New County Hotel Tax Is Approved In Final Vote civilbeat.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from civilbeat.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UC should continue supporting Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea
We agree with The Daily Californian’s editorial board that astronomy on Maunakea is an important topic for the UC system. However, the editorial opposing the Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, project massively misinforms readers and marginalizes the voices of Hawaiians and lifelong and recent Hawai’i residents who support this telescope, despite pressure to stay silent voices like ours.
The editorial begins with a highly incendiary illustration, implying that the construction of the TMT project either completely removes a pu’u (cinder cone) on Maunakea or the top of the mauna itself (with conspicuously white hands). Neither implication is true. As shown in this figure, the site of the TMT project is a flat lava plain far away from culturally significant sites on Maunakea. Its area is roughly equal to the UC system-supported Keck Observatory, minuscule compared to the adze quarry complex created by ancient Hawaii
Local historian Nanette Napoleon, April 26, 2021
On the 160th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, The Conversation explored the stories of prominent men from Hawai‘i who fought in the war and were buried at the O‘ahu Cemetery.
Local historian Nanette Napoleon shared what she s learned about the forgotten stories, many of which she s discovered while working on her book, Hawai‘i Sons of the Civil War. She said a lot of people don t even realize there were people from Hawai‘i who fought in the Civil War.
Following the storming of the U.S. Capitol in January, one lasting image was of a man using a Confederate flag to beat Capitol Police officers who were protecting the building and the nation s lawmakers.
Hawaii Keeps US House Seats But Expects Delay In Redistricting civilbeat.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from civilbeat.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hawaii Legislature Agrees To Defer Pay Raises Ahead Of Final Votes - Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii Legislature Agrees To Defer Pay Raises Ahead Of Final Votes
Some of Hawaii’s public workers unions also tentatively agreed to forgo raises this year as lawmakers, Gov. David Ige’s cabinet and state judges do the same. Reading time: 8 minutes.
State lawmakers set the stage Friday for a vote to hold off on pay raises for themselves as well as members of Gov. David Ige’s Cabinet and judges after a year that saw business closures and record high levels of unemployment in Hawaii due to the pandemic.