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An Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program Would Aid Hawaii’s Homeless Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

An Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program Would Aid Hawaii’s Homeless

A more effective way of managing the crisis is for clinicians to provide direct intensive care to those who need it.

Legislature 2022: Hawaii Needs An Official Voters’ Information Pamphlet Screenshot

Legislature 2022: Hawaii Needs An Official Voters’ Information Pamphlet

The guides make for better voters, level the candidate playing field and improve the democratic process.

How To Get The People Of Honolulu Involved In Finding A New Police Chief Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

How To Get The People Of Honolulu Involved In Finding A New Police Chief

Greater community engagement would send a strong message to job candidates and influence for the better the Honolulu Police Commission’s ongoing search.

How To Build A Climate Workforce In Hawaii Elemental Excelerator

How To Build A Climate Workforce In Hawaii

The state needs to create opportunities to engage youth and build a workforce to combat global warming.

Why A Digital ID For A Digital World Just Makes Sense Courtesy: Kimberly Adams/2021

Why A Digital ID For A Digital World Just Makes Sense

The Covid pandemic has revealed how identification is a critical government service.

Free The Covid Cluster Data. Tell Us Where Outbreaks Are Occurring Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Free The Covid Cluster Data. Tell Us Where Outbreaks Are Occurring

Hawaii officials’ refusal to be more open with public health data is unnecessarily putting people at risk of getting sick.

Ranked Choice Voting Will Improve Hawaii’s Elections Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2020

Ranked Choice Voting Will Improve Hawaii’s Elections

The process allows candidates favored most by a majority of voters to win political races. The Legislature should move forward with one of the bills it allowed to languish last session.

It’s Time For The DOE To Take The Lead On Food And Education Courtesy: Malama Kauai

It’s Time For The DOE To Take The Lead On Food And Education

We are at an unprecedented moment, and if the DOE acts, Hawaii’s students and their food will be growing together.

Here’s An Affordable Housing Plan That’s Already Working Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Here’s An Affordable Housing Plan That’s Already Working

Portland, San Francisco and LA have all upped property taxes to build housing. Hawaii — which has the lowest property taxes in the country — should do the same with its investment properties, starting in Maui.

 

Let’s Create An Urban Forest Network Of Native Plants Screenshot

Let’s Create An Urban Forest Network Of Native Plants

Within a generation, we can grow a wealth of native micro-forests within our urban and suburban cores.