We take a monthly fee from nearly every renter in Hawaiʻi and hand about $5,000 to households that already own a roof.
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Jeta: Unifying Makiki’s Unspoken Creative Culture
To recognize what is already growing, sometimes we just need to look a little closer.
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Eric Stinton: School Phone Ban Is A Good Idea, But The Problem Runs Deeper
Like so many of the problems that teachers must cope with, the root of the problem lies at home.
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Neal Milner: There’s So Much We Don’t Know About Hawaiʻi Politics
The only truly documented thing we know for sure is that most people vote Democratic if they vote at all. Not much news there.
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Kirstin Downey: Hawaiʻi’s Historic Sites Are At Risk As Regulations Crumble
Rules that once helped protect historic and cultural places from development are being cast aside as political leaders seek to fast-track their pet projects.
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Olin Lagon: The First Word The World’s Phones Say Is Aloha
When you start asking questions, you might be surprised how many answers trace back to Hawaiʻi.
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Jeta: The Artist They Told Me Not To Be
She found life in Silicon Valley tech unfulfilling, moved to Hawaiʻi, embraced her art and today launches a new column for Civil Beat.
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Neal Milner: When Political Memoirs Go Bad
Omissions are a sin that does a disservice to the public in these two recent books.
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Kirstin Downey: The Inspiration Museum Shows Us What’s Possible
A century old building in downtown Honolulu is being slowly transformed into a space that celebrates people from Hawaiʻi who have helped change the world.