session, which sought to legalize recreational marijuana, the push for legalization remains.
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Moves undertaken by the Trump administration and high-profile efficiency consultant Elon Musk presaging a “shut down” of the federal humanitarian aid agency USAID (“time for it to die,” Musk posted on Sunday) have provoked a backlash among Democrats in Congress, including Hawaii’s U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz.
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Last week it was reported that two Red Hill advocates were in D.C. to show their support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of health and human services. While there, they wore T-shirts saying, “Red Hill families need RFK Jr.”
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When the American public voted Donald Trump into office, we voted in a dictator more powerful than any in this world because of his immunity as president.
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Wow! Well that was a shocker. Keith Vieira, a key Hawaii hospitality consultant, argues against raising any kind of tourism tax (“No tax hike as tourism struggles,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, Feb. 2).
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I was glad to see a letter some time ago from someone who, like my parents, lived to see the devastating effects of polio such as paralysis and respiratory failure (“Don’t let vaccine politics cause polio resurgence,” Star-Advertiser, Dec. 24).
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We have given Donald Trump and his ability to embrace the complexities of his position a second chance.
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The pendulum is swinging. From Washington insider Joe Biden’s 36 years as a U.S. senator, followed by being vice president then president, we’re now at President Donald Trump’s “shoot first, ask later” style of being president.
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Feb. 4, 2025
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Hawaii has a track record for developing geothermal — both on a small scale in Hawaii but also in Aotearoa (New Zealand).
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Those crafting the spending plans at the state Legislature are no longer endowed with coffers fattened with federal funds. The days of pandemic-era assistance are over, and there are many demands being placed on the new budget.
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