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Housing In Hawaiʻi Is About More Than A Place To Live Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Housing In Hawaiʻi Is About More Than A Place To Live

It affects financial security, retirement readiness, caregiving, community stability and whether people can envision a future for themselves and their families.

Honolulu Charter Amendment Protects Immigrant Rights Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025

Honolulu Charter Amendment Protects Immigrant Rights

Question No. 6 ensures Honolulu police officers have clear, codified guardrails regardless of who holds the badge or sits in Washington.

What We Owe The Ocean Courtesy: Andrew Sullivan-Haskins/2022

What We Owe The Ocean

Papahānaumokuākea showed me what abundance can look like, and what we must do so the next generation can inherit a healthier ocean.

Hawaiʻi’s Education System Must Embrace Adaptation  Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Hawaiʻi’s Education System Must Embrace Adaptation 

Our public schools face a mix of changes and challenges, which should ask us if we are adjusting quickly enough in response. 

Hawaiʻi’s Preschool Expansion Is Bigger Than a Seat Count Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Hawaiʻi’s Preschool Expansion Is Bigger Than a Seat Count

Comparing the preschool seats today with the number that existed six years ago does not tell the whole story of Hawaiʻi’s progress.

HCDA’s Honuakaha Tenants Deserve Answers and Action Jeremy Hay

HCDA’s Honuakaha Tenants Deserve Answers and Action

To be clear, the authority does not own or manage the building or its common areas. HCDA is working to address problems for the 151 rental units under its control.

Honolulu Zoo Elephants Are Healthy, Active And Loved City and County of Honolulu

Honolulu Zoo Elephants Are Healthy, Active And Loved

Mari and Vaigai have also developed strong bonds with the people who care for them.

When A Condo Leak Becomes A Fight About The Owner Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

When A Condo Leak Becomes A Fight About The Owner

First the problem is denied. Then the person raising it is attacked as “difficult.”

Honolulu Streams Need More Than Flood Fixes Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Honolulu Streams Need More Than Flood Fixes

What’s needed in the Ala Wai watershed is a grand vision for flood control, public access, water quality, habitat and scenic splendor.