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New Home Quick-Tests May Reveal More HIV in Hawaii
Newly available kits offer the most convenient and discrete method yet to test for infection.
ANALYSIS: Hawaii’s Gun Laws Worth Imitating
With some of the strictest gun-control laws in the nation, Hawaii benefits from a very low rate of gun-related fatalities.
ANALYSIS: Hawaii Health Insurance Exchange Moving Closer to Reality
Web portal will allow residents to compare affordable care choices.
LETTER: Big Island’s Funding Problem, Post Inouye
“Hawaii’s new congressional delegation won’t have the same political clout as Senator Inouye had.”
ANALYSIS: What Inouye’s Death Means for Hawaii
Hawaii stares down the prospect of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal spending that the late senator typically secured.
OPINION: Dear Jamae, Please Be Gentle
If our new deputy prosecutor goes after the bad guys with the same gusto she did her election-year critics, our crime rate may plummet.
ANALYSIS: Gay Marriage’s ‘Roe vs. Wade’ Moment On the Way?
Of the two cases being heard in 2013, it is a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that directly challenges the Defense of Marriage Act.
LETTER: Hold Council Member No-Shows Accountable
Sometimes, finding a member of the Hawai`i County Council feels like a game of hide-and-seek.
ANALYSIS: ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Consequences for Hawaii
The average Hawaii middle-class family will pay $2,200 more in taxes in 2013, while many crucial programs will be cut.
ANALYSIS: Hawaii Elections: Time to ‘Just Mail It’
After all the goofs during our recent elections, and with the lowest voter turnout in the country, could it be time for vote-by-mail?
OPINION: Black-Eye Friday
With “Black Friday” super-sales being held earlier and earlier, will Thanksgiving soon cease to exist as we know it?
OPINION: Marijuana – Legalization Revisited
Before the president gives the final word on weed, states like Hawaii have a window of opportunity to piggyback off of Colorado and Washington’s momentum of marijuana legalization.
OPINION: State Senators Tied to Medical Billing Scam
Automated Healthcare Solutions charged taxpayers a 4,000-5,000% markup over the cost of prescriptions, while efforts to stem the abuse were thwarted by the two senators that the company donates to.
‘Organic’ – Truth or Misconception, It’s Big Business
A recent study found almost no nutritional benefits to eating foods classified as “organic.” But it’s a growing industry and Oprah’s organic farm plans on Maui may bring home the bacon for Hawaii.
OPINION: The Next Four Years
Now that election season has come to a close, our mayor and council have no shortage of problems to address.
A Quick Summary of “Ballot Proposals” at Polling Booths
There are a slew of “Ballot Proposals” for us to navigate before we can make our escape from the polling booth. We sort through them for you.
OPINION: Why the Plastic Bag Ban Makes No Sense
The upcoming plastic bag ban law in Hawaii is less about “making a difference” and more about fulfilling a false sense of accomplishment.
Lingle Contradicts Statements Made to Big Island Now in TV Debate
The Senate candidate has pulled a “180” over her “greatest president” statement about former president George W. Bush.
