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Hawaii Must Invest In Early Childhood Care And Education Workforce Suevon Lee/Civil Beat/2017

Hawaii Must Invest In Early Childhood Care And Education Workforce

Educators are leaving the profession at an alarming rate because they are underpaid and undervalued.

Hawaii Island Deserves A Bigger Slice Of Infrastructure Pie Ka'u High and Pahala Elementary School

Hawaii Island Deserves A Bigger Slice Of Infrastructure Pie

The state’s capital improvement budget should address economic equity in remote areas.

Rail Debt Gimmick Comes Back To Bite Honolulu Taxpayers David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Rail Debt Gimmick Comes Back To Bite Honolulu Taxpayers

Moody’s downgrade should serve as a warning to state and county lawmakers.

Hawaii Must Help Seniors Pay For Their Rent Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Must Help Seniors Pay For Their Rent

Two bills will reduce evictions and keep kupuna off the streets and in supportive affordable housing.

Hawaii Owes Its Youth A Tobacco And Nicotine-Free Hawaii Courtesy: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids/2021

Hawaii Owes Its Youth A Tobacco And Nicotine-Free Hawaii

The Legislature has heard but not yet passed legislation to protect our kids from these harmful products.

‘Safe Routes For People’ Urgently Needed For Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

‘Safe Routes For People’ Urgently Needed For Hawaii

The lives of our keiki and kupuna and their thriving futures are at stake.

High-Level Winds Make Hawaii A Likely Target For Balloon Surveillance NASA

High-Level Winds Make Hawaii A Likely Target For Balloon Surveillance

The Chinese balloon in the news recently was similar in design and capabilities as ones used by the international science community.

Covid Has Slowed But Hawaii Still Needs Rent Assistance Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2023

Covid Has Slowed But Hawaii Still Needs Rent Assistance

Evictions are harmful to our housing ecosystem and to the landlords who rely on consistent rent payments from tenants.

Hawaii Democrats Believe In Public Financing For Elections Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Democrats Believe In Public Financing For Elections

The present campaign finance system creates a strong connection between private donors and elected officials.