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Our Food Silos Will Not Protect Hawaiʻi Jeremy Hay/Civil Beat/2025

Our Food Silos Will Not Protect Hawaiʻi

We need reciprocal systems for storing and sharing a food surplus.

Kirstin Downey: How To Save A Royal Palace From A Punishing Storm Neil Averitt/Civil Beat/2026

Kirstin Downey: How To Save A Royal Palace From A Punishing Storm

Caretakers for Hulihe‘e Palace, the oldest royal palace in the country, have been on high alert for days to protect the Big Island property.

Neal Milner: ‘Corruptomania’ Is A Dangerous Thing Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Neal Milner: ‘Corruptomania’ Is A Dangerous Thing

Being quick to blame major public policy failures on corruption hides the fact that it’s most often incompetence that’s causing our problems, not ethical wrongdoing.

Primary Care Must Be Protected As Hawaiʻi’s Health System Evolves Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Primary Care Must Be Protected As Hawaiʻi’s Health System Evolves

If we are serious about long-term health care cost control and outcomes, we must shift more resources to primary care.

Parking Mandates May Need Reform. A Statewide Ban Goes Too Far

Parking Mandates May Need Reform. A Statewide Ban Goes Too Far

Housing policy should reduce costs while respecting local infrastructure realities.

Denby Fawcett: Bill To Create Residential ‘Monster Lots’ Is Dead — For Now Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Denby Fawcett: Bill To Create Residential ‘Monster Lots’ Is Dead — For Now

Lawmakers got a lot of pushback over a proposal to allow six units on a lot originally zoned for a single-family home, but they may reintroduce the measure next year.

Who Really Pays For Tariffs? Cory Lum/Civl Beat/2015

Who Really Pays For Tariffs?


A small Hawai‘i importer’s perspective.

When School Governance Stops Serving Our Keiki Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

When School Governance Stops Serving Our Keiki

Public schools on the West Side of Oʻahu face challenges already visible in the DOE’s own performance report.

Beth Fukumoto: If This Session Feels All Over The Place, That’s Because It Is Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Beth Fukumoto: If This Session Feels All Over The Place, That’s Because It Is

The Legislature is trying to fill a lot of holes in a constantly shifting landscape.

The Most Influential People At The State Capitol Are Out In The Hallway Blaze Lovell/Civil Beat/2025

The Most Influential People At The State Capitol Are Out In The Hallway

Top lobbyists often have more influence than the lawmakers themselves who pass or reject their bills.