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Most Hawaiʻi residents will likely see lower income taxes next year due to a measure passed by the state Legislature. HPR's Ashley Mizuo explains how some advocates say those changes could limit tax assistance for those who need it the most.
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For two weeks 17 “bellwether” families shared how they were affected after the 2021 leak from the Navy’s fuel tanks into its water system, which serves 93,000 people.
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Popular measures on energy efficiency and solar permitting died abruptly in their last committees, leading some energy stakeholders to label this session a letdown. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.
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The city wants to build 18,000 affordable housing units by fiscal year 2029, according to its 2023 housing plan, but the availability of land and city funding continue to be two of some of the most expensive obstacles to doing that.
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The Navy wants to reduce how much water is being discharged into Hālawa Stream, but the Hawaiʻi Department of Health is concerned about the lack of monitoring proposed in its plan.
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One of the bills dying in this legislative session would have allowed Hawaiian Electric to issue ratepayer-backed bonds — a process called securitization — to pay for wildfire mitigation efforts. State Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole spoke with The Conversation about the measure, as well as HECO's future.
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The One ʻOhana fund is a $175 million settlement program for families of the 101 people who were killed in last year’s Maui wildfires, or for people who were hospitalized and severely injured from the disaster.
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At Honolulu's federal courthouse, military families have been detailing their lives and medical ailments since being exposed to jet fuel from the Navy's Red Hill storage facility in 2021. The federal government has already admitted responsibility for the leaks, but now it's arguing the contamination was not enough to get people sick. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.
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The parties that damaged coral and live rock near Honolua Bay with a yacht in early 2023 were originally fined $117,000. Now they’re on the hook for $1.8 million.
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A trial for a mass environmental injury case began Monday, more than two years after the military's Red Hill facility poisoned thousands of people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor's drinking water. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke with people at the courthouse supporting the families.
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Last Friday was the deadline for lawmakers to move bills out of their final committee hearings. But Gov. Josh Green tried to resurrect a key wildfire mitigation measure over the weekend.
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Despite concerns over cultural preservation and climate change, a small plot of state-owned land in Wailua, Kauaʻi, near the old Coco Palms Resort, will be put up for public auction. The Board of Land and Natural Resources voted 4-2 to offer the parcel to the highest bidder. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.