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The mayor would crack down on absentee owners who rent entire houses to tourists, but allow anyone to rent out a room in their home.

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Should Hawaii Convert To Ranked Choice Voting?

Maine and several U.S. cities allow voters to rate candidates in order of preference.

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Former Maui Officer Sentenced For Role In Bribery Scheme

He was accused of helping another former cop bribe the victim of a theft committed during a 2015 traffic stop.

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Hawaii Civics 101: Neighborhood Boards

Have a problem with something in your neighborhood? Here’s how your neighborhood board can help.

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What Other Cultures Can Teach Us About Handling Dementia

In countries like Japan, China and India dementia seems far less stigmatized.

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How A Tight-Knit Pacific Island Community Is Saving Its Culture Sam Ataera

How A Tight-Knit Pacific Island Community Is Saving Its Culture

There are now more people of Tokelauan descent living in Hawaii than in the tiny island nation, which is threatened by rising seas.

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Letters: Press Vs. Trump — The Debate Continues

More readers wanted to tell us what they thought about the media pushing back against President Trump’s attacks on the press.

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Hawaii lawmakers have their hands full trying to strike a balance on needs versus lost revenue.

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A Few Good Reads To Better Understand America

Essential background reading to understand our governing charter includes Tocqueville, James Madison and Adam Smith.

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Worrying About Voter Turnout Is A Waste Of Time Eugene Tanner

Worrying About Voter Turnout Is A Waste Of Time

Rather than whine about the no-shows, the media should focus its attention on the people who do cast ballots.

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Hawaii’s Primary Was Business As Usual Natanya Freidheim/Civil Beat

Hawaii’s Primary Was Business As Usual

How best to describe the election? How about “pathetic”?

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Scientists Downgrade Alert Level For Kilauea Volcano AP

Scientists Downgrade Alert Level For Kilauea Volcano

Geologists say lava has mostly stopped flowing, and sulfur dioxide emissions are the lowest they’ve been since 2007.

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Big Island: As Fire And Lava Diminish, Volcano Village Still Struggles Photo courtesy of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

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Transportation questions loom large as residents and the national park try to navigate a return to normalcy.

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Letters: Pushing Back Against Trump

Readers weigh in on whether the media is doing the right thing or just whining about Trump.

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UH Projects A $28 Million Deficit In A Billion-Dollar Budget

The spending plan approved by the Board of Regents won’t shrink an $848 million maintenance backlog. In fact, that will keep growing.

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US Senate To Trump: Journalists Are Not ‘Enemies Of The People’ Chad Blair/Civil Beat

US Senate To Trump: Journalists Are Not ‘Enemies Of The People’

A resolution authored by Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz passed unanimously in support of the First Amendment and freedom of the press.

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The ‘Enemy Of The People’ Is Actually Doing Its Job

President Trump’s sustained attacks on the media represent a danger to a free press and democracy itself.

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Letters: Big Pharma Is Working Against Us Caleb Hartsfield/Civil Beat

Letters: Big Pharma Is Working Against Us

But what did you expect with all those D.C. lobbyists and manipulative advertising?

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The Primary Is Over So What’s Ahead For The General Election?

Still need your political fix? Critical questions will face Hawaii voters in November.

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Lava That Destroys On Land Spurs New Life At Sea Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Lava That Destroys On Land Spurs New Life At Sea

A plume of phytoplankton off the coast of Puna was spotted from space. Now scientists take advantage of a unique opportunity to study lava as “fertilizer.”

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Council Fails To Override Mayor’s Veto Of Tax Break For Active-Duty Military Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Council Fails To Override Mayor’s Veto Of Tax Break For Active-Duty Military

The measure would have exempted service personnel from the first $120,000 of property taxes on the assessed value of their homes.

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New Police Commissioner Could Bridge Divide With City’s Legal Team Dan Zelikman/Civil Beat

New Police Commissioner Could Bridge Divide With City’s Legal Team

UH General Counsel Carrie Okinaga, the latest appointee to the commission, was Honolulu’s corporation counsel from 2005 to 2011.

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Forget The Pilot Program And Switch To All-Mail Voting Statewide Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Forget The Pilot Program And Switch To All-Mail Voting Statewide

Continued low turnout and an increase in absentee balloting show that we should be doing more than just testing it on Kauai in 2020.

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Pod Squad: Why Ed Case Wants To Go Back To DC

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Pod Squad: Why Kim Coco Iwamoto Is Running For LG

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The only candidate in the Democratic field who isn’t an elected official says she doesn’t see the post as a stepping stone to higher office.

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The Democratic state senator speaks about formative lifetime experiences that shaped her as she now seeks higher office.

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Pomaikai Elementary students report from inside their Maui school.

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