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Report: Future Jobs Growth In Hawaiʻi Likely Concentrated In Low-Paid Work April Estrellon/Civil Beat

Report: Future Jobs Growth In Hawaiʻi Likely Concentrated In Low-Paid Work

New report says increases are expected primarily in areas such as food preparation, transportation and health care support — all lower-paying work.

Hawaiʻi Expands Effort To Keep Women Out Of Jail David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Expands Effort To Keep Women Out Of Jail

Addressing the underlying trauma and substance abuse issues that many non-violent women offenders struggle with can put them on a better path — and save taxpayer money too.

Nearly 1 In 5 Warning Sirens On Oʻahu Were Broken During Tsunami Scare Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Nearly 1 In 5 Warning Sirens On Oʻahu Were Broken During Tsunami Scare

The Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency says two dozen new sirens will be installed by the end of the year.

Immigrant Sent Cash To Family In Mexico; ICE Used That To Nab Him On Oʻahu Bryan Cox/ICE via AP/2017

Immigrant Sent Cash To Family In Mexico; ICE Used That To Nab Him On Oʻahu

Experts say it’s the first time they know of that money transfer records have been used to trace someone purely for reentering the U.S. illegally, in this case 17 years ago.

Maui Police Officer Killed In Shooting Screenshot/Hawaii News Now

Maui Police Officer Killed In Shooting

A female officer was shot and killed responding to a call of a man with a gun on Friday night.

Photo Essay: Adventurers Get A Charge Out Of Electric Hydrofoils Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Photo Essay: Adventurers Get A Charge Out Of Electric Hydrofoils

Electric hydrofoils flying above our waters are becoming more common. Many pioneers of the sport in Hawaiʻi started out surfing human-powered hydrofoils at regular surf breaks.

The Gap Between Hawaiʻi’s Top CEO Salaries And Regular Worker Pay David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

The Gap Between Hawaiʻi’s Top CEO Salaries And Regular Worker Pay

Public companies have to report executive compensation and how that compares with median worker pay.

Hawaiʻi Providers Fear RFK Jr. Could Roll Back Access To Abortion Pill Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiʻi Providers Fear RFK Jr. Could Roll Back Access To Abortion Pill

Women in remote and rural parts of Hawaiʻi have long struggled to access abortion care.

Auditor: Plan To Cool Hawaiʻi Classrooms A ‘$120 Million Disaster’ PF Bentley/Civil Beat/2014

Auditor: Plan To Cool Hawaiʻi Classrooms A ‘$120 Million Disaster’

A decision to use solar air conditioning created costly maintenance issues and was an inefficient way to cool down sweltering classrooms, state auditors found.

Beat The Heat: Civil Beat Summer Heat Survey David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Beat The Heat: Civil Beat Summer Heat Survey

Help us learn how Hawaiʻi residents deal with increasing temperatures.