Short takes, outtakes, observations and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.

The veteran GOP lawmaker thinks the one-party dominance of Democrats is a hindrance to efforts to bring more transparency to the Legislature.

Short takes, outtakes, observations and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.

Short takes, outtakes, observations and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.

The military regularly fails to share what are supposed to be public records.

The Big Island lawmaker leads the committee tasked with tackling a slew of government reform proposals.

The Senate has committed to livestreaming hearings while the House looks to clarify conflicts of interest for its members.

A "compromise" proposal months in the making gets swept away without even a committee vote.

Too bad it took a bribery scandal that ensnared two of their former colleagues.

Now that committee hearings are live streamed and archived on YouTube, gutsy questions that lawmakers struggle to answer can be shared with thousands of viewers.