The 14 candidates want policy and property tax changes to help local families stay on the island.
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How Can Kauaʻi Be More Resilient? Where 14 Council Candidates Stand
The candidates vying for the seven seats this election have their sights on policies and funding to ensure the county is ready for future disasters.
Posted inEducation
Hawaiʻi’s Youth Are Leaving. Meet The People Keeping Talent Here
A local nonprofit is empowering high school students to tackle some of the state’s biggest problems while taking on its own challenge of addressing Hawaiʻi’s brain drain.
Posted inMaui
Maui Prosecutor Says Mayor Bissen Was Not Targeted In AG Investigation
The prosecutor says he has been involved in that case and knows it did not target the mayor.
Posted inBig Island
Punaluʻu Black Sand Beach Park To Belong To The Public
The Hawai‘i County mayor made a deal to buy the nearly 7-acre property owned by Eva Liu.
Posted inElections 2026
Kalo Farmer Faces Pro-Development Candidate In Upcountry Maui Council Race
Bobby Pahia and Jon Yokouchi are racing to fill the seat that Yuki Lei Sugimura has held since 2016.
Posted inKauaʻi
How Kaua‘i’s Mayoral Candidates Plan To Address Cesspools
Bernard Carvalho Jr. and Mel Rapozo say the island needs to manage its solid waste better but have different ideas on how to get there.
Posted inHawaiʻi Grown
Coqui Frogs: Coming To Your Oʻahu Neighborhood Soon?
As coqui frogs threaten to blanket Oʻahu, residents are once again calling on the state to better regulate plant nurseries, which bear much of the blame for the frogs’ spread.
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Sick Of Being Sidelined: Kaʻū Council Candidates Want Action After Lala
Recent climate change-fueled disasters have hit the southern part of Hawaiʻi island hard, rising to the top of local candidates’ priorities.