As federal food aid shrinks, Hawaiʻi counties hold important key to local food security
With closer community connections, counties can tailor solutions to local realities, such as inter-island transportation barriers in Maui County or the dispersed rural communities of Hawaiʻi County.
Hawaiʻi Appleseed releases 2025–26 state budget primer and legislative recap
Together, these documents tell the story of how Hawaiʻi invests in its communities, analyzing the most recent legislative session and the budget that emerged from it.
Hawaiʻi Appleseed launches 20 year anniversary giving campaign
The nonprofit hopes to raise $100,000 from individual and corporate donors by December 31.
Hawaiʻi's tenant-landlord mediation program kept hundreds housed amid pandemic fallout
Study aims to ascertain whether or not there are ways to increase housing stability by examining the temporary measures Hawaiʻi put into place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
State of Hawaiʻi sued to restore critical medical services
Suit follows federal court order halting state’s previous plan to cut benefits.
Judge rules state violated law by cutting Pacific Islanders’ medical benefits
Due to the lawsuit, the state is now required to follow procedures that will allow for public comment and criticism of proposed rules that will determine what level of benefits will be provided to immigrants from these Compact of Free Association (COFA) states.