Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
Betting On Hawaiʻi Politics Is Legal Despite State’s Gambling Ban
Users can now wager on when indicted Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke may resign on the prediction market app Kalshi, which is not covered by Hawaiʻi’s gambling law.
Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026
Pay To Play: Political Corruption Investigations In Hawaiʻi Over The Years
Investigations began in 2018. Here’s the rundown.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023
Public Begins To Weigh In On Offshore LNG Proposal
The public comment period is the first step in the pre-review of JERA Co.’s proposal, pitched as a fossil-fuel bridge to a future of all-renewable resources.
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Governor Pressured To Bring Hawaiʻi Troops Back From Washington, D.C.
Local and national groups have sent letters to the Democratic governor urging him to recall the troops so that they aren’t deployed to police civilians in the district.
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Influential Energy Researcher Quietly Backed By Big Money Climate Group
Governor criticizes energy expert as biased, others defend him as sound and scrupulous.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Campaign Spending Commission Files Civil Complaint Against Sylvia Luke
The lieutenant governor is alleged to have mishandled election funds and filed false reports.
Courtesy: Hannah David
Officials’ ‘Grab And Go’ Taking Of Girl Leads To $950,000 Payout
State and Kauaʻi County workers coordinated the removal of the fifth grader without her mother’s knowledge — or an order from a judge
Courtesy: Blue Planet Foundation
Gov. Green Saves Option To Go Green With Solar Credits In 2026
Executive order preserves the solar energy tax credit for commercial and industrial uses that lawmakers had capped.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
HMSA Delays The Change Threatening Patient Access After Governor Steps In
Change of heart extends insurance reimbursement shift for six months.
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Hawaiʻi Is The Only State Not Tracking Abuse In Childcare
The state blames a bureaucratic hurdle for its failure to follow a federal law requiring it to report abuse and serious injuries in childcare settings.