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Recently Mililani High School students testified to legislators in support of HB 2083, introduced by Representative Tirsh La Chica (D, Mililani, Waipio Gentry, Koa Ridge) which would require the Department of Education to establish a pilot program for a plant-based meal program one day a week and to reach a local farm to school meal goal of thirty percent of food served to students by 2030. The bill did not advance but the students remain dedicated to the cause in an effort to reduce food waste and have healthier outcomes for youth in their community.

Dean Minakami has been appointed as the executive director of the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation, bringing his extensive experience and leadership to advance affordable housing opportunities in the state.

The son of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye plans to make his first foray into politics at the age of 59 by challenging fellow, first-time Democratic state Rep. Trish La Chica for the House seat representing Waipio-Mililani in 2024.

As the first day of public school in the 2023-2024 academic year came along, more than 1,100 students at 10 Oahu public high schools and 250 students at four schools on Kauai who should have been provided rides to school on a Department of Education (DOE)-scheduled bus were left to get themselves to class by some other method.

While officials have often said that low pay and the COVID-19 pandemic have caused a severe shortage of bus drivers for Hawaii public schools, a top official at the state Department of Education says the “No. 1 reason” drivers are leaving their jobs in droves actually is student misbehavior.