Let The Sunshine In

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The Sunshine Blog: Healing America, One Candidate At A Time David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022

The Sunshine Blog: Healing America, One Candidate At A Time

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.

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.

The Sunshine Blog: Now’s Your Chance To Fix Honolulu Government. Don’t Miss It Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

The Sunshine Blog: Now’s Your Chance To Fix Honolulu Government. Don’t Miss It

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.

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.

How The FBI Interfered In The Legislature And Let A Dirty Lawmaker Get Reelected Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

How The FBI Interfered In The Legislature And Let A Dirty Lawmaker Get Reelected

A new legal filing makes a compelling argument for why the public needs to be able to scrutinize federal law enforcement investigations.

The Sunshine Blog: Dela Cruz Is Still Dodging Conflict Of Interest Question Will Caron/Civil Beat/2025

The Sunshine Blog: Dela Cruz Is Still Dodging Conflict Of Interest Question

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.

House’s New Money Man Talks About His Hopes For Changing The Legislature Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

House’s New Money Man Talks About His Hopes For Changing The Legislature

Rep. Chris Todd thinks too many bills in past sessions have been referred to the Finance Committee he now chairs.