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).
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.