Family

...the percent of single-mother households of all family households with own minor children was 18.9% in Hawai‘i versus 24.1% in the nation....

...the Governor of American Samoa candidly questions whether the ruling applies in that U.S. territory....

...assisted-suicide groups are preparing to spend big money in Hawai'i to establish doctor-assisted death next legislative session....

Students in Hawaii will be subject to sex-ed classes with an emphasis on pregnancy prevention rather than abstinence, whether they or their parents like it or not....

...six available options for teaching sex education to middle school students....

August is Child Support Awareness Month ....

...foster care payment was just $529 per month, as the state had refused to increase it for nearly 25 years....

Hawaii is among the states with the lowest rates in the country of foster children who were re-abused within six months of being reunited with their families....

Children from households with income at or below the following levels are eligible for free or reduced-price meals....

“The high cost of living in Hawaii amplifies the hardship that many of our low-income and poor families face...."

Family caregivers in Hawaii provided 144 million hours of care – worth an estimated $2.1 billion....

No more than 48 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court redefined marriage for all 50 states, calls to revoke the tax-exempt status for churches began....

Approximately 85 percent of HIV cases in Hawaii occur in men....

...96.8% of Hawaii Gays stay outside 'Marriage'....

...it is instructive to note the ways in which marriage and “same-sex marriage” remain distinctly unequal in those states that already have extended recognition to same-sex couples....

...we must work to protect the freedom of speech, association and religion of those who continue to abide by the truth of marriage as union of man and woman....

Staff at the Human Rights Campaign last fall described the working environment at the nation’s largest LGBT rights group as “judgmental,” “exclusionary,” “sexist,” and “homogenous” ...

...the Board itself failed to properly disclose that the “opt-out” policy was once again being considered....

The median income for families (dad present) with kids younger than 18 adjusted for cost of living is two times higher in the District of Columbia than in Hawaii....