Off the news: Point in Time Count returns after hiatus
Seeing the problem of homelessness all around is one thing; trying to help people off the streets and into shelter is quite another. But the endless effort must start somewhere, and that’s with solid data quantifying the scope of the…
Off the news: Kaiser’s isle, California staff go on strike
Kaiser nurses, pharmacists, anesthetists, therapists and other health-care providers represented by the United Nurses Association of California/Union of Health Care Professionals in Hawaii and California launched an…
Letter: Renewable energy better for Hawaii’s pocketbooks
A recent “Island Voices” column makes a strong case for clean energy based on its cost advantage over fossil fuels (“Fossil fuels drive our high cost of living,” Star-Advertiser, Jan. 25). Clean energy also has the…
Letter: Not surprised that Trump accepted peace prize gift
It’s surprising for a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize to present the award to an undeserving individual. What’s not surprising is that Donald Trump accepted the award from Maria Corina Machado.
Letter: Hawaii gun owners get no 2nd Amendment respect
As a concerned citizen of Hawaii, I am deeply disappointed with the Green administration’s persistent efforts to undermine our Second Amendment rights, as starkly exposed during the U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in Wolford v.…