11+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1644+ words) Former Hawai'i Department of Human Services Director Ryan Yamane is not the only top child welfare official departing the agency as lawmakers made some efforts this year to improve the system. The abrupt retirement of Department of Human Services Director…...

11+ hour, 20+ min ago  (205+ words) Honolulu Civil Beat Will Caron: The Entwining Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist. Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1012+ words) By Amarjit Singh, Heather Madsen Honolulu's Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant is one of Hawai'i's most important infrastructure disputes. The surface question is technical: Should the city upgrade its largest wastewater plant from primary to secondary treatment? The real controversy…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (564+ words) The road above Waimea Bay was closed to traffic on May 17, with alternating single-lane traffic planned for another two months. Or more. There was a dance last Sunday out on Kamehameha Highway. It was delicate, nuanced, practiced and choreographed " and…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1171+ words) Gabbard, who was raised in Hawai'i, said she needed to step away from public service to support her husband in his battle against bone cancer. "At this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1345+ words) Teachers say lawmakers made significant progress boosting educator morale and retention this session, but debates about campus repairs and construction are ongoing. Despite significant budget constraints and uncertainty around federal funding, Hawai'i schools emerged with a handful of victories involving…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1304+ words) Council chair flexes to keep a more aggressive proposal off the agenda. The Hawai'i County Council passed a progressive new property tax rate on Thursday as the county takes on significant debt to repair and replace its wastewater facilities and…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1291+ words) The National Park Service is working with the late Meli Watanuki's estate and tour operators on options to continue. When Hawai'i's famed leprosy colony reopened to public tours in September after a five-year'closure triggered by pandemic-era lockdowns, there was clearly…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (720+ words) The Safe Drinking Water Act has a provision saying EPA can't weaken drinking water standards once they've been set. The Trump administration has announced what it is calling "a major step forward" in the fight against a class of toxic…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (762+ words) By Michelle Bartell, Bill Weeshoff, Jennifer Pecher Every day, someone in Hawai'i picks up the phone and dials 2-1-1. They're not sure what else to do. They're working. They've been trying to keep up. But somewhere between the rent, the groceries,…...