Pulitzer winner to discuss Hawaiʻi’s intensifying housing crisis
The UH Mānoa Better Tomorrow Speaker Series sheds light on devastating economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
More Americans wear masks, more education needed
Among the survey participants, 61.9 percent reported using a cloth face covering in April and 76.4 percent in May.
Study predicts costly water issues if action not taken
UH research examined the balance between protecting the spring system and groundwater pumping.
UHERO forecasts troubling outlook for Hawaiʻi’s workforce
Hawaiʻi’s unemployment rate reached 23.8 percent in April 2020.
Hawaiʻi’s Micronesian migrants get limited access to health care
Since 2015, Medicaid-funded hospitalizations and emergency room visits have declined for Micronesian migrants in Hawaiʻi.
UHERO seeks where businesses are heading in pandemic
Questions include changes in employment and employee wages, and monthly revenue and revenue sources.
Facebook improves some aspects of sheltered homeless lives, UH research shows
Researchers surveyed 148 people at two homeless shelters in Honolulu.
UHERO forecasts dire scenarios for local government budgets
Two possible scenarios put the state’s general fund deficit at more than $500 million in FY 2020.
Rental assistance desperately needed, UHERO reports
More than $100 million is needed to cover the baseline burden for renters in Hawaiʻi from August 2020–January 2021.
Maintaining healthy relationships during the pandemic
CSDC psychologists highlight communication strategies that can ease conflict within personal relationships.
