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How To Encourage Hawaiʻi’s Young Talent Back Home Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

How To Encourage Hawaiʻi’s Young Talent Back Home

Returning students need more than housing and career support. They need identity support too.

The Ala Wai Canal Needs More Than Floodwalls Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

The Ala Wai Canal Needs More Than Floodwalls

Honolulu should treat the Ala Wai not as a single flood-control project, but as an integrated watershed and canal modernization project.

Where Hawaiʻi Draws A Line On Voter Choice Chad Blair/Civil Beat/2024

Where Hawaiʻi Draws A Line On Voter Choice

Why not have a write-in option on the ballot? It’s no wonder that many voters leave some ballots blank.

Watching Paris Burning From Hawaiʻi

Watching Paris Burning From Hawaiʻi

I wouldn’t let my Kohala High School students draw conclusions without facts. But world leaders do it regularly, and too often get away with it.

Making The Green Fee Work For Maui Communities Courtesy Pacific Whale Foundation

Making The Green Fee Work For Maui Communities

It can strengthen communities, support local livelihoods and ensure tourism gives something back to Hawaiʻi.

Hawaiʻi Citizens Have A Powerful Law On The Books To Combat Fraud Flickr: James Cridland

Hawaiʻi Citizens Have A Powerful Law On The Books To Combat Fraud

The State False Claims Act should be used to prosecute companies and individuals who profit from lax government oversight.

Hawaiʻi’s LNG Boondoggle: Why Are So Many Staying Silent? AP

Hawaiʻi’s LNG Boondoggle: Why Are So Many Staying Silent?

The governor’s plan to spend billions to switch from one imported fossil fuel to another is not climate leadership. It’s a step backward.

Deep-Sea Mining Is A Threat To The Pacific And Hawaiʻi Anita Hofschneider / Grist

Deep-Sea Mining Is A Threat To The Pacific And Hawaiʻi

The deep sea plays a critical role in the planet’s ecosystems. The Trump administration ignores that to boost a speculative industry.

Vote No On Constitutional Amendment Question 2 Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Vote No On Constitutional Amendment Question 2

Hawai‘i voters should not approve a financing mechanism that puts public finances at risk.

An Urgent Plea For Safer Roads In Mānoa Courtesy Aimee Malia Grace, M.D.

An Urgent Plea For Safer Roads In Mānoa

Strolling down a valley avenue is very risky when cars are incessantly speeding.