Artrina De Lima’s death is the sixth suicide at the Maui jail in the past four years. That is more than the total number of known suicides at all other Hawaii correctional facilities during that time.

The project, which is intended to help foster relationships between inmates and their families, is the first of its kind at a correctional facility in the state.

Drug overdoses are the driving factor straining short-staffed medical examiners around the country.

A forthcoming study shows that demand for psychological care on Maui is greater today than it was coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

The Office of Health Care Assurance has issued cease-and-desist orders to an average of six homes per year since 2018. But dozens of these unlicensed facilities, mainly for elderly adults, continue to operate around the state.

Without state funding, principals say they need to find creative solutions to offer lunches to their students.

The funding formula gives the state power over funding, even for activities originating on the local level.

After the disappearance of Isabella Kalua, lawmakers formed the Malama Ohana Working Group to design and propose ‘transformative changes’ to the state system.

Civic engagement and mental health are on the decline. What do they have in common? Weakened social support structures.

New legislation awaiting the governor’s signature would help businesses operate out of home kitchens.