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It Takes A Village To Help Big Island Residents  Drive Less Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

It Takes A Village To Help Big Island Residents Drive Less

If Hawaiʻi County’s general plan finally passes this week it could set in motion an effort to improve public transit, make urban areas denser, and add paths for pedestrians and bicycles.

A Last-Minute Miracle For A Bill To Help Hawaiʻi Convert Cesspools Courtesy: Surfrider Foundation

A Last-Minute Miracle For A Bill To Help Hawaiʻi Convert Cesspools

The bill would create a new low-interest loan program to help eliminate some of the 80,000 cesspools leaking millions of gallons of sewage into Hawaiʻi’s nearshore waters daily.

Beth Fukumoto: Hawaiʻi Needs To Get Serious About Accessory Dwelling Units American Institute of Architects Maui

Beth Fukumoto: Hawaiʻi Needs To Get Serious About Accessory Dwelling Units

Unless we’re willing to go all-in on this approach to increasing housing, we should quit pretending it’s part of the solution.

The Housing Numbers Keep Talking. We Must Listen David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

The Housing Numbers Keep Talking. We Must Listen

To house Hawai‘i’s future, we must be ready to reform, invest and build, a new essay argues.

Jarrett Keohokalole Talks About HECO ‘Sell-Out’ And Condo Insurance Rescue David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Jarrett Keohokalole Talks About HECO ‘Sell-Out’ And Condo Insurance Rescue

The Senate Commerce chair was in the middle of some of the Legislature’s most contentious issues.

Insurance: Will Reforms Stabilize Hawaiʻi Condo Insurance Costs? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Insurance: Will Reforms Stabilize Hawaiʻi Condo Insurance Costs?

New bill establishes state insurance and loan programs after years of false starts, allowing the government to serve as the insurer of last resort for condo associations.