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No Confidence: We Need To Force Legislative Leaders To Clean Up Their Own Houses David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

No Confidence: We Need To Force Legislative Leaders To Clean Up Their Own Houses

One thing the public can do is petition leadership to investigate the $35,000 given by the FBI to a lawmaker during a federal corruption investigation.

This Senator Thinks Trump Is A Danger To Hawaiʻi. He Hopes To Convince You Too Hawai‘i State Senate/2025

This Senator Thinks Trump Is A Danger To Hawaiʻi. He Hopes To Convince You Too

Karl Rhoads worries that too many people are not paying close attention to the president’s “bleeding to death” of government.

Hawaiʻi Could Learn From Traditional Korean Policy Making David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Could Learn From Traditional Korean Policy Making

Well-funded, autonomous policy centers for research and analysis could help inform Hawaiʻi leaders.

Hawaiʻi Still A Tolerant Place, But That Tolerance Is Frayed Chad Blair/Civil Beat/2024

Hawaiʻi Still A Tolerant Place, But That Tolerance Is Frayed

This writer worries that Trump’s loyal MAGA followers appear unconcerned, emboldened by the shift to totalitarianism.

The Housing Numbers Keep Talking. We Must Listen David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

The Housing Numbers Keep Talking. We Must Listen

To house Hawai‘i’s future, we must be ready to reform, invest and build, a new essay argues.

Blue State Blues: One-Party Control? In Hawaiʻi It’s More Like No-Party Control Kalany Omengkar/Civil Beat/2022

Blue State Blues: One-Party Control? In Hawaiʻi It’s More Like No-Party Control

Running as a Democrat or Republican says more about political calculation than party allegiance or ideology.

Fix The Honolulu Police Commission. Don’t Abdicate Its Authority To The Mayor David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022

Fix The Honolulu Police Commission. Don’t Abdicate Its Authority To The Mayor

The selection process for police commissioners must be drastically overhauled as well.

Hawaiʻi’s Ombudsman: ‘We Don’t Have Teeth, But We Can Gum Them To Death’ Screenshot/2023

Hawaiʻi’s Ombudsman: ‘We Don’t Have Teeth, But We Can Gum Them To Death’

For decades, one of the state’s main agencies to help the public has been understaffed and lacking in authority.

I Fought For Democracy Abroad. I Never Thought I’d Be Fighting For It Here Getty Images

I Fought For Democracy Abroad. I Never Thought I’d Be Fighting For It Here

I served because I believed America stood for something greater than brute force or personal gain.