With the Maui fires and Covid pandemic in mind, advocates cite progress in bolstering the food system but recognize there’s work to do.

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.

Artificial intelligence is already widely used in city government. Some residents want to see the charter updated to require more transparency.

A West Side community has been plagued for several months by a deathly stink, but no one knows where it’s coming from.

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

More than 800 projects are waiting to clear the first hurdle in the permitting process.

After falling out with Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi a year and a half ago, former Ocean Safety Chief John Titchen is interested in getting his job back.

UPDATE: New details emerged on Saturday in a video provided to Civil Beat of the incident that led to the arrest. The squalid conditions and violent outbreaks led the state representative for downtown to call for changes to Hawaiʻi landlord-tenant law.

City officials have been unable to serve violation notices to building managers, who also have repeatedly failed to show up for court dates.

Scores of similar sketchy crosswalks have been removed, but this one connects city landmarks in a bustling downtown corridor.