Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020
Hawaiʻi Veterans Deserve Better Than Trump’s VA Cuts
The administration’s proposal to eliminate 80,000 VA jobs will hit Hawai‘i especially hard.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Oʻahu Social Worker Accused In Daughter’s Death Continued To Work With Kids
It remains unclear when the North Shore school knew Sina Pili was under investigation but experts say best practice would have been to err on the safe side.
Courtesy: Sarai's family/2025
State Had Earlier Reports Of Abuse In Oʻahu Household Where Girl Starved
The Hawaiʻi Department of Human Services reported that it had been unable to confirm maltreatment reports of another child in the household before Sarai Perez-Rivera died of starvation and dehydration in June.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
Hidden Links Exposed: Hawaiʻi Fireworks Bust Tied To Mainland Suppliers
One address on shipping documents in a seizure at Honolulu Harbor is the first in a chain of clues that lead across the country and through the decades — a mysterious web of connections between the legal and illegal fireworks trade.
Department of Law Enforcement/2023
Honolulu Hasn’t Prosecuted A Single Ghost Gun Case Since 2020 Ban
Police are seeing an uptick in ghost guns but Hawaiʻi counties differ in how they interpret and use a state law meant to deter people from buying or manufacturing untraceable weapons.
(Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025)
Half Of Hawaiʻi Kids Can’t Swim. Little Is Being Done To Help Them
Drowning is the leading cause of death for children in the state, but efforts to address the problem have been mostly left up to community organizations with limited funding and uneven reach.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
Proposed Bills Would Leave Few Options For Where Oʻahu Puts Its Next Dump
Westside residents want the island’s trash to stop coming to their community, but potential new restrictions could make it difficult to place a city dump anywhere else.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
A ‘Super-Aged’ Population Poses Major Challenges For Hawaiʻi
The Covid-19 pandemic changed the outlook for the state’s oldest seniors from optimistic to more sobering, a recent report says.
Courtesy: Family of Sarai Perez-Rivera/2025
Honolulu Mother And Her Partner Arrested In Abuse Death Of 3-Year-Old
Janae Perez and Ashleigh Utley were arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder and several other charges.
Screenshot/2025
State Is Scrambling To Fix SNAP Food Program Following $11M Fine For Errors
Hawaiʻi hopes the federal government will waive half of the penalty if the state invests more than $5 million in new technology.