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‘Mothers are dying:’ Mental health advocates say inflation driving spike in maternal suicides
HNN: … “Finances due to inflation for households, both because of COVID and those issues, and also increased as a result of the fire, have made households very, very stressed and very strained,” said Walker Rowsey, executive director of Kids Hurt Too…
Nonprofit Kids Hurt Too helps children who’ve experienced trauma and said suicide caused the death of one mother each week for the past two months. That’s more than the total number of suicides they’ve seen over the last two years….
read … ‘Mothers are dying:’ Mental health advocates report spike in maternal suicides
University of Hawaii faculty ratify new contract
SA: … University of Hawaii faculty, represented by the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly — the exclusive bargaining agent for UH faculty members — have voted to approve a new successor contract that includes a 3.5% wage increase in the first year and a 3.79% increase in the second year.
Just last week Gov. Josh Green, UH President David Lassner and the UH Board of Regents reached a tentative agreement with the UHPA for faculty, over eight months before the current contract expires.
Faculty voted electronically on the tentative agreement from Tuesday through Thursday, with the contract receiving “overwhelmingly in favor” approval, according to a statement….
University of Hawaii faculty approves new contract (youtube.com)
read … University of Hawaii faculty ratify new contract
Maui’s recycled water conversation continues
MN: … A proposed resolution making its way through council has ignited more conversations around the future use of Maui County’s recycled water.
Previous legislation and mandates have supported the prioritization of using recycled water on Maui, including Ordinance 5592, which was enacted this year and requires all wastewater to be disinfected by 2039. For years the county has recognized that recycled water usage may be a part of the solution to the island’s controversial injection wells.
However, Resolution 24-161, which revolves around the need to use recycled water, or R-1 water, to conserve potable water for development purposes, has county officials and residents talking again. The resolution was drafted by South Maui councilmember and chair of the committee Tom Cook….
read … Maui’s recycled water conversation continues
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