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Letter: Need to hold council’s feet to the ICE fire

I was disappointed that The Maui News did not feel that is was important to cover the Maui County Council recent budget committee meetings to discuss the pending contract (Bill 92) between Maui Police Department and the Trump FBI-ICE contract. Fortunately, Maui Indivisible and Civil Beat are doing an amazing job keeping the public informed, doing massive research into this debacle and testifying/participating in chamber during the past two meetings. Is there a local political journalist on staff? Are you concerned about what can happen in our county regarding the current ...

Froma Harrop: Feeling insecure? You may be on to something

Groundhog Day's furry forecaster Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather. What if we asked Phil to apply his insights to the frigid job market? He might answer the way an alarmed groundhog does, with chattering teeth, and then squeak, "Wheet! Wheet! Cold days are coming ...

Clarence Page: Beware the bully promising a ‘soft touch’

For casual observers of U.S. politics, an interview President Donald Trump gave last Wednesday to "NBC Nightly News" might have suggested a change of tone in the federal government's standoff in Minnesota. Speaking of the brute-force operations federal agents have conducted there rounding up ...

Rich Lowry: Virginia’s clownish redistricting scheme

Virginia is the new Illinois. The practice of drawing partisan districts is named after Elbridge Gerry, the 19th century Massachusetts governor. Even he might blush at the extreme gerrymander that Democrats in the commonwealth are pushing. They want to go from a congressional delegation ...