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Mayor Kirk Caldwell and the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation inexplicably continue to resist any Plan B to control runaway rail costs resulting from their miscalculations and misrepresentations.

Each Sunday, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser publishes Oahu vital statistics for marriage licenses and birth certificates filed with the state Department of Health’s Vital Statistics System.

The death of Uilani, a 2-year-old Hawaiian monk seal that once lived under Joni Bagood’s house on Mokauea Island in Keehi Lagoon, was like losing a young family member she watched grow and whose playful antics she enjoyed.

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt will stop in Pearl Harbor today after an around-the-world deployment that included more than six months in the Middle East and a shipboard visit by Defense Secretary Ash Carter in the contentious South China Sea.

Regina Lal long ago lost count of how many times she’s seen Janet Jackson live in concert, but clearly the thrill has not diminished.

Another car drives up.

“Make sure your valuables aren’t left in the car. There was a break-in just the other day,” Chris Nakamatsu warns. The tourists give an uneasy thank you.

Gov. David Ige is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to postpone or waive new regulations that restrict the amount of mercury and other toxic pollutants that Hawaii’s power plants can release into the air, arguing that the rules will distract from Hawaii’s push to convert to clean energy.

Several key lawmakers said they plan to introduce legislation in the coming session to address concerns about the state’s oversight of physicians and other licensed professionals.

Observing the entertainment juggernaut that is Janet Jackson’s Unbreakable World Tour live and at full volume Friday night in the Blaisdell Arena brought several things to mind.

Driving people around to do their errands and volunteering at church keep Lenora Ching’s mind off her aching back, and warms her heart with satisfaction.