Opinion

March 25, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

On one thing, we’ll bet most Hawaii homebuyers and would-be buyers, homebuilders, insurers, real estate agents and (maybe) even lawyers in the field agree: For median-income households,...

March 24, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Hawaii typically evokes visions of sandy beaches caressed by, for the most part, clean and clear Pacific waters. But in some areas, particularly those far from population-dense cities and subu...

March 22, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Indecent revisionist history doesn’t occur only by rewriting or misstating what actually happened; it can also occur via deletion and erasure.

March 21, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Restoration of Hawaii’s native language and culture — and these treasures did require restoration — has been the project of nearly a century. Starting with the Hawaiian Homes...

March 19, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Received an email recently saying, “I’ve a friend who’s considering running for the House, she’s articulate, smart, and community minded. I’m hoping you can meet...

March 18, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The federal administration is in the midst of a rapidly launched, blunt-force effort to hack back spending and staffing at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It’s an alarmingly c...

March 17, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has an outsized influence in Hawaii and the Pacific. From its base in Honolulu, the VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System (VAPIHS) coordinates care and s...

March 15, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Today, now, this very minute, actions must be underway at the state’s Child Welfare Services (CWS) to improve help to vulnerable keiki. Must.

March 14, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Nobody knows for sure how budget cuts from Capitol Hill will land in Hawaii and other states. But the omens for Medicaid, the massive health-care program that assists lower-income populations,...

March 12, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

It’s not like the Hawai’i Senate is a model of sunshine and good government, but the House of Representatives keeps stepping in it.

March 11, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Advancing bills crossed over from one side of the Legislature to the other on Thursday, reducing the number of bills alive from over 3,000 to under 800. In the Senate, 1,669 bills were whittle...

March 10, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A bill to restrict “non-medical,” i.e., religious, exemptions from Hawaii’s vaccine mandates has properly been put on ice in the state House, due to constitutional concerns....

March 8, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Hawaii, remote and surrounded by ocean, is particularly vulnerable to damage from hurricanes, tsunami, floods, drought, destructive winds and fire. These unique perils make monitoring the weat...

March 6, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

For many city dwellers, quashing crime typically ranks near the top of their government to-do hierarchy — from staid white-collar misdeeds to the more sinister robbery, assault and murde...

March 5, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

When you think it can’t get much worse, American diplomacy led by President Trump and Vice President Vance — implodes on national television.

March 4, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Given the insidious stifling of women’s reproductive rights nationally, state laws to safeguard bodily autonomy have become increasingly necessary. Hawaii’s Legislature is now cons...