Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Larry Ellison’s Company Helps Hawaii Find Housing For Key Mental Health Hire
Pulama Lanai held a space for a social worker that patients say is critical to their care.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023
Lanai Water Utility Seeks Significant Increase In Rates
Discounted water for agricultural producers is also part of the company’s proposal.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015
Lanai’s Only Farmers Market Vanished During The Pandemic And Now Locals Want It Back
Producers have turned to supplying direct to hotels catering to tourists, shifting the emphasis away from local preferences.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Maui County Considers Leasing Land On Lanai That Larry Ellison ‘Won’t Have A Say In’
The opportunity for a leaseholder change on 100 undeveloped acres could revive long stalled plans for a promised agricultural park on Lanai.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017
Lanai Runway Expansion Hits A Nerve Over ‘Two-Tiered’ Travel
The upgrade would allow bigger private jets to fly to Lanai nonstop from the mainland.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Lanai Draws Tenants In Lottery For First Affordable Housing Project In 30 Years
The housing development funded by tech magnate Larry Ellison will almost double the number of affordable housing units on the island.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017
Why This Hawaiian Island Has To Outsource Psychiatric Care
For the first time since 1990, the state agency that provides care to adults diagnosed with a serious mental illness has no staff on Lanai. The problem is a microcosm of a statewide mental health care crisis.
Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2022
Why Lanai Gas Prices Plunged Overnight From Hawaii’s Most Expensive To The Cheapest
Billionaire tech magnate Larry Ellison is subsidizing fuel costs on Lanai.
Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2020
Larry Ellison Wants Off Lanai’s Electric Grid. That Could Be A Problem For Everyone Else
A company owned by the business magnate says it plans to build a private microgrid on Lanai to service two resorts, a move that could end up pushing rates higher for island residents.
Ryan Siphers/CivilBeat/2022
A Buddhist Temple On Lanai Sheds Tradition To Fight Decline
The 97-year-old Lanai Hongwanji Mission faces a reckoning as older members die and a younger generation fails to succeed them.