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A state lawmaker is refusing to share a taxpayer-funded lab report while endorsing a Marine-backed plan community leaders oppose. 

The latest incident at its sewage treatment plant happened after heavy rains knocked out a power transformer.

The county has proposed making Olowalu the permanent site to store 400,000 cubic yards of contaminated material but the mayor will make the final decision.

The push to protect health care workers comes in response to an increase in violence at facilities around the county.

Hawaii officials have struggled to address the problem despite building a $160 million forensic hospital designed to improve safety.

A report from Department of Human Services to the federal government paints a grim picture, but the state plans to award extra pay to try to attract more workers.

Construction of a state-of-the-art psychiatric hospital was supposed to mark a new era in worker and patient safety. Instead, a familiar set of problems emerged.

School psychologists are in a constant state of triage because of a shortage in special education teachers and behavioral health specialists.

The licensed practical nurse role is being phased out in favor of more specialization.

The killing of a nurse last week happened outside the main secure facility, but it cast a spotlight on concerns about staff safety.