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Lawmakers Question HECO Plan To Collect $1 Billion From Customers 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.

Hawai‘i Condo Owners Could Benefit From  State Plan To Prop Up Insurance Market 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.

This Luxury Kauaʻi Hotel Is Housing Foreign Workers In Container Homes (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.

Data Dive: China Tariffs Could Hike Cost of Food, Luggage, Furniture, Clothing 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.

Waikīkī Restaurant Owner Investigated For Not Paying Workers 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.

Maui Fire Victims Jobs Program At Risk After Nonprofit Budget Troubles 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.

Green Says Budget Has Room For Public Worker Pay Raises, Even With Tax Cuts 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.

Data Dive: Hawaii Spends More On Takeout Than Any Other State 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

Glut? Shortage? Hawaii Farmers Navigate A Tricky Taro Market 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.

Hawaii Governor Urges Federal Mediation To Settle Nurse Labor Dispute 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.