Victor Geminiani, a longtime champion for Hawaiʻi’s poor and vulnerable, retires.

A proposed change to the federal food assistance program could affect thousands of Hawaiʻi residents if it goes into effect as proposed.

Hawaiʻi Appleseed announces the retirement of Victor Geminiani, its co-founder and longtime executive director, after a 50-year public interest law career.

After a 50-year career in public interest law and advocacy, Hawaiʻi Appleseed co-director Victor Geminiani announced on Wednesday that he will retire Aug. 31.

With the DOE’s current plan due to sunset in 2020, it’s clear many academic success “targets,” such as reducing student absenteeism and increasing teacher retention, won’t be met.

Hawaiʻi is not only the most expensive state for renters to live in, but also has the greatest gap between average earnings and average fair-market rent.

The federal poverty line already doesn’t take into account the state’s high cost of living.

There’s a big discrepancy between city and federal estimates of vacancy rates.

Advocates are backing a bill to provide state money to bolster the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program when its funds are spent on local produce.

The DOE is increasing local food in student meals as well as connecting our keiki with the ʻāina using local products from the agricultural community.

The failure to deal with the housing shortage in any meaningful way has led to Hawaiʻi’s highest per-capita homelessness rate in the nation.

Lawmakers are looking to raise the minimum wage to $12.50 in 2024 for those who get healthcare from their employers; an increase of about $0.50 an hour each year, and simply not enough.

It’s encouraging that the Honolulu City Council Planning Committee put forward a bill that aims to rein in the vacation rental industry’s presence here.

The Senate Committee on Labor will hold a public hearing today regarding a bill that would increase minimum wage rates throughout the state.

The Senate’s Ways and Means committee passed Senate Bill 789 on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, setting it up for a final vote on the Senate floor.

Will we prioritize investors’ ability to wring profits out of their second (or third, or fourth, or fifth) homes, or will we preserve our neighborhoods for the benefit of those who actually live in them? The choice is ours.

Hawaiʻi's high poverty rate means ensuring more students have access to healthy meals is imperative.

Fewer than 4 in 10 low-income students who eat school lunch are also eating school breakfast in our state.

In a state that has one of the highest costs of living and lowest unemployment rates, it’s time for lawmakers to put things back in balance for workers.

Two or three jobs are not enough to provide financial stability for many local families. How can we create CHANGE?