An $18 minimum wage won’t raise prices dramatically
But a living wage increase will go a long way toward providing financial stability for many in Hawaiʻi.
How the ‘Build Back Better’ plan saves money and lives
The answer lies in an expansion of the strategy that held the line against poverty in 2020 and that helped America out of the Great Depression.
Honolulu must learn from everglades tragedy
Similar to what happened in Florida, we drained Waikiki and opened ourselves up to the threat of flooding.
Cranking up the youth vote: register when you’re 16
Nonprofit organizations join the state in efforts to establish the voting habit in young people.
A reasonable gun regulation for all of us
Here are two bills that deserve the support of both gun-control advocates and Second Amendment activists.
Islandwide sit-lie ban gets preliminary approval despite opposition
Three Honolulu City Council bills would further restrict where homeless people can be. Critics say that would worsen the problem.