Kokua Line: Will baby born last year qualify for $1,000 deposit?

Hawaii has only one national cemetery, as do Idaho, Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota and Wyoming. The 50th State’s congressional delegation would like to cross Hawaii off that list and now are seeking a second site for the islands.…

The state Department of Budget and Finance recently confirmed that Gov. Josh Green’s proposed budget plan features a “pause” of at least part of the phased-in income tax reductions that were approved unanimously by the…

The state Legislature raises its curtain again on Wednesday revealing more than the usual degree of economic uncertainty that lawmakers confront each year. Not all the forecast figures are dire, but there is surely ample reason for…

A significant United Nations treaty to protect ocean wildlife and habitats in international waters — aka the high seas, or “the maritime Wild West,” outside any nation’s official jurisdiction — has been…

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I recently read an article about the search for Honolulu’s next police chief and the hiring of Public Sector Search & Consulting Inc., an expert California firm that specializes in the selection of the most qualified police…

I just read that Hawaii’s U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda is defending and supporting transgender athletes in women’s sports (“Feds probe Hawaii DOE over gender identity in sports,” Star-Advertiser, Jan. 16). Is Tokuda not a…

The Jan. 13 column from Cal Thomas was another whitewashing attempt of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol, which was led by rabid supporters of Donald Trump (“Anti-law enforcement sentiment causing serious…