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Kudos to the Star-Advertiser, and especially to Mililani Trask, George Hudes and Dawn Morais Webster, for clarifying an extremely complex situation: the war between Hamas and Israel (“We must speak now: Palestinians in Rafah are in terror,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, Feb. 15).
Could publicly funded campaigns make elections in Hawaii more popular?
State Senate Judiciary Chair Karl Rhoads said at an educational panel meeting Wednesday that he is introducing a bill for the full public financing of elections in Hawaii so that lawmakers can focus on voters more than donors when crafting public policy.
Proponents say the legislation could dramatically reduce the influence of special interest money in local campaigns.