civilbeat.org —  7+ hour, 2+ min ago

...Hawaii Hospitals Are Struggling To Meet The Needs Of The Chronically Homeless - Honolulu Civil Beat.... ...Every day, nearly two dozen homeless people make their way to an emergency room in The Queen's Health System seeking care.... ...Daniel Cheng, an emergency room physician and head of the Queen's Care Coalition for the homeless.... ...Cheng helped Queen's launch the Queen's Care Coalition in 2018 to try to bring best practices from across the country to Hawaii to help address what...

civilbeat.org —  12+ hour ago

...Sonny Ganaden, one of a dozen lawmakers who introduced House Bill 426, said.... ...A bill that would allow people to sue gun makers cleared a key senate committee Thursday.... ...The Senate Judiciary Committee passed it without amendments, with only Sen. Brenton Awa and Sen. Mike Gabbard voting against it.... ...including the National Rifle Association and the Hawaii Firearms Coalition, and more than 100 people, turned out in opposition....

civilbeat.org —  7+ hour, 2+ min ago

...We Need More Resource Cops To Protect Hawaii's Unique Environment - Honolulu Civil Beat.... ...Federal law requires people to stay 50 yards away from spinner dolphins in Hawaii's nearshore waters -- a rule that went into effect in 2021 amid... ...The newly commissioned officers -- 14 on Oahu, 14 on Hawaii island, seven across Maui County and six on Kauai -- started work on Monday.... ...Jason Redulla....

civilbeat.org —  16+ hour, 40+ min ago

..., the Senate Ways and Means Committee chairman Donovan Dela Cruz said Thursday.... ...Hawaii Senate Budget Committee Embraces Tax Breaks For Working Families - Honolulu Civil Beat. The draft budget proposal includes many of Gov.... ...Dela Cruz read a statement to members of the Ways and Means Committee that indicated most of the $2.6 billion general treasury surplus the state... ...part of the Green Affordability Plan to help control the high cost of living," according to a statement by the Ways and Means Committee....

civilbeat.org —  7+ hour, 2+ min ago

...Covid Has Slowed But Hawaii Still Needs Rent Assistance - Honolulu Civil Beat.... ...That's been the recent messaging of the Biden administration, which announced on Jan. 28 that it intends to end the national public emergency declaration... ...According to a recent study by the Hawaii Budget & Policy Center, the state's annual evictions lead to $30 million in public spending on emergency... ...For example, in 2018 the Queen's Medical Center implemented the Queen's Care Coalition....

civilbeat.org —  12+ hour, 21+ min ago

..., the Senate Ways and Means Committee chairman Donovan Dela Cruz said Thursday.... ...Hawaii Senate Budget Committee Embraces Tax Breaks For Working Families - Honolulu Civil Beat. The draft budget proposal includes many of Gov.... ...Dela Cruz read a statement to members of the Ways and Means Committee that indicated most of the $2.6 billion general treasury surplus the state... ...House Speaker Scott Saiki has said the House is intent on helping lower-income residents, and remains focused on enhancing the state earned income...

civilbeat.org —  2+ day ago

...Tai, 79, was serving a sentence for first-degree murder at the Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona, in the shooting deaths of Officers Andrew... ...Morales and Abraham Mahiko in Kakaako in 1963.... ...Kealoha told police he was riding in a car with Tai, Kenneth Lono and John Requilman Jr. when the officers ordered them to pull over.... ...The Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1965 published a word-for-word confession to police by Donald Kealoha, who was convicted as an accessory in the murders...

civilbeat.org —  19+ hour, 35+ min ago

...Aloha Stadium Consultant's First-Class Flights Will Be Audited, State Says - Honolulu Civil Beat.... ...That announcement came in response to a Civil Beat story Wednesday that detailed nearly $20 million in spending on the stadium contract so far.... ..."We're now going through and auditing all of the invoices," Chris Kinimaka, public works administrator for the Department of Accounting and General... ...Stacey Jones, principal of Crawford Architects, said in a statement Tuesday that traveling in business-class allows the consultant team to work during...

civilbeat.org —  1+ day ago

...According to the Energy Information Administration, a federal statistical agency, combined wind and solar generation increased from 12% of national... ...The report marks a major milestone in the transition to clean energy, but experts say that much faster progress is needed to reach international... ...Melissa Lott, director of research for the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, told The Associated Press that the $369 billion... ..."It doesn't matter how cheap the clean energy is," Spencer Nelson, the managing director of research at the nonprofit ClearPath Foundation, recently...

civilbeat.org —  1+ day ago

...From September to February, like clockwork, Jim McCully needs help to harvest coffee on Big Island's southern coast.... ...Pre-Fab Housing May Finally Be A Viable Option For Big Island Farmers Trying To House Workers - Honolulu Civil Beat.... ...HPM Director of Risk Management Darryl Oliveira said the idea evolved into working longer term with Hawaii County to more affordable housing on Big... ...The Hawaii County Council recently smoothed over the building codes for factory-built housing in a county that forecasts a need for up to 13,500...