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What Is Farming? Hawaiʻi Moves To Broaden Allowed Agricultural Uses Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

What Is Farming? Hawaiʻi Moves To Broaden Allowed Agricultural Uses

Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture will soon invite the public to weigh in on what farmers should be allowed to do on land they lease from the state.

Hawaiʻi Astronomy Stares Into The Abyss Of Federal Cuts AP Photo/Caleb Jones/2019

Hawaiʻi Astronomy Stares Into The Abyss Of Federal Cuts

In addition to the TMT, proposed federal funding cuts threaten the world-class Keck and Gemini observatories, the solar telescope on Maui and UH’s Institute for Astronomy.

Maui Council Funds Affordable Housing, New Program To Help Working Poor Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2025

Maui Council Funds Affordable Housing, New Program To Help Working Poor

Council members at first wanted to trim the budget. Instead they added programs to help residents struggling to make ends meet.

Danny De Gracia: Why Local Government Must Help Young People Get Jobs Csilla Jaray-Benn/Flickr.com

Danny De Gracia: Why Local Government Must Help Young People Get Jobs

Looking for a job in 2025 may be the hardest thing an unemployed person can do. For recent high school and college graduates with no experience, it’s practically impossible.

How The Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor Has Gone From Cash Cow To Eyesore David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

How The Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor Has Gone From Cash Cow To Eyesore

The harbor’s status as a public asset is at odds with the state’s long-term goals for private management boating facilities.

Hawaiʻi Is Facing A Food Crisis. Can A State Plan Finally Help? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaiʻi Is Facing A Food Crisis. Can A State Plan Finally Help?

Lawmakers are pushing for a comprehensive plan to address Hawaiʻi’s overreliance on imported foods and the growing number of residents who can’t afford groceries.

Movies And TV Shows Left Hawaiʻi. The Workers Followed

Movies And TV Shows Left Hawaiʻi. The Workers Followed

With the loss of productions came a decline in film jobs and spending in the state.

See Which Hawaiʻi Agencies Have Been Hit Hardest By Trump Funding Cuts Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

See Which Hawaiʻi Agencies Have Been Hit Hardest By Trump Funding Cuts

Civil Beat is tracking the effects of federal funding cuts on state and county programs in the islands.

Hawaiʻi Consumer Advocate Pushes Back Against Young Brothers’ Rate Hike Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiʻi Consumer Advocate Pushes Back Against Young Brothers’ Rate Hike

The state watchdog could get behind a more modest increase if public utility regulators investigate the interisland shipper’s relationship with its parent company.

Kauaʻi Businesses Fear ‘Breaking Point’ With Interisland Shipping Rate Hike Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Kauaʻi Businesses Fear ‘Breaking Point’ With Interisland Shipping Rate Hike

Young Brothers is seeking approval from Hawai‘i regulators to significantly increase interisland shipping rates.