The Outsider
Maui’s Police Department has a public trust problem. It’s been plagued with attrition, rocked by internal disputes, and faulted for its lack of transparency. New Maui Police Chief John Pelletier says he will fight to bring change.
Reckoning with a rising cost of living in the most expensive U.S. state
How much does it really cost to live in Hawaiʻi, why, and is there anything we can do about it?
The Mana of a Market
How the Hāna Farmers Market became the piko of the town, reinvigorating self-reliance and kokua in East Maui as food security waned throughout the county
Maui’s fight to stave off evictions
Nearly $17 million of the county’s $36 million dollar emergency rental assistance fund has been spent. Is it keeping Maui residents housed? Since the statewide eviction moratorium ended in August, 42 eviction lawsuits have been filed against tenants in Maui County...