 Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
          
        Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
      
      
				Staffing Shortages Plus More Cases Are Causing Delays At The State Public Housing Agency
Advocates say delays in updating tenants’ information can threaten their housing security and put them at risk of an eviction.
 Hawaii News Now/2021
          
        Hawaii News Now/2021
      
      
				Hawaii Supreme Court Will Review Judge’s Decision To Withhold Abused Girl’s Case File
Public First Law Center is trying to open files that would show why the state and Family Court placed Isabella Kalua with the couple accused of killing her.
 Hawaii News Now/2021
          
        Hawaii News Now/2021
      
      
				John Hill: Judge Hides Records In Child’s Death Because We Might Get The Wrong Idea
Judge Matthew Viola admitted that the public has an interest in how the state and Family Court placed Isabella Kalua with the parents accused of killing her.
 
      
				Government Workers In Hawaii Get Paid Not To Work As Misconduct Investigations Drag On For Months Or Years
A system meant to protect worker rights and resolve disciplinary cases fast has turned into something much different, with taxpayers picking up the tab for employees told not to come to work.
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        File Photo
      
      
				Gov. Green Makes Appointments To Boards And Agencies
They include Christine Sakuda as Hawaii’s chief information officer.
 Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020
          
        Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020
      
      
				Independent Monitor Warns $11 Million State IT Project Is In Jeopardy And Could Fail
The state has spent nearly $3.5 million on its second attempt to develop a financial management system that meets the requirements of Federal Highways Administration.
 Kawika Lopez/Civil Beat/2024
          
        Kawika Lopez/Civil Beat/2024
      
      
				Lawsuit Accuses State Of Negligence In Placing Boy In Household Where Geanna Bradley Died
The boy lived for five years in the Wahiawa home of Thomas and Brandy Blas and like Geanna suffered severe abuse and neglect, the complaint says.
 Courtesy: Kohala Ditch Co-op
          
        Courtesy: Kohala Ditch Co-op
      
      
				Hawaii Council On Revenues Trims Its State Tax Collection Estimate
Troubling signs in the state economy are appearing but construction remains strong.
 David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
          
        David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
      
      
				A Working Group That Emerged From A Tragedy Sets Out To Reform Child Welfare Services
After the disappearance of Isabella Kalua, lawmakers formed the Malama Ohana Working Group to design and propose ‘transformative changes’ to the state system.
 Getty Images/iStockphoto
          
        Getty Images/iStockphoto
      
      
				Lawmakers Agree To Pay $450 Million In Pandemic Hazard Pay To HGEA Members
Much of the back pay was negotiated by Gov. Josh Green’s administration for state employees who reported for work in person during the emergency from 2020 to 2022.
 
	