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Mayor Rick Blangiardi: Why Honolulu Needs CORE Now More Than Ever Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Mayor Rick Blangiardi: Why Honolulu Needs CORE Now More Than Ever

Successful public safety and public health programs adapt as practitioners learn what works.

New Book On Tahiti In The 1920s Recalls Ties To Hawaiʻi James Norman Hall Museum, Tahiti

New Book On Tahiti In The 1920s Recalls Ties To Hawaiʻi

It was a time when artists and writers traveled with typewriters or paint and canvas instead of laptops.

Moviegoing In Hawaiʻi Shouldn’t Take An ‘Odyssey’ For Rural Audiences

Moviegoing In Hawaiʻi Shouldn’t Take An ‘Odyssey’ For Rural Audiences

The state once had hundreds of movie theaters. Now there are less than two dozen commercial movie houses.

Hawaiʻi Just Can’t Afford LNG iStock/Suphanat Khumsap/2025

Hawaiʻi Just Can’t Afford LNG

Costs are certain to rise dramatically, just as they did with Honolulu rail and the H-3.

Hawaiʻi’s Teacher Shortage Is At An Inflection Point Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Hawaiʻi’s Teacher Shortage Is At An Inflection Point

It’s not just a staffing problem but a signal that the state needs a more deliberate, forward-looking approach to workforce planning.

City Council Failed On Empty Homes Tax, But Oʻahu Voters May Still Decide Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

City Council Failed On Empty Homes Tax, But Oʻahu Voters May Still Decide

We need to keep the housing we have and the housing we build available to local families.

It’s Time To Re-Envision The Aloha Stadium District Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

It’s Time To Re-Envision The Aloha Stadium District

Hawaiʻi taxpayers deserve an independent legal and financial review.

The Word That Almost Kept Me From Getting Help Getty Images/iStockphoto

The Word That Almost Kept Me From Getting Help

Addiction inherited a vocabulary that treats every person in it as permanently incomplete — relapsing, remitting, never quite arriving.