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Mismanagement Could Cost Honolulu Another $10 Million
The city of Honolulu may have to pay back millions of dollars it received in grants after a federal analysis found that it wasted $10 million on building space that sits empty. “The city squandered $10...
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Dozens Of Hawaii’s Mentally Ill May Lose Their Homes
Cimberley Calcote has lived in a state of panic since she found out her rental subsidy might expire in June. For 12 years, Calcote has relied on the state Department of Health’s Supported...
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Here’s What We Pay County Workers — Except For Cops
Editor’s note: Civil Beat is updating our popular public employees salary database with thousands of entries for Honolulu, plus Maui and Hawaii counties. It’s still not the full story, as you’ll see...
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Hawaii Needs A Plan To ‘Shelter In Place’
After the sirens, what? While we now know there are flaws in the warning system for a missile attack on Hawaii, we need to have a separate discussion concerning the flaws in how the public is supposed...
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Ige Calls Homelessness Hawaii’s Biggest Problem In State Of State Speech
Gov. David Ige spoke about several of the state’s accomplishments and identified housing, homelessness and the environment as top priorities in his State of the State address Monday. Calling Hawaii...
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Chad Blair: Media Isn’t Ready To Let Ige Put Missile Alert Behind Him
Hawaii Gov. David Ige was all ready to talk to the media Monday about his fourth State of the State address, which was heavy on affordable housing, homelessness and education. But reporters had other...
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Hawaii Delegation Splits Its Votes As Government Shutdown Ends
Much of the fight between Republicans and Democrats over shutting down the U.S. government hinged on immigration, and, in particular, striking a deal to protect hundreds of thousands of unauthorized...
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Why Hawaii’s Unlicensed Elder Care Industry Is Out Of Control
A growing number of long-term care facilities for the elderly and disabled have “gone rogue,” operating in the shadows without a license or state oversight, according to industry representatives, state...
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More On Why The Hawaii Superferry Flopped
Honolulu Civil Beat published on Jan. 11 a column, “Hawaii Superferry’s voyage of the damned,” written by their politics and opinion editor, Chad Blair. The column presents an opportunity to consider...
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Awkward And Rewarding Task Of Surveying Homeless Begins
Kayla Rosenfeld found herself probing intimate details of a stranger’s life Monday. “Do you like girls?” she asked a homeless man in an effort to record his sexual preference. After questions about his...
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Hawaii Education Plan Gets A Green Light From The Feds
Hawaii’s plan for complying with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act got the federal nod of approval Friday, four months after the 135-page document was submitted to the U.S. Department of...
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Unsealed Documents: Soldier Obsessed With Terrorism Videos
(AP) — A Hawaii-based Army soldier was obsessed with videos depicting terrorism beheadings, suicide bombings and other violence and he watched them in his bedroom for hours every day, a confidential...
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Is Honolulu Rail Agency Too Quick To Condemn Property?
As rail work heads into Honolulu’s urban core, more landowners are venting their frustrations over how the city acquires the property it needs to build the elevated transit line. The issue flared up...
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Honolulu Is Stuck With Cars Abandoned By Military Personnel
For the last five months, parking lots at city-owned West Loch and Ewa Village golf courses have also served as junkyards for abandoned cars registered to military personnel. That’s upset area...
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Three Bills Aim To Clear Obstacles For Injured Workers
The Hawaii Legislature will consider three new bills this session intended to break down obstacles for workers seeking compensation for their injuries on the job, the subject of “Waiting in Pain,” a...
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Kauai’s Crackdown On Airbnbs Is Backfiring
As short-term vacation properties continue to pop up in Hawaii neighborhoods outside of tourist areas, critics lament how hard it is to go after property owners who illegally rent homes to visitors....
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Public Participation More Vital Than Ever In Polarized Times
Many people complain that public discourse — at the local and national levels — is increasingly polarized and ultimately ineffective. Indeed, trust in government and other major institutions is at a...
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Brittany Lyte: A Family Legacy Goes Public On Kauai’s North Shore
KILAUEA, Kauai — Suited in a saffron sweater, Joan Porter reclines into the driver’s seat of her cherry-red Lexus convertible. The afternoon is thick with gloom, a backdrop against which the Kauai...
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Gabbard Shakes Up Governor’s Race By Endorsing Hanabusa
Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa received a major endorsement Wednesday in her bid to unseat Hawaii Gov. David Ige, and it came from her congressional colleague. U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Hanabusa...
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DOE Official Fined For Using State Resources On Her Doctoral Work
An assistant superintendent for the Hawaii Department of Education has been fined $1,500 by the Hawaii State Ethics Commission for alleged violations of ethics rules after admitting to the use of...
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