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Changes to the Honolulu Salary Commission could be coming to reduce the chances of conflict. A handful of Honolulu City Councilmembers have introduced resolutions to let voters decide how the commission operates.
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NPR tech reporter Dara Kerr on billionaire Marc Benioff's behind-the-scenes land acquisitions in Waimea on Hawaiʻi Island; Journalist and author Joanne Lipman shares lessons on switching careers
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What does it take to become one of Hawaiʻi's bravest? Honolulu Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Jones and Capt. Jaimie Song spoke to The Conversation about the process.
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A conference coming later this month aims to boost Native Hawaiian-owned businesses — and it's doing so with some unique connections. Pacific Business News editor-in-chief A. Kam Napier has more.
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Deborah Zysman, the executive director of the nonprofit Hawaiʻi Children's Action Network, said that with more parents returning to the workplace, there is only one open child care spot for every four children.
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The nearly $3.4 billion dry dock modernization project at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is spurring creative thinking to fill the engineering jobs needed over the next several years.
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The Honolulu Salary Commission wants to give the chief medical examiner a $400,000 salary for the next fiscal year, citing staffing shortages in the department. The deputy medical examiner position has been vacant since 2019, and the city has struggled to hire and retain forensic pathologists. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.
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The Conversation looks closer at the pre-planning going into the Navy’s largest construction project in its history — and it's happening at the Pearl Harbor shipyard. We spoke with project manager Roy Morioka.
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The Conversation talked to Scott Fisher, who is with the Hawaiʻi Land Trust, about these jobs that are available now with no prior experience necessary.
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A measure that would eliminate general excise tax for independent primary care medical services advanced out of the House Finance Committee. HPR's Ashley Mizuo explains.