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Investing In Health Care Workers Is An Investment In Hawaii鈥檚 People Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Investing In Health Care Workers Is An Investment In Hawaii鈥檚 People

Demand for workers has increased at a faster rate than the workforce programs can match.

Investing In Walking, Bicycling And Transit Will Help Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Investing In Walking, Bicycling And Transit Will Help Hawaii

It will also free up parking space, reduce government taxes and make people and the economy healthier.

Blangiardi, Kiaaina Must Act On ‘Residential A’ Property Taxes Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Blangiardi, Kiaaina Must Act On ‘Residential A’ Property Taxes

Many properties that support workforce rentals are becoming more and more difficult to maintain at reasonable rental costs.

Hawaii Nonprofits Respond To Unique Needs Of The Community Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Nonprofits Respond To Unique Needs Of The Community

But they must also be held accountable to the highest of standards and strive for higher achievement.

Adaptive Reuse Of Empty Buildings Could Create Affordable Housing HHFDC

Adaptive Reuse Of Empty Buildings Could Create Affordable Housing

It’s about 15% to 25% cheaper and brings repurposed properties on-line faster than new construction.

Include Medical Services In GET Exemption Ale Proimos/Flickr.com

Include Medical Services In GET Exemption

It could lower health care costs in Hawaii while also addressing the state鈥檚 acute doctor shortage.

‘This Magical Place’ Should Be Treated With Reverence For Eternity Civil Beat/2011

‘This Magical Place’ Should Be Treated With Reverence For Eternity

Residents of the forest told me that the Hawaiians gave the land to the Chinese with the provision that it would only be used for burials.

What Hawaii Could Learn About Geothermal From Iceland Vincent Guth/Wikimedia Commons/2016

What Hawaii Could Learn About Geothermal From Iceland

Volcanic heat can play an essential role in infrastructure and significantly help the local economy.

Are Glyphosate-Based Herbicides Harmful To Humans? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Are Glyphosate-Based Herbicides Harmful To Humans?

GBHs are used in Roundup-like products that manufacturers claim are safe. But recent studies raise serious concerns about that.

Reflections On The Respect For Marriage Act PF Bentley/Civil Beat/2013

Reflections On The Respect For Marriage Act

When Baehr v. Lewin was filed in 1991 in Hawaii, same-sex marriage was considered an oxymoron.