Hawaii News Now/2021
The Foster Girl’s Bones Kept Breaking. Expert Suggested She Didn’t Feel Pain
In response to a Hawaiʻi Supreme Court decision, case files in one of Hawaiʻi’s most notorious child abuse cases were unsealed. They reveal how the state and experts ignored multiple warnings before Ariel Sellers died.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
The Shortcomings Of Hawaiʻi’s Condo Educational Trust Fund
It does not adequately support individual justice and home ownership peace of mind.
Jeremy Hay/Civil Beat/2025
Honolulu’s Crackdown Traps Homeless In Loop Of Citations
Ticketing of Honolulu’s homeless population ballooned after the mayor pledged to get 1,000 people off the street in a year, but the effort tends to involve familiar faces.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
Hawaiʻi Governor Names Advisory Panel For Military Land Negotiations
OHA Chair Kai Kahale described the possibility of the federal government using eminent domain to retain state land as a “tired tactic colonizers have used for generations.”
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Hawaiʻi’s Top Utility Regulator Abruptly Steps Down
Outgoing PUC Chair Leo Asuncion gave no reason for leaving before his term is up.
Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2022
Trump Killed Solar In Hawaiʻi. The Legislature Must Act Now
Without immediate action, the industry faces a bloodbath next year.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Federal Cuts Mean Less Help For Hawaiʻi Domestic Violence Victims
Programs providing targeted outreach to Native Hawaiian and Filipino survivors are among those facing cuts.
Courtesy TMT
Thirty Meter Telescope Planners Consider Other Sites On Mauna Kea
Gov. Josh Green pledges to help with the permitting process for sites where old telescopes have been decommissioned.
Hawaii News Now/Screenshot/2025
Fatal ʻEwa Beach Fire: Care Home Had History Of Not Documenting Fire Drills
Wednesday’s blaze left two people dead and one seriously injured.
Flickr via KAZVorpal
Government Shutdown: Hawaiʻi Announces Financial Aid For Housing, Utilities
Applications for one aid fund open today. Details are still being worked out for another, which is specifically for Native Hawaiians.