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Legislature 2017

School Funding Bills Move Forward In Senate Cory Lum/Civil Beat

School Funding Bills Move Forward In Senate

The House Education Committee will wait til next week to decide whether voters should be asked to raise taxes to pay for teachers.

Gun Bills Advance In Hawaii Senate Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Gun Bills Advance In Hawaii Senate

Gun rights supporters won and lost on Thursday.

New Report Shows Serious Misconduct Persists At HPD Cory Lum/Civil Beat

New Report Shows Serious Misconduct Persists At HPD

The Honolulu Police Department report comes as lawmakers are debating whether to require that more information on disciplinary actions be made public.

Environmental Council Wants Hawaii To Redefine Success Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Environmental Council Wants Hawaii To Redefine Success

The council is proposing the use of a “genuine progress indicator” to evaluate the state in a way that goes聽beyond dollars and cents.

House Lawmakers Debate Bills To Make It Easier To Evict People Cory Lum/Civil Beat

House Lawmakers Debate Bills To Make It Easier To Evict People

Housing Committee Chairman Tom Brower says he hasn’t decided about measures to amend the landlord-tenant code.

Bill Banning Many Sunscreen Products Advances In House Marina Riker/Civil Beat

Bill Banning Many Sunscreen Products Advances In House

The measure would prohibit sales of items containing oxybenzone, which harms coral reefs.

Denby Fawcett: Getting The Chronic Homeless Into Housing Denby Fawcett/Civil Beat

Denby Fawcett: Getting The Chronic Homeless Into Housing

A new push is underway to target the homeless people who are the hardest to convince that there’s a better life to be had.

How A Big Island Family’s Tragedy Is Saving Lives Today Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

How A Big Island Family’s Tragedy Is Saving Lives Today

A couple聽lost their son in a hiking fall聽20 years ago. They turned their grief into a memorial foundation raising money for lifeguards and firefighters.

Pot Decriminalization Has A Shot This Session, But Ige Wants To Wait PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Pot Decriminalization Has A Shot This Session, But Ige Wants To Wait

The governor wants to see how medical marijuana dispensaries work out first, but some legislators and advocates don’t see the connection.

Money Sought To Protect Watersheds And Grow More Food Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Money Sought To Protect Watersheds And Grow More Food

Hawaii Gov. David Ige joins department heads asking legislators to approve funds for his Sustainable Hawaii Initiative.