Editorial: Pearl Harbor is our reminder to defend freedoms
The call to “Remember Pearl Harbor” echoes across the decades, here in Hawaii and throughout the U.S. Read more
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Editorial: Positive moves for Maui STR bill
After 18 months of frustrating delay in addressing an issue as important as they come to Maui residents, the Maui County Council has finally poked its head out of the shell to vote on Bill 9 — a county law which would require the phase-out of short-term rentals (STRs) in residential zones. Read more
Editorial: Don’t snap SNAP for private data
The federal government says it is curbing waste by demanding that states seeking food aid turn over the private information of those who want what formerly was known as food stamps. Read more
Editorial: Hawaii embezzlement case reveals cracks in SBA program
On June 27, 2023, federal agents raided the offices of the Hawaii Native Corporation (HNC) and its several subsidiaries, seizing documents. Read more
Editorial: Now is the time to spare a dime
There’s a shortage of many things as 2025 draws to a close, but mounting food insecurity has sounded the alarm with particular force. Read more
Editorial: Ships cruising for a bruising on TAT
The transient accommodations tax (TAT), including a portion newly assessed as the state’s climate impact fee, or “green fee,” stands to be an important source of revenue for the state as federal help for environmental protections and a clean-energy transition dwindles. Read more
Editorial: Do more to net, retain teachers
Hawaii must keep pushing for improvement, and work with the resources that are available. Read more
Editorial: Black Friday deals are needed relief
No matter your creed, Black Friday is a holiday tradition that pervades nearly all households, and not simply because it speaks to the very American urge to buy, buy, buy. Read more
Editorial: Embrace blessings in life, big or small
Despite it all, many blessings have sprung forth from Hawaii’s giving heart. Long lines at free food giveaways have been met with an equal amount of outpouring of donations and volunteers lending a helping hand. Read more
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Editorial: Market Hawaii tourism, its benefits for all
A multiyear tourism and marketing strategy must be developed; further, this strategy must fit within a coordinated state approach to boost the state’s economic well-being in a broad sense — not focused solely on tourism revenues, but on where that money is spent, and who it benefits. Read more
Editorial: City in right lane on Kalihi parking
There surely are other locations across the state’s most congested island where it could be applied reasonably well. Residents in areas where there are nearby homes not served by adequate parking would find it difficult to find a spot near their home, having to walk a fair distance at day’s end. Read more
Editorial: A compelling plan for Kakaako Makai
Nearly two decades after the state Legislature banned residential development in Kakaako Makai, a spark of pragmatism could see two of the state’s leading Native Hawaiian entities team to sidestep that law. It’s an intriguing idea, to be sure. Read more
Editorial: UH studio holds industry promise
Plans for a “state-of-the-art film studio” and development project at the University of Hawaii West Oahu (UHWO) have approached another milestone. Read more
Editorial: Hawaiian Air jobs must stay in Hawaii
Keeping good jobs in Hawaii must be the goal. Hawaii is a small state, with a limited supply of highly skilled, highly paid jobs — a category the state would like to see grow rather than retract. Read more
Editorial: Pursue upsides in Army land talks
So Hawaii is forearming with the $10 billion proposal. Gov. Josh Green is right to stress that a negotiated deal would be vastly preferable over an antagonistic military condemnation that will surely be opposed by the state. Read more
Editorial: Consider needs of disabled survivors
The Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires that decimated the Maui town of Lahaina drew massive support from state, local and federal sources, philanthropies, community organizations and individuals. Read more
Editorial: Good to see option still alive for TMT
The conversation about the Thirty Meter Telescope had gone silent for a time, since the developers of the controversial project pegged for Mauna Kea turned their attention to competing sites elsewhere. Read more
Editorial: Public transit fares need tough adjustments
Public transportation costs are coming to a head in Honolulu, where officials are doggedly working to breathe life into an expensive rail project amid a wider decline in mass transit ridership. Read more
Editorial: Potential, pitfalls of sports tourism
Hawaii’s renewed push to build up the sports tourism market has become visible in recent months, drawing interest in the possibilities, as the state makes plays to get baseball-loving Japanese and Taiwanese tourists interested in the University of Hawaii and its popular baseball team, the Rainbow Warriors. Read more
Editorial: Downtown park ripe to develop
Kamali‘i Mini Park inhabits an inconspicuous, triangle-shaped parcel formed by Beretania and Fort streets, and Pali Highway. Read more
Editorial: Conduct Hawaii legislator corruption probe
Political corruption is bad. Think of it as a malignant and opportunistic virus that pollutes the legislative body it infiltrates, with the real potential to infect weak hosts. Read more
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