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Sep 15, 2025	Youth mental health challenges keep mounting 2 years after Maui wildfires	By MEGAN TAGAMI of Honolulu Civil Beat, CAROLYN JONES of CalMatters and TATIANA DÍAZ RAMOS of Centro de Periodismo Investigativo LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Mia Palacio felt like she lost a piece of herself when wildfires destroyed her hometown ...
Apr 1, 2025	Maui mayor’s plan to phase out vacation rentals would increase housing but shrink the economy	“Most importantly, they fail to acknowledge the cultural loss we face when our people are forced to leave—when generations of knowledge, tradition, and aloha are displaced from the very communities that shaped them,” Bissen said in a statem...
Jun 25, 2024	Maui leaders target vacation rentals in proposal to house more locals	Alicia Humiston bought her condo in Lahaina after she visited Maui and fell for its rainforests, lava fields and the whales that gather offshore. She travels there about three times a year and rents out her unit for short periods when she&#...
Mar 12, 2024	Revenue forecast provides no relief for Hawaii lawmakers	Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! A difficult task for Hawaii’s Legislature to pass an updated state budget by May was made no easier Monday, as a state general fund revenue forecast was essentially unch...
Nov 28, 2023	NASA is helping Hawai’i farmers grow more food with AI	For many Hawaiian farmers, agriculture is more than a profession; it is their kuleana, or responsibility. It is a practice with deep cultural roots tied to the ancient concept of aloha ʻāina—love and responsible stewardship of the land. Des...
Jan 29, 2021	UHERO study says Hawaii residents not staying home as much as they did at start of pandemic	Screen shot of the new dashboard created by UHERO to track whether people are staying at home, using cellphone mobility data pulled from Safegraph. Are Hawaii residents staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic? The University of Hawaii ...
Sep 20, 2020	Small business owners in Kaimuki welcome grant, but say they need more to stay afloat	JAMM AQUINO / [email protected] Summer Shiigi, owner of Ten Tomorrow clothing boutique, arranged new items inside the Kaimuki store on Friday. For 25 years, Coffee Talk in Kaimuki has been a neighborhood fixture, a place to get cof...
Jun 21, 2020	Richard Borreca: Up to 45K Hawaii renters on brink could fall into abyss after July	CRAIG T. KOJIMA / [email protected] Jodi Endicott’s “What’s Next” bus rider sculpture on Bishop St. becomes a practice in social distancing for two people waiting for the bus. Forget about global warming, the increasing rise of ill...
May 18, 2020	Hawaii consumers turn toward locally grown produce	CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected] Melissa Mainz of 808 Organics prepares bags of fresh local produce from growers statewide to be picked up by her customers every Thursday at Coffee Talk in Kaimuki. Her business has dramatic...
Apr 7, 2020	Researchers offer draft plan for coronavirus recovery	Police detectives, teachers and government workers who have been idled by the pandemic might need to be drafted into service to work on a more aggressive coronavirus contact tracing program in Hawaii, according to the authors of a new paper...
Mar 10, 2020	Coronavirus scare likely will cost Hawaii 6,000 jobs, economists warn	DENNIS ODA / FEB. 27 The report predicts visitor arrivals will fall sharply by 13% in the second quarter of this year, and be off by more than 7% for the year as a whole. A new report by University of Hawaii economists predicts the coronavi...
	Hawaii unemployment could soar to 25% before recovery begins	BRUCE ASATO / [email protected] The State Unemployment Office has closed its front doors to the public but people continue to show up in person in an attempt to file for unemployment at 830 Punchbowl St, Rm 110 after unsuccessfully ...
	This couple from Hawaii doesn’t recommend moving to the islands—here’s why	Shayla Marie Ma-e is a lifelong Hawaii resident. But to anyone dreaming of escaping to the islands for a new life — especially during the pandemic — she strongly encourages thinking again. “I would not recommend moving to Hawaii,” Ma-e, 28,...
	Hawaii lawmakers consider raising taxes on the rich	Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! ASSOCIATED PRESS / FEB. 28 House Speaker Scott Saiki speaks to reporters at the state Capitol. House Bill 2385, introduced by Saiki, would increase the top state income ...
	Hawaii’s Class of 2020 graduates to confront grim job prospects during coronavirus pandemic, UHERO says	As graduation nears, Hawaii college and high school seniors might face a slim chance of landing a job during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization. UHERO reported that finding a job this...
	Coronavirus scare could cost Hawaii 6,000 jobs, economists warn	DENNIS ODA / [email protected] Emergency medical technician Cyrus Camp on Tuesday demonstrated the personal protective equipment that EMTs put on when responding to possible coronavirus cases in Hawaii. A new report by University of H...
	Public worker union urges Ige to borrow from feds instead of cutting workers’ pay	“This would severely, if not permanently, affect our local economy.” Randy Perreira Executive director, Hawaii Government Employees Association The head of the state’s largest public worker union is urging Gov. David Ige to borrow money fro...
	Hawaii is expected to see $7 billion or more in federal support	CRAIG T. KOJIMA / [email protected] “It was not the intention of Congress in plus-ing up those benefits that if there were jobs available and (Payroll Protection Program) funded those jobs or the payroll for them, that basically fo...
	Hawaii in line for close to $7 billion in federal assistance, Rep. Ed Case says	Hawaii is in line to receive close to $7 billion in various kinds of federal assistance to help it survive the coronavirus pandemic and to help with what is expected to be a long slog to an economic recovery, according to U.S. Rep. Ed Case....
	Gov. Ige warns that without more federal aid, Hawaii public worker pay cuts or furloughs are inevitable	Gov. David Ige is planning to borrow money from the federal government to raise cash to navigate the budget crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but said layoffs, pay cuts or furloughs of Hawaii public employees are inevitable if Cong...
	Hawaii visitor arrivals dip below 400 on Sunday
	Proposal to charge environmental fee to come to Hawaii gaining support	Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! JAMM AQUINO/ JULY 10 People hiked to the top of the popular Lanikai Pillbox trail in July. There is currently no charge for hiking at the site. CRAIG T. KOJIMA / SEPT. 2...
	Hawaii tourism is on life support as visitor arrivals plunge 99% in May	ASSOCIATED PRESS The COVID-19 pandemic has been brutal to the tourism-dependent economy of Hawaii. A man rides his bike on an empty Waikiki Beach in late April. Visitor arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands fell by a dramatic 98.9% in May compar...
	UH report touts college degrees’ lifetime payoffs	DENNIS ODA / 2015 Many of the UH graduates decorated their mortarboards at the Mid-Year 2015 Commencement Exercise at the Stan Sheriff Center on Lower UH Campus. Investing in a college education pays off with substantially higher earnings o...
	Targeted messaging necessary to overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, UH study finds	As the vaccine supply increases in Hawaii, targeted communication is needed to encourage more people to get immunized against COVID-19, according to a new report by the University of Hawaii’s College of Social Sciences. The report’s recomme...
	UH study finds widespread health effects remain after Maui fires	ASSOCIATED PRESS Wildfire wreckage is left behind following a stubborn blaze on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Six months after the devastating Maui wildfires, many survivors are suffering from depression, poor health and fina...

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