A look at how a Kona low shows up in real life on the east side of the state — small failures, stretched systems, and the point where things stop holding.
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Beth Fukumoto: Scoring Political Points Won’t Help Hawaiʻi’s Budget Woes
If Republicans are serious about balancing the budget, they need to start offering real solutions.
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Lee Cataluna: When The Stickler Doesn’t Stick To Her Own Standards
As House Finance chair, Sylvia Luke was a tough inquisitor. Now she’s the one in the hot seat.
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Kirstin Downey: How To Save A Royal Palace From A Punishing Storm
Caretakers for Hulihe‘e Palace, the oldest royal palace in the country, have been on high alert for days to protect the Big Island property.
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Neal Milner: ‘Corruptomania’ Is A Dangerous Thing
Being quick to blame major public policy failures on corruption hides the fact that it’s most often incompetence that’s causing our problems, not ethical wrongdoing.
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Denby Fawcett: Bill To Create Residential ‘Monster Lots’ Is Dead — For Now
Lawmakers got a lot of pushback over a proposal to allow six units on a lot originally zoned for a single-family home, but they may reintroduce the measure next year.
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Beth Fukumoto: If This Session Feels All Over The Place, That’s Because It Is
The Legislature is trying to fill a lot of holes in a constantly shifting landscape.
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Makana Eyre: Why Did We Stop Caring About The Ala Wai Canal?
We need to demand real and lasting change for the iconic waterway.
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Kirstin Downey: New Insights About Hawaiʻi From An Archive In San Francisco
The Sutro Library holds a large manuscript collection that once belonged to a wealthy Brit whose hobby was Pacific exploration.