Economic Inequality

Five Troubling Findings From New Report On Hawaiʻi’s Health Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Five Troubling Findings From New Report On Hawaiʻi’s Health

University of Hawaiʻi study has followed 2,000 people since 2022. This year includes after-effects of Maui wildfires

Proposed Cuts To Food Stamps Program Could Be ‘Horrific’ In Hawai‘i David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Proposed Cuts To Food Stamps Program Could Be ‘Horrific’ In Hawai‘i

Under Republican proposals, Hawaiʻi could face more than $100 million in new costs to maintain the food stamp program.

Data Dive: Hawaiʻi Electricity Shut-Offs Are Nearly Triple Pre-Pandemic Levels Getty Images/iStockphoto

Data Dive: Hawaiʻi Electricity Shut-Offs Are Nearly Triple Pre-Pandemic Levels

Expiring post-Covid payment plans, state’s cost of living blamed for spike in residential disconnections.

Bill Offering Displaced Tenants Protections Dies At Legislature Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Bill Offering Displaced Tenants Protections Dies At Legislature

The bill’s supporters said one state Senator was responsible for the outcome

Hawaiʻi Cops Said They Don’t Have Agreements With ICE. They Do David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Cops Said They Don’t Have Agreements With ICE. They Do

Advocates fear the agreements will be a slippery slope to local police becoming more involved in immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.

Hawaiʻi’s Needy Wait As Benefits System Overhaul Runs Late, Busts Budget April Estrellon/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi’s Needy Wait As Benefits System Overhaul Runs Late, Busts Budget

The Benefits Eligibility Solution’s contract cost has nearly doubled and it’s years overdue, as the state grapples with mistakes and a $10.9 million fine.

Shuttered Maui Fire Victims Jobs Effort Gets Funds, But Fate Still Unclear Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Shuttered Maui Fire Victims Jobs Effort Gets Funds, But Fate Still Unclear

Nonprofit that ran the dislocated worker grant program will get the new funding to cover expenses it already racked up.

Oʻahu Public Housing Tenants Promised Relocation Help Hit Dead-Ends Jeremy Hay/Civil Beat/2025

Oʻahu Public Housing Tenants Promised Relocation Help Hit Dead-Ends

Boarded-up apartments. Wrong numbers. Homes already occupied or far from jobs, doctors and schools. Kūhiō Park Terrace residents in Phase 1 of the teardown are angry and bewildered as the Hawaiʻi Public Housing Authority moves to relocate them.

Data Dive: Consumers Sacrifice To Pay Hawaiʻi’s Record Electric Bills Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Data Dive: Consumers Sacrifice To Pay Hawaiʻi’s Record Electric Bills

Report: A third of the state’s residents cut back to have enough for electric bill.