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The Earth’s atmospheric CO2 levels passed 400 parts per million (ppm) this month, and in doing so reached what is thought to be the highest CO2 concentration in the three million years—but what does
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This week the situation at the embattled Wailuku Main Street Association, the once mighty community nonprofit that’s been under fire for all manner of alleged violations and impropriety, got a whole lot worse. On
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Although state Senator Clayton Hee has been busy blocking ethics law reform this session and trying to deny that online journalism actually exists, there is one bill he can boast about getting past the
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“What do you like best about trapeze?” instructor Dorian McRae asks me as I climb 25 feet in the air at Emerald City Trapeze Arts in Lahaina to fly once more. “The rush!” I quickly
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[ED. NOTE: I updated this post on May 23 to include new information sent from Senator Brian Schatz's office as well as a bit of historical context] Thanks to Hawaii’s two U.S. Senators (both of
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Derrick Kahala Watson Confirmed for Hawaii District Court After Five Months of Senate Obstructionism
After five months of being stuck in nomination filibuster limbo, Derrick Kahala Watson is finally going to be a district judge in the District Court for the District of Hawaii. On April 18, the
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Talking Story With U.S. Senator Brian Schatz About How Hawaii Clean Energy Goals Can Bring Political Climate Change In Washington
Perhaps because we live in a remote archipelago, surrounded by millions of square miles of ocean, we’re more sensitive to the changes that climate change will impose on all of us. We like to
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Newest U.S. Energy Security Council Appointee Linda Lingle Really Knows Gas
For all of you out there wondering whatever became of former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle (you know who you are), I have some important new information for you. Turns out she’s gone and joined
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UPDATED: What’s Hawaii Democratic Congressmember Tulsi Gabbard Up To In Washington These Days?
Right now, far more serious and learned journalists than I are asking whether Hawaii’s congressional delegation is split. Sadly, the answer is no. Really, I wish the answer were yes. Real political splits are
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Special MauiTime Photo Caption Contest!
Here’s a photo sent to us just moments ago from U.S. Senator Brian Schatz’s office. The photograph, which was taken by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, shows Schatz with President Barack Obama at an
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UPDATED: U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye Passed Away On Dec. 17 At Age 88
Going with the theme of death and worlds coming to an end, we’d like to discuss the sad passing of U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye. He died at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center of
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Remembering The Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor, 71 Years Later
Today’s Pearl Harbor Day. For those not able to make it over to Oahu to visit the USS Arizona Memorial or watch that awful Ben Affleck/Kate Beckinsale flick, why not just peruse the vast
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Is The $6 Billion The U.S. Spent On Political Campaign Advertisements This Election A Lot?
Heard on NPR this morning that a new Center for Responsive Politics report pegs the spending on political advertising this election year at $6 billion. Even when you add up all the television and
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2012 Election Endorsement Sneak Preview: @MauiTime Endorses Green Party Candidate @JillStein2012 for President
U.S. PRESIDENT Jill Stein Talk about a depressing race. Yeah, we guess Democrat incumbent Barack Obama has done an okay job, but to think that we have to overlook a miserable eight percent unemployment rate, the
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Scary Stat Concerning Police, Coercion and False Confessions
Heard something truly frightening during this morning’s Morning Edition show on NPR. It was a small but terrible statistic buried in a story about a brain-damaged man who’s been in prison 23 years and
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