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Megumi Sakuta

Megumi Sakuta studies public relations and journalism at UH Manoa. She covers higher education.
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Hawaii Is Clamping Down On Unlicensed Care Homes Courtesy: Department of Health/2022

Hawaii Is Clamping Down On Unlicensed Care Homes

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State officials have grown increasingly concerned about the facilities, with 89 investigations already underway.

Board Of Education To Consider Computer Science As A Graduation Requirement Suevon Lee/Civil Beat/2017

Board Of Education To Consider Computer Science As A Graduation Requirement

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Legislators say the move would help students get lucrative jobs in STEM fields.

Little Fire Ant Program Gets Funding, But It May Be Too Late For Eradication UH CTAHR

Little Fire Ant Program Gets Funding, But It May Be Too Late For Eradication

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The Hawaii Ant Lab was cut off from the majority of its funds in 2021. This year, the Legislature gave it $500,000.

Lawmakers Are Trying To Make It Safer For Children To Get To School Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Lawmakers Are Trying To Make It Safer For Children To Get To School

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The initiative comes after Hawaii saw more than 100 cases of traffic-related fatalities in 2022, many near schools. 

Lawmakers Consider Higher Bar For Labeling Hawaii Coffee David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022

Lawmakers Consider Higher Bar For Labeling Hawaii Coffee

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A bill upping the percentage of coffee beans that needs to come from Hawaii to be labeled as such got pushback from some coffee retailers.

Bill To Expand Free College Tuition Program Advances Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Bill To Expand Free College Tuition Program Advances

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Funding the Hawaii Promise Scholarship is expected to cost $23 million a year.