David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
Honolulu Police Chief Search: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again
The Honolulu Police Commission can and should do some things better this time around.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
Suit Challenges How Legislators Turn Blank Bills Into Mid-Session Surprises
League of Women Voters targets the use of short-form measures that start out as empty shells.
Caleb Hartsfield/Civil Beat
Fact-Checking 101: A Professor Teaches Students About Misinformation
And what you can learn from him, too.
April Estrellon/Civil Beat/2025
Campaign Reform Is Forcing Lawmakers To Raise More Cash In Non-Election Years
Joint fundraisers in odd-numbered years are more prevalent than they used to be.
Jacquelyn Martin/AP/2025
Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green Is Walking A Tightrope With The Trump Administration
As Trump’s domestic military moves and threats play out in DC and LA, the need to balance legal challenges and relationship-building isn’t lost on Hawaiʻi.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
Reducing Access To Voting Is Not The Way To Deal With Ballot Problems
We need more polling places and drop boxes, not fewer.
Courtesy of Sen. Mazie Hirono
Why Hawaiʻi’s Senators Raise So Much Money, And Give So Much Away
In Congress, it’s not enough to keep getting yourself elected and reelected. Leadership PACs are a must.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Hawaiʻi Elections Officials Tackle Big Island Ballot Discrepancies
After finding major discrepancies in how many Kauaʻi ballots were cast, a state commission is looking at the Big Island numbers.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018
Don’t Be Complacent: These Alerts Aren’t False Alarms
Hawaiʻi’s alert system is warning of real danger as determined by experts and science even if it turns out to be less than worst-case scenario.
Creative Commons/QuinceMedia/2018
A Hawaiʻi Permanent Fund Would Create More Income Equality
Alaska’s decades-old model redistributes wealth from gas and mineral revenues collected in the state.