MAʻO Organic Farms receives federal money for farming, training facility
The grant will create an estimated 200 badly-needed new jobs in the economically-depressed and underserved Waiʻanae community.
Hawaiian immersion school parents organize opposition to OHA grantee
Parents from Hālau Kū Māna Hawaiian immersion school have concerns with an OHA education grant being awarded to the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement.
Micronesian community assistance program to receive $250,000
The We Are Oceania Hālau Ola One Stop Center in Honolulu works to address the unique needs of the Micronesian community in Hawaiʻi.
Manoa Heritage Center receives $90K for Hawaiian language revitalization
The National Endowment for the Humanities will award $90,000 to the Mānoa Heritage Center in Honolulu through a new Native American language revitalization initiative.
UH grad students rally in support of unionization
Currently, graduate students at UH are the only state-employed workers that are not permitted to unionize or collectively bargain with their employer.
ACLU Hawaiʻi releases ‘know your rights’ guide for houseless
The guide details the rights most often affected during a sweep, including the right to retrieve property prior to a sweep.
Ige plans to veto grad student unionization bill
HB553 would allow graduate assistants at UH to collectively bargain and form a labor union, but Governor Ige has informed the legislature of his intent to veto the bill.