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1 week ago |
civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte
Solving the problem is seen as an important step in helping recruit and retain much-needed workers on the Garden Island. Initiatives could be models for the rest of the state. Three months after giving birth to her first child, Elizabeth “Bitta” Lindsey-Poe returned to her Kauaʻi County finance job. She quit a week later. “I just said, ‘I can’t do this anymore,’” said Lindsey-Poe, 29, of Hanapēpē.
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1 week ago |
civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte
Two familiar faces on the Garden Island have emerged as frontrunners, declaring their intent to run months before it’s even time for candidates to register. With the primary election more than a year away, the 2026 Kauaʻi mayor’s race is shaping up as a competition between two well-liked candidates with longstanding ties in government and overlapping policy stances but drastically different political styles.
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1 month ago |
civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte
The county wants to use some of the money to rebuild accessory dwelling units but is primarily focused on securing final approval. Maui County is asking for greater flexibility in how it’s allowed to spend $1.6 billion in federal recovery money meant to help residents rebound from the 2023 wildfires while making tweaks to ensure the action plan it submitted last week to regulators wins approval.
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1 month ago |
civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte
Key mental health worker on Lānaʻi resigns, eroding in-person patient care and exposing the fragility of a system that depends so heavily on one worker. Lānaʻi residents with severe psychiatric conditions lost crucial support this month when the only on-island employee of the state agency charged with their care resigned, citing a lack of resources to carry out her duties.
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1 month ago |
civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte
Living on Hawaii’s least populated islands means specialized medical care is not readily available, a growing challenge as the number of air carriers servicing Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi has dropped. State health regulators are one step closer to launching a pilot program to provide medical flights to Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi residents who often struggle to access care.
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