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Vote Yes On The HART Board Charter Question
Possibly missed in all the hubbub this election season over a “ConCon” and a “ConAm” is an important question for voters regarding the agency that oversees Honolulu rail. It would increase the number...
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Hawaii Needs A School Bullying Policy Worthy Of Its Students
The state Board of Education recently approved proposals to bolster its student misconduct and discipline code, which are now being vetted in public meetings statewide. The draft rules, which will...
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Hawaii Needs Automatic Recount For Close Elections
Midterm elections may have concluded Nov. 6 in most states including Hawaii. But that’s not the case in Florida, Arizona and Georgia, where voting margins are incredibly narrow in races for governor...
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Care Home Audit Demands Swift Action From Ige
In media reports of the Hawaii State Auditor’s findings of how adult residential care homes are licensed by the state, words such as “scathing,” “shameful,” “searing, “major problems” and “seriously...
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Here’s An Idea: A Lottery To Pay For Honolulu Rail
How about a lottery to pay for rail? Sure, it’s a form of gambling, but so is expecting a train to attract sufficient ridership to alleviate traffic congestion on an island obsessed with cars and...
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Give Hawaii’s LG A Real Job To Do
Quick: name an accomplishment by a Hawaii lieutenant governor. Yeah, we couldn’t either. And we’re journalists. But we gave it some thought and it’s true Hawaii LGs have made contributions. Ben...
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Honolulu Cops Have Two Good Ideas To Help The Homeless
It’s getting harder to be homeless in Honolulu. While it’s not illegal to be homeless, and government can’t force a homeless person into a shelter, hospital or treatment facility, Honolulu’s stored...
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Can Someone Please Tell Us What The Hell Is Going On At The City Prosecutor’s...
If Keith Kaneshiro does the right thing — that is, if he does his job — by the time you read this editorial he will have come clean on whether he is — or he is not — being investigated by the U.S....
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Keith Kaneshiro’s Raised Middle Finger
Honolulu residents eager to have their worries allayed about recent news reports regarding Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro might well have looked with some hope to the department this week. After...
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DOE Workers Deserve Better When They’re Injured On The Job
The Hawaii Workers’ Compensation Law is unambiguous in its intent: On-the-job safety and well-being of employees. If illnesses and accidents arise from work, the law explains, employees are covered...
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Lawmakers Must Resist Any Effort To Undercut Hawaii’s Public Records Law
On the Friday before Christmas, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a significant ruling in strong support of freedom of information. It stems from a Civil Beat 2015 lawsuit that sought to access budget...
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Reopen Government And Argue About The Wall Later
Several hours before President Donald Trump used his first-ever prime time television address to warn of a so-called national security crisis on the southern border, U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii...
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Don’t Blow This Chance To Reform Hawaii’s Terrible Prison System
At 116 pages in length, a new report titled “Creating Better Outcomes, Safer Communities” may appear a long, banal slog, too easy to just throw on the proverbial shelf. That would be very unfortunate...
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Quit Stalling On The New Police Standards Board
One of the most important police reform measures to pass the Hawaii Legislature is now in danger of being significantly weakened less than a year after it became law. Senate Bill 1179 and its identical...
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Honolulu’s Mayor Must Own Up To Rail’s Failures
The damning audits of the Honolulu rail project keep coming, but we don’t have to wait for the next two due from the state to react to what we have learned so far. Rail officials rushed early contracts...
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Raise The Minimum Wage To At Least $15 An Hour
In a state that is ranked as the most expensive in the nation — for groceries, housing, utilities, transportation, health care and other indexes — it’s absurd to think someone can get by on $21,000 a...
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Hawaii Should Be The Next State To Legalize Marijuana
A dozen measures relating to adult use of marijuana were introduced at the beginning of the Hawaii Legislature, with several lawmakers proclaiming that 2019 could finally be the year for such a measure...
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Stop This End Run Around Hawaii Public Records Law
If a state agency director has her way, a House bill pending at the Legislature could be amended in such a way as to have Hawaii take a huge step backwards on government transparency. Sadly, it is the...
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Legislature Should Stop Shooting Down Hawaii’s Most-Needed Reforms
There are some things we desperately need that our state legislators seemingly will never provide: • The right to statewide initiative and referendum that citizens enjoy in almost every other Western...
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We Can Save On Electricity And Help The Environment
Is there anyone in the state of Hawaii who does not want to see their utility costs go down? We all know the answer to that. Now, consider this possible solution: Two bills moving steadily through the...
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