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It’s Time To Reconsider Disclosure Requirements For UH Regents David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

It’s Time To Reconsider Disclosure Requirements For UH Regents

The strength of the University of Hawaiʻi depends on who is willing to serve.

Gender-Affirming Care Is Health Care Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Gender-Affirming Care Is Health Care

That’s why Hawaiʻi doctors and patients need state protection.

Makana Eyre: Hawaiʻi-Style Canoe Paddling Has Spread Worldwide Makana Eyre/Civil Beat/2025

Makana Eyre: Hawaiʻi-Style Canoe Paddling Has Spread Worldwide

About 20% of the members of this New York canoe club have Hawaiʻi roots.

What Ariel Sellers’ Court Records Tell Us About The Child Welfare System Hawaii News Now/2021

What Ariel Sellers’ Court Records Tell Us About The Child Welfare System

The state wanted the girl and her siblings to have a permanent home. The Kaluas were willing. But were they able?

A Call To Public Service: If Not You, Then Who? Kalany Omengkar/Civil Beat/2024

A Call To Public Service: If Not You, Then Who?

The time to “pull papers” and declare yourself a Hawaiʻi candidate is now.

Hot Political Topics Are Stoking Sunshine Bills This Year Kalany Omengkar/Civil Beat/2023

Hot Political Topics Are Stoking Sunshine Bills This Year

Now that the bill-filing deadline has passed, here’s our handy roadmap for following hundreds of government accountability and political reform bills proposed for the 2026 session.

Beth Fukumoto: Hawaiʻi Needs To Deal With Exploding Technology This Session Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0

Beth Fukumoto: Hawaiʻi Needs To Deal With Exploding Technology This Session

We need to decide how to pay for infrastructure, how to keep systems reliable and how to protect people.

Will Caron: To Give A Dam Will Caron/Civil Beat/2026

Will Caron: To Give A Dam

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

The Sunshine Blog: Fake News Just Got Real Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat/2017

The Sunshine Blog: Fake News Just Got Real

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.