A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.

The Honolulu Fire Department says it has no legal basis to deny the company a permit to sell firecrackers despite its involvement in a shipment of $2.7 million of illegal fireworks seized by the Coast Guard in 2022.

Utility claims metals in fuel caused millions of dollars in damage to a Big Island power plant, and also damaged a Kauaʻi facility.

The governor also says he will likely tap into the state’s “rainy day” reserve to draw down hundreds of millions of dollars to balance the state budget.

The settlement gives the city the easements it needs to build through Kakaʻako, but HART does not yet have the money to construct that segment.

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The latest update to Civil Beat’s Public Salary Database reflects major public-sector wage increases across Hawaiʻi — but not for everyone.

The events on private property outside of Hilo were held without permits, and critics say they should not be allowed to continue, especially on agricultural land.

Even before President Donald Trump took office, transgender patients in Hawaiʻi were struggling to get insurance to cover some treatments. Now it’s getting worse.

Submissions to Civil Beat’s fifth Neighborhood Haiku project reveal fresh, albeit brief, insights into island life.