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Media pioneer left mark in political arena

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Cecil L. "Cec" Heftel, who dominated the local airwaves like no other before or since. People such as news anchor Bob Sevey may have been the public face of KGMB, but Heftel, who died Thursday, was the driving force behind it. More »

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I graduated from college in 1969 and returned home to Hawai'i. Mayor Fasi stated he wanted Hawai'i's young adults to return home to work. I wrote him a letter and said I wanted to work. More »

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Ruling shows need for clean elections

Now the call is even greater for a public financing option for elections. More »

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Jules Witcover

Obama accentuates the positive

On the weekend when the first National Tea Party Convention was held in Nashville, plenty of political tea leaves were being read by economists around the country, with mixed interpretations. More »

Leonard Pitts Jr.

Leonard Pitts Jr.

Black men and military history

It is the enduring paradox of our centuries here. It is the paradox that stood its ground at Bunker Hill, paradox that made a doomed charge on Fort Wagner, paradox that stormed San Juan Hill, advanced through the Meuse-Argonne, landed on Iwo Jima, liberated Seoul and was taken prisoner in Hanoi. More »

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Legalized Gambling

The state House has advanced a bill that would allow casino gaming on Hawaiian Home Lands (House Bill 2759). The bill calls for 80 percent of revenues generated from gambling operations to go toward development of Hawaiian Homes communities. The remaining 20 percent would be deposited into the state general fund. A separate bill, HB 2251, also aims for gambling revenues, but from tourists: establishing a commission to oversee gambling in a single licensed casino that would be open only to non-residents. What do you think about this issue?

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Contact your public officials to make your views known:

Jon Riki Karamatsu: Rep. Karamatsu chairs the House Judiciary Committee, next to hear HB 2759.

Reach him at: repkaramatsu@capitol.hawaii.gov or 586-8490..

Marcus Oshiro: Rep. Oshiro chairs House Finance, which is next to hear HB 2251.

Reach him at: repmoshiro@capitol.hawaii.gov or 586-6200.

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