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Editorial and Opinion Editor Jeanne Mariani-Belding puts Rep. Della Au Belatti and Peter Kay, co-founders of HawaiiConCon.org, a nonprofit group focusing on whether the state should have a Constitutional Convention, on The Hot Seat for a live blog chat tomorrow from noon to 1 p.m. Join the conversation.

TODAY'S EDITORIALS

Hawaii must sharpen focus on pedestrian safety

Hawai'i's been tagged as the state where elderly pedestrians are most at risk of being killed in traffic. And that's a distinction that the state — and all of us— must work hard to change. More »

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TODAY'S COLUMNS AND COMMENTARIES

Does a student's behavior off campus reflect on schools?

We asked members of our Teen Editorial Board if students' behavior off campus reflects on their schools. More »

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City should put Mapunapuna in transit station planning
The very latest in the city's $4 billion mass transit project involves the selection of the transit... More »

Sebastian Mallaby
World's irrational policies making food crisis worse
We are now several months into the global food crisis, which is a much bigger deal than the subprime meltdown... More »

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