Elmer Cravalho was a rare individual who made a mark on both Maui and Hawaii history. A man of considerable intelligence and energy, he wielded tremendous power on state and county stages for 25 years. But in the days following his death on June 27 at the age of 90, the obituaries for Cravalho that appeared in The Maui News and Honolulu Star-Advertiser amounted to thin … [Read more...] about Using newly declassified documents, we examine the legacy of Elmer Cravalho, Maui County’s most important political leader.
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UPDATED: Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Tulsi Gabbard
And in what will likely be the last of these Know Your Candidate posts we put up before the Aug. 13 Hawaii Primary Election, U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D–Hawaii, just squeaks in under the deadline with her completed questionnaire. First elected to the U.S. Congress in 2012, Gabbard–who is also a major in the Hawaii Army National Guard and Iraq War veteran– has been an … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Tulsi Gabbard
UPDATED: Here’s why the Hawaii LGBT Caucus doesn’t support Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s reelection campaign
[NOTE: A few hours after this story went live we finally received comment from Rep. Gabbard's campaign. The story has been updated to include it.] Back in the summer of 2012, while preparing our political endorsements for that year’s Hawaii Primary Election, we couldn’t figure out what to do in the 2nd District Congressional race. It’s a big district that encompasses all of … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Here’s why the Hawaii LGBT Caucus doesn’t support Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s reelection campaign
Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Miles Shiratori
Back in 2014, Miles Shiratori ran in the Democratic Primary to be state lieutenant governor (in fact, his website Milesshiratori.com hasn't yet been updated since that race). He lost to Shan Tsutsui by about 118,000 votes. This year, he’s one of five Democrats in the U.S. Senate race (the incumbent, Democrat Brian Schatz) is running for reelection. MAUITIME: What is your top … [Read more...] about Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Miles Shiratori
Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Shay Chan Hodges
Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. Congressional Representative for Hawaii's 2nd District, is enormously popular. In the 2014 election, she won reelection with nearly 76 percent of the vote. But she's far from universally loved–in fact, she's been something of a rebel this year. Long a critic of President Barack Obama's military and foreign policy, she threw all her support this … [Read more...] about Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Shay Chan Hodges