Terri Ann Otani, who was acquitted in a federal criminal conspiracy trial last year, faces prison time and hefty fines if convicted of the new charges.

Residents of the Hawaiian homestead in Kapolei worry the overgrown foliage could be a bigger hazard soon.

The employee was paid not to work for years as officials mulled over his “impossible” mileage reports. He stopped receiving a city paycheck a few weeks after a Civil Beat story.

Agencies like the Department of Transportation plan to publish after-action reports by the end of the year, officials said.

How these beleaguered projects are being handled speaks directly to the transparency and trustworthiness of state officials.

More than three years after the last pandemic emergency order, firefighters are still negotiating their hazard payments with the city.

The proposed fee could improve safety and cleanliness in the area, but critics say it won’t fix the underlying challenge facing downtown.

Civil Beat followed up on three previously broken pieces of infrastructure we’ve written about. Here’s what we found.

A state judge told a Honolulu deputy corporation counsel accused of basing his argument on a fictional case created by artificial intelligence, ‘Don’t do it again.’

Courts are increasingly grappling with mistakes made by an unethical reliance on artificial intelligence programs, but Honolulu’s top lawyer says the erroneous argument in the high-profile case was the result of sloppy work.