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The Hawaii Legislature created a permanent $150 million annual Climate Adaptation Fund to protect communities from sea level rise and flooding, with 40 percent directed to underserved areas.
Read MoreA new Honolulu City Council bill would require developers near Skyline rail stations to negotiate community benefits agreements including affordable units and local hiring commitments.
Read MoreGovernor Green signed a $2.1 billion affordable housing package creating a new state agency with streamlined permitting powers, targeting 25,000 new affordable units by 2032.
Read MoreCity Council members sharply criticized delayed North Shore flood evacuation orders, demanding a full review after 300 residents were displaced before receiving emergency alerts.
Read MoreMayor Blangiardi signed Bill 60 authorizing HART to begin planning for a Skyline rail extension from Ala Moana to UH Manoa, with a feasibility study due within 18 months.
Read MoreHawaiian language immersion schools surpassed 4,000 students for the first time, a 22 percent increase over five years that marks a historic milestone in the language revitalization movement.
Read MoreThe Polynesian Voyaging Society launched a Youth Navigator Program training 100 apprentices in traditional wayfinding aboard Hokule’a, funded by a $3.5 million grant from the Omidyar Ohana Fund.
Read MoreThe Hawaii Symphony Orchestra named Honolulu native Kainoa Keawe-Santos as its new music director — the first Hawaii-born conductor to lead the 125-year-old institution.
Read MoreKamea Hadar completed a 12,000-square-foot mural titled “Moana Nui” on a Kakaako warehouse — the largest single artwork in Hawaii — depicting Polynesian navigation and ocean identity.
Read MoreThe Honolulu Museum of Art acquired 47 Hawaiian Modernist paintings valued at over $8 million, including a previously unknown Madge Tennent masterwork, in a transformational gift from the Chung family.
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