Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023
Lawmakers Question HECO Plan To Collect $1 Billion From Customers
The utility’s bid to shore up its financial footing with a fund that covers and caps future wildfire liability is backfiring in the Legislature.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Hawai‘i Condo Owners Could Benefit From State Plan To Prop Up Insurance Market
Lawmakers are moving forward with bills that would rescue owners facing rising rates.
(Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2025)
This Luxury Kauaʻi Hotel Is Housing Foreign Workers In Container Homes
The 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay also bought a multimillion-dollar home in a working class neighborhood to house upper management.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
Data Dive: China Tariffs Could Hike Cost of Food, Luggage, Furniture, Clothing
China supplies products for many Hawaiʻi businesses that would be affected by the Trump administration’s 10% tariff.
April Estrellon/Civil Beat/2024
Waikīkī Restaurant Owner Investigated For Not Paying Workers
State, federal agencies are looking into claims of bounced paychecks from the owner of Makana Lani and Burgers on Bishop.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
Maui Fire Victims Jobs Program At Risk After Nonprofit Budget Troubles
The federally funded initiative run by Maui Economic Opportunity employed hundreds and was to last two years. The nonprofit’s CEO announced this month that it would end early.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
Green Says Budget Has Room For Public Worker Pay Raises, Even With Tax Cuts
The governor is also budgeting $400 million in each of the next two years to settle claims from the Lahaina wildfire victims.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020
Data Dive: Hawaii Spends More On Takeout Than Any Other State
Hawaii residents spend just under 10% of their average income on takeout
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
Glut? Shortage? Hawaii Farmers Navigate A Tricky Taro Market
Even as part of the islands’ crop goes unharvested, some buyers turn to imports.
Ashley Young via AP/2024
Hawaii Governor Urges Federal Mediation To Settle Nurse Labor Dispute
The hospital said it would agree to bring in federal mediators if the nurses’ union does too.