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Hawaii Island Is Getting New Federal Funds To Tackle Health Care Shortages. Is It Enough? Hawaii Island Community Health

Hawaii Island Is Getting New Federal Funds To Tackle Health Care Shortages. Is It Enough?

Gov.-elect Josh Green also has pledged to address problems with accessing care, especially in rural areas.
Struggles Of Micronesian Students Point To ‘Significant Issues’ In Hawaii School System Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Struggles Of Micronesian Students Point To ‘Significant Issues’ In Hawaii School System

Creating stronger connections on campus is key to addressing longstanding disparities in educational achievement in the state.
Waikiki Health Employees Fired After Protesting Bathroom Limits Get Back Wages Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Waikiki Health Employees Fired After Protesting Bathroom Limits Get Back Wages

The community health center offered jobs back to three employees who were fired a week after complaining about losing access to a unisex bathroom.
Why This Hawaiian Island Has To Outsource Psychiatric Care 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.
Why Hawaii’s Language Access Office Is Having Trouble ‘Fulfilling Its Mission’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Why Hawaii’s Language Access Office Is Having Trouble ‘Fulfilling Its Mission’

The state auditor says OLA "remains a partially formed organization" some 16 years after its establishment. Advocates say that's keeping non-English speakers from getting much-needed services.
Catherine Toth Fox: Let’s Invest In Hawaii’s Child Care Sector Before It’s Too Late Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Catherine Toth Fox: Let’s Invest In Hawaii’s Child Care Sector Before It’s Too Late

Parents should help advocate for reforms, like higher wages for workers, instead of passing this pricey burden on to their kids.
Hawaii Seeks To Ease Nursing Shortage By Expanding Training Capacity Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Seeks To Ease Nursing Shortage By Expanding Training Capacity

UH says it will be able to accept 230 more students into its statewide nursing programs after receiving $1.75 million in state funds.
Abortion In Hawaii: Ige Orders Legal Safeguards For Women Traveling From Other States Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Abortion In Hawaii: Ige Orders Legal Safeguards For Women Traveling From Other States

Hawaii joins 15 other states in protecting women and medical providers from possible retaliation by states clamping down on the procedure following the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
Hawaii Veterans Say VA Bureaucracy Is Hampering Access To Health Care Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Veterans Say VA Bureaucracy Is Hampering Access To Health Care

The visiting Veterans Affairs secretary outlined plans for improvements, including hiring more nurses and expanding telehealth.
Lead Detected Near Military’s Ewa Beach Shooting Range, Surfrider Says Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Lead Detected Near Military’s Ewa Beach Shooting Range, Surfrider Says

The Marine Corps expressed skepticism about the findings. The state health department said it would investigate.