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Danny De Gracia: The Legislature Needs To Cool It On New Taxes And Regulations David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Danny De Gracia: The Legislature Needs To Cool It On New Taxes And Regulations

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Hawaii lawmakers are acting like the state has money to tax and room to breathe, but we’re all just gasping for air.

Lee Cataluna: Native Hawaiian Soccer Team Has International Aspirations Courtesy: Hui Kanaka Pōwāwae

Lee Cataluna: Native Hawaiian Soccer Team Has International Aspirations

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Training camps are scheduled to be held on Maui next month.

Neal Milner: Honolulu’s Rail Is More About Incompetence Than Corruption Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Neal Milner: Honolulu’s Rail Is More About Incompetence Than Corruption

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Officials through the years urged patience, but the problems facing the project in 1992 are still elusive.

Danny De Gracia: Keep The Electoral College The Way It Is Flickr: Travis Wise

Danny De Gracia: Keep The Electoral College The Way It Is

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Some people are unhappy with the notion of "faithless electors." But Hawaii lawmakers should not change a thing.

Chad Blair: Are House And Senate Leaders Taking Ethics Reform Seriously? David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Chad Blair: Are House And Senate Leaders Taking Ethics Reform Seriously?

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Speaker Scott Saiki and President Ron Kouchi explain where they stand on restoring public trust at the Capitol.

Danny De Gracia: Corporate Greed Is Best Foiled By Consumer Action Rather Than New Laws Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Danny De Gracia: Corporate Greed Is Best Foiled By Consumer Action Rather Than New Laws

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The new trend is charging consumers for components already installed. We should vote with our pocketbooks.
Neal Milner: We Should Rethink Our Housing Priorities While Waiting For The World To Change Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Neal Milner: We Should Rethink Our Housing Priorities While Waiting For The World To Change

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What to consider when criminalizing homelessness is unjust and policymaking is unrealistic.
Chad Blair: Lawmakers Are Rushing To Hold Last-Minute Fundraisers Before Session Begins Danny de Gracia/Civil Beat/2019

Chad Blair: Lawmakers Are Rushing To Hold Last-Minute Fundraisers Before Session Begins

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Major proposals from the special commission on government reform aim to reduce the influence of money in politics.
Eric Stinton: Hawaii’s Zoning Laws Are A Self-Inflicted Wound. It’s Hurting Our Housing Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Eric Stinton: Hawaii’s Zoning Laws Are A Self-Inflicted Wound. It’s Hurting Our Housing

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If the consequences of zoning today are higher housing costs, lower growth and economic dislocation, it begs the question of why are we still doing this.
Danny De Gracia: It’s Time To Follow King’s Legacy And Do Big Things In Hawaii Again Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Danny De Gracia: It’s Time To Follow King’s Legacy And Do Big Things In Hawaii Again

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We have the power to turn thoughts into speech and speech into action and action into reality.