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The state will continue to see economic growth, but at a slower pace compared to previous years, according to the latest forecast from the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, or UHERO.
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Hawaiian Electric has rebuilt a backup power line to West Maui that can feed electricity to about 11,000 people. The line serves as a redundancy in case one of the other lines or circuits goes out of service.
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Interim housing developments taking shape on Maui offer a sense of hope to fire survivors. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol spoke with one family who just moved into their new modular home. But no matter where fire survivors find housing, there's no place like home.
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Hawai‘i has seen an uptick in its nursing workforce, according to a 2023 Nursing Workforce Supply Report released this week.
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Strides are being made toward solving Hawaiʻi's health care worker shortage. Pacific Business News editor in chief A. Kam Napier has more on recent efforts to boost the nursing workforce.
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Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke is leading the Ready Keiki initiative to provide more preschools across the islands to help struggling families. Speaking to The Conversation, she shared the news that Ready Keiki will expand with additional preschool sites this fall.
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Last month, The Conversation featured a new master's degree in construction management at Hawai’i Pacific University. The General Contractors Association of Hawaii just stepped up to support the program in a big way, to the tune of $250,000.
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