Young representative ideas

U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, two of the youngest members of Congress, are forming a new bipartisan Future Caucus.

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What makes the Matson spill different

A week after the tragic spill, Matson says it will pay all costs for clean-up. But if the molasses can't be cleaned up, how can the state go about claiming damages from the company?

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Maui development project gets environmental green light

A Final Environmental Assessment was filed with a finding of no significant impact for the proposed Kahoma Village Project in West Maui.

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Matson to pay for cleanup

Matson Inc. will pay for the cleanup of a 1,400-ton spill of molasses into Honolulu Harbor that killed thousands of fish and other marine life, CEO Matt Cox said Monday.

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Rail is back

After a nearly 13-month delay caused by a lawsuit, construction restarted on the state's largest public works project

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FBI files on Inouye now online

The files reveal many threats and allegations against the late senator.

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Are you earning $32.14 an hour?

There are 168 hours in a week. But in Honolulu, a minimum wage worker would need an extra nine to afford housing.

Ikaika M Hussey / Economic inequality / Read
Undersea power cable feasible?

A Public Utilities Commission investigative proceeding on the feasibility of an undersea power cable between Maui and Oahu has drawn comments and interventions from Maui County, environmental groups and developers seeking the job of laying a high-voltage cable 112 miles long and as deep as 2,100 feet.

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Dangerous air

A Kilauea resident says he was exposed to pesticides while driving with his windows down as he passed a DuPont Pioneer agricultural field in Lihue Wednesday morning.

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Meet the pro-GMO farmers

Civil Beat recently visited pro-GMO and pro-pesticide farmers. They argued that pesticides and GMOs are tools that farmers in Hawaii need to be competitive.

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