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Column: Why courts need more Filipino judges

The recent appointment of Maria Penn to the Oahu Family Court marks an important and long-overdue step toward greater inclusion of the Filipino community in Hawaii’s judiciary Read more

Letter: Little disincentive for STR scofflaws

The Star-Advertiser article on short-term rentals (STRs) and the city’s failure to collect fines related to zoning violations is sure to encourage more scofflaws to break the law and ignore those fines. Read more

Editorial: Time for state to take reins at HTA

The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) is at a crossroads, with its future in the hands of the state Legislature — a body that has progressively lost confidence in the agency’s execution of its mandate to manage tourism for the public’s benefit. Read more

Letter: Give tax cuts to working people, not billionaires

Republican leaders in Congress are debating a package that would provide trillions of dollars in tax cuts to large corporations and billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, and they plan to pay for it in part by cutting essential tools for families and businesses. Read more

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