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UH Students And Staff Will Pay For $35 Million In Parking Garage Repairs Cory Lum/Civil Beat

UH Students And Staff Will Pay For $35 Million In Parking Garage Repairs

Parking rate increases will be phased in over the next six years in a plan approved by the Board of Regents.

Supreme Court Hears Challenge To ConAm Ballot Measure But Defers Ruling Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Supreme Court Hears Challenge To ConAm Ballot Measure But Defers Ruling

Hawaii’s county governments hope the court will act quickly to invalidate the measure that would allow the state to tax property for education.

Civil Beat Poll: Hawaii Voters Oppose ConAm On Property Taxes Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Civil Beat Poll: Hawaii Voters Oppose ConAm On Property Taxes

While there is sentiment to help schools and teachers, voters appear worried about how the ballot question is constructed.

Don’t Shirk Our Responsibility To Our Public Schools Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Don’t Shirk Our Responsibility To Our Public Schools

We all pay taxes for government services because we all benefit when they function well.

Danny De Gracia: Want To Pay Teachers More? Let Private Donors Pitch In Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Danny De Gracia: Want To Pay Teachers More? Let Private Donors Pitch In

Raising taxes isn’t the only way to pay teachers better and generate more money for public education in Hawaii.

Ex-Kamehameha Schools Teacher Convicted Of Filming Students In Showers Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Ex-Kamehameha Schools Teacher Convicted Of Filming Students In Showers

Gabriel Alisna faces another trial on sexual assault charges for allegedly inappropriately touching a teen.

Supreme Court Agrees To Consider Challenge Of Constitutional Amendment Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Supreme Court Agrees To Consider Challenge Of Constitutional Amendment

UPDATED: The justices will hold a hearing Oct. 18 regarding the proposed ConAm on the Nov. 6 ballot to raise property taxes for public education.

VIDEO: #HawaiiStorytellers Why I Teach Cory Lum/Civil Beat

VIDEO: #HawaiiStorytellers Why I Teach

Civil Beat’s latest community event provides a rare look into what inspires our educators.

Hawaii DOE Wants To Classify Bullying At Highest Offense Level Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii DOE Wants To Classify Bullying At Highest Offense Level

UPDATED: The Board of Education approved the department’s proposal to make bullying a Class A offense — among several revisions to its student misconduct code.

Chamber Of Commerce Pours $600K Into Fighting School-Funding Measure Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Chamber Of Commerce Pours $600K Into Fighting School-Funding Measure

Teachers have a half-million dollars of their own to support the proposal, while unions organize opposition to a constitutional convention.