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Relics Of Sugar’s Past, Hawaii Dams Will Take Years To Fix Or Remove Courtesy: DLNR

Relics Of Sugar’s Past, Hawaii Dams Will Take Years To Fix Or Remove

The majority of Hawaii’s dams trace their roots back to the sugar cane plantation days, but the industry has left the state. And so has the money to maintain them.

Special House Committee Will Investigate Hawaii Lawmaker’s DUI Arrest Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Special House Committee Will Investigate Hawaii Lawmaker’s DUI Arrest

Speaker Scott Saiki says the House must act after a formal complaint was filed over Rep. Sharon Har’s arrest.

House Spending Plan Fills State Budget Holes — And Then Some Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

House Spending Plan Fills State Budget Holes — And Then Some

Money from the $1.6 billion American Rescue Plan could be used to continue paying into state employees’ retirements fund, something the governor had suspended.

Online Platform Lets Low-Income Shoppers Buy Local Farm Products Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Online Platform Lets Low-Income Shoppers Buy Local Farm Products

Farm Link Hawaii connects food stamp beneficiaries with local farmers. The next step: taking those transactions online.

Press Club Knocks Ige For Anti-Transparency Orders Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Press Club Knocks Ige For Anti-Transparency Orders

The governor received the Lava Tube dishonor for his suspension of Hawaii’s public records law.

Young Marshallese Advocate For Nuclear Justice National Nuclear Commission

Young Marshallese Advocate For Nuclear Justice

Besides trying to right past wrongs, these young people are using the legacy of nuclear testing to embrace their culture and educate others.

Hawaii’s Unemployed Must Clear Up Earlier Benefit Snafus Before Getting Federal Dollars Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaii’s Unemployed Must Clear Up Earlier Benefit Snafus Before Getting Federal Dollars

Minor mistakes that led to overpayments of a few hundred dollars can hold up much more substantial relief for struggling families.

Pacific Islanders, Including Hawaiians, Disproportionately Missing Out On Vaccines Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Pacific Islanders, Including Hawaiians, Disproportionately Missing Out On Vaccines

Barriers to vaccine access include the state’s prioritization categories, vaccine hesitancy, technology and language barriers, state officials say.

House Kills OHA Kakaako Makai Proposal Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

House Kills OHA Kakaako Makai Proposal

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs won’t be able to build 400-foot-tall towers near the Kakaako shoreline.

Hawaii’s Rush To Vaccinate Has Led To A Patchwork System With Little Policing Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaii’s Rush To Vaccinate Has Led To A Patchwork System With Little Policing

Phase 1b was supposed to include only “frontline” essential workers but it has largely been left to interpretation.