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DOJ Targets 3 More States In Effort To Axe In-State Tuition For Immigrants Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

DOJ Targets 3 More States In Effort To Axe In-State Tuition For Immigrants

Hawaiʻi is one of at least 20 states that offer in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants who reside in the state.

In A Hidden Hawaiʻi Gulch, A Wartime Secret Opens To The Public Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

In A Hidden Hawaiʻi Gulch, A Wartime Secret Opens To The Public

Last month, the National Park Service started guided tours to Honouliuli, a former World War II internment camp.

Trump-Backed Program Offers Money For Students. Will Hawaiʻi Take It? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Trump-Backed Program Offers Money For Students. Will Hawaiʻi Take It?

An infusion of scholarship money could help families pay for private school tuition and other educational expenses. But Hawaiʻi will have to cross political lines to get it. 

Trump Administration Lawyers Admit Hawaiʻi Funding Cuts Were Partisan Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022

Trump Administration Lawyers Admit Hawaiʻi Funding Cuts Were Partisan

The admission about terminated clean energy grants emerged in recent court filings, confirming what many already suspected. 

Federal Government Abruptly Cut These Hawaiʻi Markets From Food Stamps Program (Screenshot/2023)

Federal Government Abruptly Cut These Hawaiʻi Markets From Food Stamps Program

USDA moves leave customers who use SNAP with less access to food, and mean that stores can’t buy as much product from the local farmers who supply them.

Nonprofits Face New Political Realities, Threats To Homeless Housing Programs Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2026

Nonprofits Face New Political Realities, Threats To Homeless Housing Programs

Programs the federal government has long supported to combat homelessness have fallen out favor.

In Puna, It Takes Years To Get A Mail Box At The Post Office Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

In Puna, It Takes Years To Get A Mail Box At The Post Office

In the fastest growing part of Hawai‘i, a post office box shortage has made voting, shopping online, accessing important paperwork and sending packages an ongoing challenge.

‘We Fight’: Leaders Vow To Defend Native Hawaiian Programs Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

‘We Fight’: Leaders Vow To Defend Native Hawaiian Programs

The kickoff of the three-day annual convention began with a gut check about the toll budget cuts and legal attacks could take on Native Hawaiian-serving programs.

Trump Administration Sends Threatening Letter To Hawaiʻi Elections Chief Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Trump Administration Sends Threatening Letter To Hawaiʻi Elections Chief

The U.S. Justice Department is telling elections officials nationwide they could be criminally liable if they make it possible for non-citizens to vote.

After Supreme Court Blow To Gun Restrictions, What’s Next For Hawai‘i? AP Photo/Marco Garcia

After Supreme Court Blow To Gun Restrictions, What’s Next For Hawai‘i?

Some gun control advocates fear that the islands’ status as one of the safest states from firearm crime could be at risk.