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13 Years Of Fighting Pesticide Use In Hawaiʻi. Another Year Of Nothing Sophie Cocke/Civil Beat/2013

13 Years Of Fighting Pesticide Use In Hawaiʻi. Another Year Of Nothing

Another failed legislative session means we continue to suffer from inadequate data and a lack of help for families and communities.

Passing Free School Meals Would Uplift Vulnerable Keiki Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Passing Free School Meals Would Uplift Vulnerable Keiki

The Legislature can appropriate funding by passing Senate Bill 1300, which would extend free school meals to children from ALICE households.

Coming To Terms With Invasive Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Coming To Terms With Invasive Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles

Hawaiʻi and its residents need to fund treatment on every level with everything we have.

Don’t Rebuild Kauai’s Coco Palms Hotel Allan Parachini/Civil Beat/2020

Don’t Rebuild Kauai’s Coco Palms Hotel

Instead, restore the area for Native Hawaiian advancement, education, environmental protection and community access.

Invasive Species Are Radically Altering Hawaii’s Ecology Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2023

Invasive Species Are Radically Altering Hawaii’s Ecology

The risk of unprecedented fires is primarily due to poor land management, a plantation-era legacy.