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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 week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the funding, which is meant to prevent exposure to lead in drinking water. The money comes from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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Senate Bill 2305 would create the Silver Alert program within the Department of Law Enforcement.
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Men's aloha shirts and women's dresses are pillars of local fashion — and the focus of a new exhibit at the Honolulu Museum of Art. "Fashioning Aloha" captures the history and evolution of aloha attire and textile motifs over the last 90 years. As HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports, the curators hope visitors find the exhibit fun and nostalgic.
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The headline in the newspaper read “Relief Session: Help for Lahaina’s recovery and an unpreceded tax break for Hawai’i families.” We talked to Tom Yamachika of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii about how he sees the effort to ease the tax burden on struggling families and businesses.
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The American Cancer Society put out a first-of-its-kind report last week. The publication collected cancer facts and figures for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
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As the Russia-Ukraine war continues, Ukrainian college student Max Zabolotny is in Hawaiʻi on a brief stop after attending a conference in Washington, D.C. He attended Kalani High School on Oʻahu during the 2018-2019 school year.
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At the start of the 2024 legislative session, lawmakers warned they would face tough decisions while focusing on Maui's recovery and balancing core government functions.
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Gov. Josh Green approved a measure that allows counties to phase out short-term rentals of any classification — even those with non-conforming use permits. HPR's Ashley Mizuo has the story.
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A judge is forcing the Hawaiʻi attorney general’s office to turn over documents, interviews and data on last summer's Maui wildfires to lawyers involved in the hundreds of lawsuits over the disaster.
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ConFest will return to Hawaiʻi's art scene after a four-year pause. The five-day event is officially called the National Asian American Theater Conference and will offer live performances and workshops.