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Neal Milner: Capitol, Convention Center, Stadium Are All Great Landfill Sites Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Neal Milner: Capitol, Convention Center, Stadium Are All Great Landfill Sites

Why develop a brand new venue for Oʻahu’s garbage when it would fit right in at these places?

Danny De Gracia: Hawaiʻi Needs Serious Leadership From Local Republicans Screenshot

Danny De Gracia: Hawaiʻi Needs Serious Leadership From Local Republicans

Now that their party controls the federal government, state Republicans need to get their factions under control.

Eric Stinton: BJ Penn Needs Help, But He Doesn’t Seem To Know It AP Photo/Eric Jamison/2008

Eric Stinton: BJ Penn Needs Help, But He Doesn’t Seem To Know It

The former UFC champion has been arrested twice on the Big Island in the last week.

Kirstin Downey: Historic Preservationists Urge Governor To Veto Bills Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Kirstin Downey: Historic Preservationists Urge Governor To Veto Bills

They say measures that underwent dramatic changes now threaten to gut preservation efforts.

Neal Milner: In Its Battles With Trump, The Legal System Is The Underdog The White House/2025

Neal Milner: In Its Battles With Trump, The Legal System Is The Underdog

By the time he loses in court, the president has often already won.

Beth Fukumoto: How Legislators Kept Control Over ‘Green Fee’ Revenue David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Beth Fukumoto: How Legislators Kept Control Over ‘Green Fee’ Revenue

Gov. Josh Green wanted the money to go into special environmental funds. Instead, lawmakers retain a say in how it’s spent.

Danny De Gracia: Why Local Government Must Help Young People Get Jobs Csilla Jaray-Benn/Flickr.com

Danny De Gracia: Why Local Government Must Help Young People Get Jobs

Looking for a job in 2025 may be the hardest thing an unemployed person can do. For recent high school and college graduates with no experience, it’s practically impossible.

Lee Cataluna: Honoring Pidgin In Hawaiʻi Public Schools Jeremiah Brown photo/2025

Lee Cataluna: Honoring Pidgin In Hawaiʻi Public Schools

For the first time, the state Department of Education is recognizing Hawaiʻi Creole as a language worthy of biliteracy.

Kirstin Downey: Caring For The ʻĀina From Thousands Of Miles Away National Park Service photo

Kirstin Downey: Caring For The ʻĀina From Thousands Of Miles Away

A new book shows how one Hawaiian family has upheld its responsibility to care for an important cultural site in the face of rising taxes and encroaching development.