NCCPR in Honolulu Civil Beat Hawaiʻi doesn’t need more #childwelfare caseworkers to investigate families, it needs more community-based workers to *help* families https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/02/hawai%ca%bbi-foster-care-numbers-are-down-but-not-down-enough/ #fostercare #childabuse #HInews, #HIleg

#HIleg appropriates funds to conduct a study of all programming offered to persons incarcerated at correctional facilities and convene a group of incarcerated women to identify gaps in programming offered to female inmates.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1538387

#LandUse trending. #HILeg requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to conduct a study to refine rural district policies and make recommendations to facilitate the reclassification of lands from agricultural districts to rural districts.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1541286

#Coroners trending. Proposed #HILeg requires the mayor of each county to appoint, and the county council or city council to confirm, a county medical examiner it also states that the medical examiner for each county shall serve as the county's coroner.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1540940