Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018
Conservative Activists Take Aim At Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship
A new lawsuit filed by a legal advocacy nonprofit says a 35-year-old federal scholarship program that brought Native Hawaiian doctors to the islands is unconstitutional.
Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026
Federal Disaster Declaration Approved For Hawaiʻi
The state and counties were counting on federal funding to support flood cleanup efforts throughout the islands.
AP
Will The Feds Help Hawaiʻi After The Floods? It’s Up To Trump
The president has denied and delayed requests for disaster aid from Democratic-led states. Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green hopes that won’t be the case.
Hawaii News Now/2020
ICE Concerns Spur Maui’s Move To Sever Ties With Feds
Worried about immigration actions across the nation, the Maui County Council voids longtime local partnership between its police and the FBI.
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Iran War Puts Tulsi Gabbard, Regime Change Critic, In An Awkward Spot
The former Hawaiʻi congresswoman was an outspoken critic of U.S.-led regime change wars. Then she went to work for Trump.
Hawaiian Native Corp. photo
Embezzler Or Victim? Native Hawaiian Contractor’s Family Fights Back
In various court filings, Christopher Dawson’s sister is pushing back against the DOJ narrative that he swindled a federal program meant to help his people.
U.S. Air Force
Is Haleakalā The Next Frontier For A Telescope Standoff?
Plans for several new military telescopes atop the mountain are drawing strong opposition. But protests over other Maui telescope projects in recent years have failed to have the same impact as the anti-TMT movement on the Big Island.
Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2026
‘It Is Not A Fraud’: Schatz, Murkowski Blast Attack On Native Contracting
The two senators are leading a bipartisan push to protect the SBA’s 8(a) program amid the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to eliminate DEI initiatives.
Hawaii News Now/2020
Maui Cops Could Still Aid Feds Despite Council Immigration Concerns
Activists say there’s a way out of the agreement with the FBI if the council really wants to take it.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
$35K Case: New Development Sparks Calls For Independent Probe
New statements by Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke make “no sense whatsoever,” a local attorney says, and deserve an investigation free of conflicts of interest.