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With New Federal Cuts Looming, Legislature Must Fulfill 100-Year Promise To Hawaiians Ben Angarone/Civil Beat/2024

With New Federal Cuts Looming, Legislature Must Fulfill 100-Year Promise To Hawaiians

Senate Bill 3028 would give DHHL a permanent, dedicated revenue stream funded by restructuring the state’s conveyance tax.

Investing In Ahupuaʻa Restoration Is Investing In Hawaiʻi’s Future Screenshot/DLNR/2026

Investing In Ahupuaʻa Restoration Is Investing In Hawaiʻi’s Future

A $10 million green fee investment would support watersheds, native reforestation and invasive species management that bring residents and visitors into shared stewardship.

Legislators Weigh Affordable Units That Reward Investors Kawika Lopez/Civil Beat/2025

Legislators Weigh Affordable Units That Reward Investors

Policies framed as solutions to Hawai‘i’s housing crisis are stripping protections, allowing investors to benefit, and putting taxpayer-supported housing and long-term stability at risk.

Stop Blaming Local Farmers For Rising School Meal Costs Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Stop Blaming Local Farmers For Rising School Meal Costs

If you don’t measure it, you can’t manage it — even in Hawaiʻi school cafeterias.

Why I Think Most Of Us Genuinely Love Our Country Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Why I Think Most Of Us Genuinely Love Our Country

A summit in Washington, D.C., convinces a Hawaiʻi student a majority of Americans are good people who love peace and prosperity.

A Patient With Multiple Sclerosis Reflects On The Value Of A Life Cory Lum/Civil Beat

A Patient With Multiple Sclerosis Reflects On The Value Of A Life

Americans should get back to the philosophy of understanding that the country won’t do well until everybody does well.

Let’s Have An Open, Honest Debate About Energy In Hawaiʻi Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Let’s Have An Open, Honest Debate About Energy In Hawaiʻi

Government must pursue the most affordable and reliable energy option, not just the most emotionally appealing one.

US Immigration System Desperately Needs Reform Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

US Immigration System Desperately Needs Reform

Long delays, high costs and harmful stereotypes continue to hurt real families trying to build stable lives.

Put Hawaiʻi’s Children First: Why Fair Taxes Matter Now David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Put Hawaiʻi’s Children First: Why Fair Taxes Matter Now

The Legislature should move forward with bills that raise needed revenue fairly and invest it where it matters most.

In The Age Of Misinformation, Climate Literacy Matters More Than Ever David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

In The Age Of Misinformation, Climate Literacy Matters More Than Ever

Climate education remains inconsistent, optional and disconnected from the realities students face every day.