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Schatz introduces bill to protect student veterans and help them ‘recoup their benefits’
By Tamara Browning | May 21, 2023
U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) reintroduced a bill on May 13 that would improve access to higher education information and restore benefits for military veterans.
Hirono among Democrats asking how much 'special access' was given to Justice Thomas after years of lavish gifts, travel
By Tamara Browning | May 20, 2023
A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee joined Democratic colleagues on the committee in sending a letter to Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow seeking information about gifts and travel given to Justice Clarence Thomas.
Project Hawaii’s cofounder and director: Helping homeless children and teens is 'my kuleana'
By Tamara Browning | Nov 1, 2021
The cofounder and director of operations for the nonprofit Project Hawaii, Inc., has overseen the evolution of the organization, which started by helping homeless teens and progressed to aiding homeless children.
People for Active Transportation Hawaii ‘benefits current and future generations’ through 'climate-friendly solutions'
By Tamara Browning | Oct 29, 2021
The new executive director of a nonprofit transportation organization -- which seeks to use pathways, bikeways and sidewalks to connect people and places on the Big Island -- believes climate-friendly decisions made now can affect the future of transportation.
UHERO’s Steven Bond-Smith: Diversification is driven by relationships ‘to the visitor industry’
By Tamara Browning | Apr 25, 2021
A research fellow at an economics center in Western Australia who soon will join the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization has offered ways Hawaii may grow its economy through diversification.
'Largest visible-light telescope in the world' under construction on Mauna Kea
By Tamara Browning | Apr 9, 2021
Construction of “a new class of extremely large telescopes” on Mauna Kea will bring several benefits to the community, despite a history of some opposition to its development, an official with the project said.
Hall: Firefighter, EMT career takes ‘serious’ prepping
By Tamara Browning | Mar 18, 2021
Hawai‘i Fire Department firefighter and emergency medical technician Leinā'ala Hall is taking to heart a 2019 commencement message to “never stop learning” as she studies as a paramedic.
Ige: ‘I do feel safe here at the state Capitol’
By Tamara Browning | Jan 15, 2021
Hawaii Gov. David Ige has expressed confidence in the safety of the Hawaii State Capitol building, as the state monitors activities in light of an internal FBI bulletin warning of upcoming armed protests in the nation’s state capitols and Washington, D.C.
Chamber of Commerce Hawaii: Possible tripling of unemployment tax to affect economic recovery
By Tamara Browning | Jan 15, 2021
The tripling of Hawaii businesses’ yearly unemployment tax set for 2021, as predicted by a nonprofit policy research organization, will disrupt the state’s economic recovery, some leaders said.