Hawaiʻi coalition calls for tax fairness for local needs
As Hawaiʻi struggles to meet growing needs in housing, education, health care and climate resilience, a broad coalition of community groups, labor unions and nonprofit advocates is pushing lawmakers to confront a long-standing question: how to pay for it.
Deal mandates non-English driver exams
Tests were made available in many of the 12 languages prior to 2008, but they were pulled and not replaced when the state Legislature required a new question be added to the exam.