Allyson Blair, Hawaii News Now

Allyson Blair

Hawaii News Now

Honolulu, HI, United States

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Past articles by Allyson:

Preschool teachers rally for better pay amid alarming exodus from the profession

Between 2018 and 2020, Hawaii lost 850 providers — or about 20% of the childcare workforce. → Read More

Bathroom recording incidents at Ala Moana Center prompt police security message

Police say it’s the second time a situation like this has happened in the mall’s public restrooms in recent months. → Read More

Lawmakers consider boosting wages for childcare providers amid critical shortage

It’s already happening in other states. → Read More

Council chair: Law needs to be changed to fix flawed Waikiki Safe and Sound program

Critics complain there are no immediate consequences for repeat offenders caught violating Waikiki's Safe and Sound program. → Read More

These patients could have few alternatives for life-saving care if key pharmacy closes

Kona Community Hospital could be forced to close if it doesn’t meet new regulations set to go in effect later this year. → Read More

Lawmakers debate funding demands for ‘safety net hospitals’ as one facility issues stark warning

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Lawmakers are responding to an HNN investigation into failing infrastructure that’s threatening the future of Kona Community Hospital. They must now decide whether to hand over nearly $19 million for emergency repairs. Della Au Belatti, head of the House Committee on Health and Homelessness, says recent coverage has made it a hot topic at the Capitol. “Having these… → Read More

Without emergency funding, key Hawaii Island pharmacy that serves cancer patients could close

Scores of cancer patients on Hawaii Island are at risk of losing access to the chemotherapy drugs keeping them alive. → Read More

Underfunding, deferred maintenance threaten key infrastructure at Hawaii hospital

Critical emergency services at the state-funded hospital could be at risk. → Read More

On Hawaii Island, a desperate request to house traveling nurses key to patient care

Without them patient care is at risk. → Read More

City fined after investigation revealed it didn’t provide gun range staff with proper PPE

In September, the city closed Koko Head Shooting Complex after tests revealed nine out of 10 workers tested had lead levels above the normal range. → Read More

‘A lot of paperwork’: 5 months in, flaws apparent in city program to ban repeat offenders from Waikiki

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In September, the city made a big splash in launching “Waikiki Safe and Sound,” a program billed as taking a harder stance on crime in the state’s no. 1 tourism destination. A centerpiece of the initiative: Banning habitual criminal offenders from Waikiki for up to a year. But five months after the program’s launch, critics say “Safe and Sound” has key flaws, the most… → Read More

Hawaii preschool at center of contentious dispute with state closes its doors

Staff at Kalamapii Playschool are moving out after the facility’s lease was terminated. → Read More

Her child care business was a labor of love ― until she couldn’t make a living with it

The case study offers new perspective on the significant child care shortage in Hawaii. → Read More

This homeless shelter for families has the money to reopen and the need. So why hasn’t it yet?

The Family Assessment Center was one of the only programs on the island that took in entire families. → Read More

Under pilot, some repeat law-breakers in Chinatown are being given a choice: Jail or treatment

The idea is to get homeless drug addicts into residential drug treatment programs right after they’re arrested. → Read More

A decade in the making: Hawaii County breaks ground on tiny homes ‘kauhale’ village

This village will have a distinct difference from the ones on Oahu. → Read More

Family of Hawaii teen abducted, held captive seeks community’s support in courtroom

Duncan Mahi is facing nearly a dozen charges, including kidnapping, robbery and terroristic threatening. → Read More

Attorney General launches probe into illegal fireworks delivery at Oahu jail

Sources say the jail was tipped off by a USPS inspector. → Read More

Another village aimed at housing Oahu’s homeless is in the works

City officials say it's one of three new kauhale in the works on Oahu. → Read More

A year after construction wrapped up, red tape keeps city’s $17M housing project for the homeless empty

The city admits it doesn’t know when the Homeless Resource Center will open. → Read More