1+ day, 9+ min ago   (1855+ words) Americans across the country are changing their eating and shopping habits. Amanda Tabadero, a 28-year-old pastry chef from Kāneʻohe, remembers buying Maui-grown strawberries and blueberries for $7.99 per pound in 2024. Now that they cost $11, she buys berries grown in California or…...

1+ day, 12+ min ago   (1224+ words) Programs the federal government has long supported to combat homelessness have fallen out favor. Hawaiʻi Health & Harm Reduction Center, which runs public health and homeless housing programs on Oʻahu, was in a tough spot. As part of an annual competition…...

3+ day, 2+ min ago   (207+ words) Honolulu Civil Beat Will Caron: Power And Blight 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…...

1+ day, 25+ min ago   (996+ words) A consultant that monitors the project for the Federal Transit Administration reports the entire rail line will probably open a year later than the city planned. An assortment of design and construction problems on the Honolulu rail project may push…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (927+ words) What began four years ago with the convictions of two state lawmakers is now looking at the lieutenant governor and other officials. Witnesses were brought before a grand jury Friday in Honolulu as the Hawaiʻi Attorney General’s Office appears to…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (815+ words) Investigations began in 2018. Here’s the rundown. 2018: Federal officials begin investigating a tip from Maui County Council staffers after a wastewater company had received millions in no-bid contracts. January 2021: Then-state Sen. J. Kalani English is arrested for taking more than $18,000 in…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1463+ words) The Blangiardi administration is concerned about a significant hit to city revenue. For Kaimukī resident Creig Lam, 82, a lower tax on his vehicle would come as welcome news. “I would love it,” said Lam, who said he paid about $400 this…...

4+ day, 15+ min ago   (758+ words) For the good of our governance, this is a system we need to leave in the past. The recent chaos over Hawaiʻi’s lieutenant governor office demands attention and reform. Every election cycle, Hawaiʻi voters participate in a fundamentally flawed political…...

4+ day, 22+ min ago   (1073+ words) A century old building in downtown Honolulu is being slowly transformed into a space that celebrates people from Hawaiʻi who have helped change the world. New life is being breathed into one of downtown’s grand old historic buildings. The Inspiration…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1060+ words) Gov. Josh Green, who witnessed a truck bed accident in 2023, signed the bill into law to increase the legal age from 12 to 16. This story was written by AP writer Jennifer Sinco Kelleher. It’s common to see people riding in the…...