UHERO: Simple change could boost SNAP benefits statewide
The report suggests that eliminating the net income limit for SNAP could extend benefits to an additional 13,000 to 14,000 households by 2025.
Lagging Maui recovery, slower overall Hawai?i growth, UHERO forecasts
This is UHERO's third quarter forecast for 2024.
Preserving Cambodian Indigenous history focus of $126K federal grant
Starting January 2025, the team will conduct ethnographic and archaeological fieldwork in five Kuy communities.
State adds $2.3M to Maui Wildfire Exposure Study, launches survivor registry
The study offers comprehensive health screenings and enrolls affected individuals into the most extensive social and bio-monitoring study in Â鶹´«Ã½ following a disaster.
Electricity pricing change for large Hawai?i businesses proposed
This approach would charge customers based on the hourly marginal cost of electricity production, a model known as locational marginal pricing.
Rural Hawai?i faces major health challenges, UH report finds
This is the first rural health report targeted specifically for Â鶹´«Ã½ that measures data at the individual level.
Which college majors pay the most in Hawai?i and the U.S.?
Report authors utilized data from the American Community Survey in their analysis.
Lahaina Obon Ceremony honors wildfire victims, celebrates resilience
The ceremony, which took place at Lahaina Cannery Mall, featured traditional dancing, food vendors and a sense of community healing.
$1.4M NIH grant boosts Maui Wildfire Exposure Study research
The grant will help fund the longitudinal aspect of the study for up to 1,000 participants for two years.
UH sweeps student journalism awards, others with ties recognized
In addition, four students with UH ties earned paid summer journalism internships.