As housing costs soar and the gap between the very wealthy and everyone else widens, we must ask ourselves: who benefits from Hawaiʻi's economy, and who is asked to contribute?
State lawmakers are considering two measures that aim to improve protections for tenants and provide resources to better understand their rights.
While pedestrian fatalities on Oʻahu have jumped 38 percent in recent years, the brief finds that Hawaiʻi has failed to adopt low-cost countermeasures that have drastically reduced pedestrian injuries and deaths in major U.S. cities.
Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) and Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPIs) give people a safer head start and make crossings more inclusive for those with disabilities.