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Jeta: How the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra Made One Of The Nation’s Biggest Comebacks Photo Courtesy Marian Lee.

Jeta: How the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra Made One Of The Nation’s Biggest Comebacks

The orchestra survived collapse, reinvented itself and earned state recognition. Now the funding needs to catch up.

Beth Fukumoto: Who Doesn’t Like Ranked Choice Voting? Incumbents Screenshot/2024

Beth Fukumoto: Who Doesn’t Like Ranked Choice Voting? Incumbents

Hawaiʻi lawmakers, even the progressive ones, have not embraced voting reforms including ranked choice.

Kirstin Downey: ‘Fat Leonard’ Corrupted The Navy. Will Trump Pardon Him? AP

Kirstin Downey: ‘Fat Leonard’ Corrupted The Navy. Will Trump Pardon Him?

Leonard Francis was alleged to have bribed hundreds of U.S. Navy officers, including many in Hawaiʻi. But few paid a price, one reason he hopes to be freed.

Olin Lagon: A Lesson From Kūhiō Park Terrace And Kahoʻolawe (Courtesy: Olin Lagon)

Olin Lagon: A Lesson From Kūhiō Park Terrace And Kahoʻolawe

This is a story about hard places, some of them more difficult to visit than others.

Denby Fawcett: Why Engaging With Art Bolsters Your Brain Courtesy Honolulu Museum of Art

Denby Fawcett: Why Engaging With Art Bolsters Your Brain

A Honolulu Museum of Art exhibit explores how regular encounters with art — creating it or experiencing it — can stave off the ravages of aging.

Jeta: The Artist Restoring Hawaiʻi’s Capitol With Many Hands Jeta Tang/Civil Beat/2026

Jeta: The Artist Restoring Hawaiʻi’s Capitol With Many Hands

The State Capitol’s failed reflecting pools are being transformed into communal art. Spoiler alert: It won’t be done this year.

Neal Milner: How To Pick An Election Winner The Right Way Screenshot/2026

Neal Milner: How To Pick An Election Winner The Right Way

The Hawaiʻi court system could have handled the Tommy Waters’ election dispute much better.

Kirstin Downey: Book Reveals Splendor, Brutality Of Kamehameha’s Court Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2026

Kirstin Downey: Book Reveals Splendor, Brutality Of Kamehameha’s Court

Puakea Nogelmeier has produced an epic translation of a Hawaiian historian who grew up in the king’s household.

Olin Lagon: The Government Decided This Food Was Dirty (Courtesy: Olin Lagon)

Olin Lagon: The Government Decided This Food Was Dirty

After a cholera outbreak, it took 100 years to make it legal to sell unregulated and hand-pounded kalo again.

Jeta: Intellectual Theft In The Artificial Age (Courtesy: Makana)

Jeta: Intellectual Theft In The Artificial Age

Hawaiʻi musicians confront extraction, exploitation and ownership in the age of AI music.