Kuʻu Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2019
Hawaii Governor Pulls Back Law Enforcement On Mauna Kea — For Now
Protesters of the Thirty Meter Telescope project are contemplating their next move in the face of a Dec. 26 deadline to either leave or risk arrest.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Neal Milner: Don’t Depersonalize The TMT Protests
A law enforcement approach to resolving the Mauna Kea standoff would be misguided.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
UH Regents Urge Nonviolent Solutions To Mauna Kea Standoff
The directive from the board offers little new in the way of resolving issues regarding Thirty Meter Telescope.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Where Hawaii Legislators Stand On The Thirty Meter Telescope
A majority of lawmakers surveyed by Civil Beat support construction of the telescope — but with a lot of caveats and uncertainty about how to proceed.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Big Island Mayor Calls For Restructuring Management On Mauna Kea
Harry Kim’s plan for resolving the TMT standoff makes few new promises, but offers Native Hawaiians a larger voice in determining the future of the mountain.
Blaze Lovell/Civil Beat/2019
Neal Milner: ‘Conventional Politics’ Offers No Solution On Mauna Kea
It’s likely too late for compromise. We now face two stark choices: force the protesters off the mountain or abandon building the telescope in Hawaii.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Denby Fawcett: Moving Forward As The Debate Over TMT Continues
UH President David Lassner tries to keep the university community from coming apart over Mauna Kea.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
AG Probes Office of Hawaiian Affairs Support of Mauna Kea Protest
The state attorney general sent the Office of Hawaiian Affairs a subpoena Thursday, but is unlikely to get any information that won’t already become public next week.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat
Fit To Print? State’s Mauna Kea Press Conferences Raise The Question Of What’s News
Government institutions have the inside scoop, but that doesn’t mean the media should always bite.
Big Island Prosecutor Won’t Handle TMT Arrests Because Of Son’s Job
Mitch Roth, whose son works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has sent the cases to the Hawaii attorney general’s office to avoid a conflict of interest.