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Setting The Record Straight On UH Budget Priorities Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Setting The Record Straight On UH Budget Priorities

The Legislature and the executive branch should be in partnership to accomplish shared goals for this important Hawaii institution.

Emergency Proclamation Forces False Choice On Housing Versus Heritage David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Emergency Proclamation Forces False Choice On Housing Versus Heritage

Hawaii cannot place already endangered and irreplaceable cultural and natural resources at further risk.

Skin Cancer Knows No Color: Protecting Every Skin Tone Matters Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Skin Cancer Knows No Color: Protecting Every Skin Tone Matters

The death rate from melanoma for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders is twice the statewide average.

New Hawaii Laws Will Provide Utility Bill Relief Wikimedia Commons/Kotivalo/2019

New Hawaii Laws Will Provide Utility Bill Relief

The policies are victories for both the climate and the pocketbooks of local families.

Honolulu Can Feel Stressful. We Need More Places To Walk It Off David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Honolulu Can Feel Stressful. We Need More Places To Walk It Off

More green spaces help reduce loneliness and promote safety, build community and helps us gather together.

Hawaii Legislature Failed To Address UH Priorities Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Legislature Failed To Address UH Priorities

There is a troubling pattern of some legislators trying to  erode the university’s constitutional autonomy.

UH Judgment In Determining Priorities Is Flawed PF Bentley/Civil Beat/2014

UH Judgment In Determining Priorities Is Flawed

The Legislature is not a rubber stamp, and there are other constituencies with needed projects.

Court’s LGBTQ+ Decision Narrowly Based On Freedom Of Speech Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Court’s LGBTQ+ Decision Narrowly Based On Freedom Of Speech

The case should not be cited as precedent to deny equal protection of the laws.