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Two years ago, the county authorized up to $200,000 for a private attorney to join the fight over the bank’s housing promise to Native Hawaiians. buff.ly/3z6nmfE Marina Starleaf Riker #HInews

"Many residents both rent from him and work for him, and a provision in his residential leases states that if you’re terminated from a job with any of his companies, you can be kicked out of your home, too." bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-…

“We have neighbors growing subsistence food competing with their neighbors that grow lawns,” said Ayron Strauch, who studies the supply of water. “And that is a conflict that is not going to go away in a region that’s going to be drier and drier.” civilbeat.org/2022/06/the-st…

What she said! I’m here at #IRE22 along with Christina and a few more great colleagues from Honolulu Civil Beat. Happy to meet up and talk more about the positions we have available, what it’s like to work in Hawaii and answer any questions.

just a reminder that TX abortion law makes *no exceptions* for cases of rape, incest or severe fetal abnormalities

For those of y'all in TX, San Antonio-based mutual aid network @BBFundTX is still providing resources and support to abortion seekers, even as clinics are being forced to turn patients away

“What is the issue we’re not covering? What is the AIDS epidemic we’re not seeing?” — remarkable speech by gina chua at #IRE22, reflecting on historic failures by journalists to cover the major stories of our time, and challenging us to confront our own biases.

TLDR: Operations at Red Hill were a shit show and the catastrophe there was basically inevitable. civilbeat.org/2022/06/red-hi…

Community caretakers have been adapting traditional practices to modern day challenges in an effort to restore these once-productive food sources. civilbeat.org/2022/07/hawaii… #HInews

Across Maui County, there’s no way of knowing how many people live in their vehicles; neither governments nor nonprofits track that number. But many suspect the figure may be on the rise as the typical rent in an already unaffordable place has soared 40% in the last year.

A Civil Beat analysis of national data on end-stage renal failure and kidney transplants shows that people from Indigenous Pacific communities who need kidney transplants are less likely to get them. Report by Anita Hofschneider civilbeat.org/2022/08/pacifi…

If you’re Pacific Islander like me, you probably know lots of people on dialysis, which patients get if they have kidney failure. But you may not know anyone from our community who has actually gotten a kidney transplant. For USC Center for Health Journalism, here’s why they’re so hard to get:

Here is a thread of cats destroying our stuff throughout history, because they've always done it and they always will and for some reason we will keep loving them for it. Two Young Women Wrapped in Yukata After a Bath. Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1796. ukiyo-e.org/image/met/DP13…

Before the pandemic, 46% of adults in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands lacked health insurance. Then a temporary pandemic program allowed thousands to access health care that they had been unable to afford for years: civilbeat.org/2022/08/the-pa… USC Center for Health Journalism

Hawaii's health department *literally* just fined the Navy nearly $9 million for this shit... and it happened again 💩 civilbeat.org/beat/navy-rele…

Questions are being raised about whether the Maui County Council candidate is eligible to run for the Lanai seat since district residency is required by law. buff.ly/3rsLkwy Marina Starleaf Riker #HInews

My heart is full. This recognition from the Chicago Journalists Association means so much to me. I’m the first Latino to be named finalist for this prestigious award. Will I be the first Latino winner? Buy your tickets to find out. #MoreLatinosInNews

#BREAKING: Early results released around 8:20 p.m. on Election Day showed Bissen was leading the race for mayor with 57% of the vote. Victorino, who was seeking re-election to another four-year term, held 41%. civilbeat.org/2022/11/maui-c… Marina Starleaf Riker #HInews #HIElections

Alert: West Maui brush fire on move in mountain ridges above Launiupoko Subdivision; Evacuation possible for residents in upper portion of subdivision. AIex Becker 🍊🏆🥇