Senate progresses bills on campaign finance, sexual harassment and rental discrimination

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 26, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, COVID-19, Disaster relief, In the News

View Content Direct from Source Hawaii Public Radio | By Zoe Dym Published January 26, 2022 at 9:17 AM HST     Catherine Cruz / HPR FILE – Hawaiʻi Senate The Senate Committee on Judiciary passed nine bills with amendments for a second hearing. The...

Minimum wage bill passes Senate committee

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 26, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News

View Content Direct from Source BY MICHAEL TSAI | HONOLULU PUBLISHED 10:34 AM ET JAN. 26, 2022 SB 2018 unanimously passed the Labor, Culture and the Arts committee. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy) HONOLULU — A bill that would raise Hawaii’s minimum wage to $18 by 2026 passed...

HOPE Services Awarded $75,000 Grant From Kaiser Permanente

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 24, 2022 | Blog, Disaster relief, In the News, Outreach

View Content Direct from Source By Big Island Now January 24, 2022, 2:00 PM HST* Updated January 24, 12:39 PM   HOPE Services Hawai‘i is one of three organizations awarded grant funding from Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i in an effort to reach underserved communities in...

Maui nonprofit Ka Hale A Ke Ola received $75,000 grant to help homeless people

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 24, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News, Outreach

View Content Direct from Source By Maui Now January 24, 2022, 11:14 AM HST* Updated January 27, 5:25 AM   Three nonprofits in Hawaiʻi, including Ka Hale A Ke Ola on Maui, were each awarded $75,000 grants to help people experiencing homelessness. Photo Courtesy:...

2021 in review: A look back at the events and images from another year marked by the coronavirus pandemic

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 5, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, COVID-19, In the News, Kūpuna, Puna, Sacred Heart Shelter

View Content Direct from Source 01/05/2022  BY HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD Compiled by Anna WeaverHawaii Catholic Herald Here is a month-by-month review of the Catholic news in Hawaii in 2021 as reported in the Hawaii Catholic Herald. January A Jan. 8 memo from the Diocese...

HOPE Services’ senior affordable housing units installed in Pahoa

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 5, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News, Kūpuna, Puna, Sacred Heart Shelter

View Content Direct from Source 01/05/2022 BY HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD   Modular home installation at the Sacred Heart Affordable Housing Project in Pahoa, Dec. 27. (Photo courtesy of HOPE Services Hawaii) During the week after Christmas, HOPE Services of Hawaii...