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For dozens of nonpartisan races, Hawaii officials should calculate vote totals and post clear data on the winners and losers instead of leaving voters to figure it out.

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Please, Office Of Elections, Do The Math For Us On Primary Night

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Essays

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Here's An Easy Way To Help Watchdog Government. Tell Gov. Ige Not To Blow It

By Civil Beat Editorial Board · June 12, 2022 · 6 min read

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Don’t Let The Proposed Honolulu Police Ballot Questions Die

By Civil Beat Editorial Board · May 29, 2022 · 7 min read

Hawaii’s System Of Public Funding For Elections Doesn’t Work

It’s time to consider full public funding, super-match programs and citizen vouchers.

By Colin Moore · July 10, 2022 · 5 min read

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Legislature Erred In Letting Police-Involved Fatality Review Panel Expire

By Civil Beat Editorial Board · June 5, 2022 · 5 min read

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It’s Time To Scrap Voting ‘Yes With Reservations’ At The Legislature

By Civil Beat Editorial Board · June 19, 2022 · 5 min read

Columns

Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Danny De Gracia: Talk To Your Kids About Current Events — No Matter How Grim

August 8, 2022 · 5 min read

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Danny De Gracia: Why I'm Worried About Oahu's Future

August 1, 2022 · 6 min read

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Danny De Gracia: Take A Deep Breath And Consider All The Angles Before Voting

July 25, 2022 · 5 min read

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Danny De Gracia: The Public Should Demand A Desalination Plant For Oahu

July 18, 2022 · 5 min read

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Chad Blair: Lawmakers Don't Seem Interested In Doing Anything About Corruption

August 7, 2022 · 7 min read

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Chad Blair: Mud-Slinging In Hawaii’s Primary Is Getting Ugly

July 31, 2022 · 7 min read

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Chad Blair: Why Hawaii Voters Should Know Exactly Who They Are Voting For

July 13, 2022 · 8 min read

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Chad Blair: 4 Top Dems Are In A Close Race For Hawaii Lt. Gov.

June 22, 2022 · 6 min read

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Catherine Toth Fox: Feeling Grateful? Send A Handwritten Thank You Note

August 5, 2022 · 5 min read

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Catherine Toth Fox: Instagram Is Having An Identity Crisis. I'm Over It

July 29, 2022 · 5 min read

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Catherine Toth Fox: It's Time To Embrace Tilapia Despite Its Stigma In Hawaii

July 22, 2022 · 5 min read

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Catherine Toth Fox: Why We Can't Quit Social Media

July 3, 2022 · 6 min read

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Lee Cataluna: Attack Ads Are Hurting More Than Just Their Political Targets

August 4, 2022 · 5 min read

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Lee Cataluna: So Much For HPD's Fresh Start With A New Chief

May 31, 2022 · 5 min read

Lee Cataluna: This New Website Provides A Toolkit For Activism

May 22, 2022 · 4 min read

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Lee Cataluna: The State's Manini Tax Break Could Have Fixed Some Real Problems

May 18, 2022 · 4 min read

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Neal Milner: Can Hawaii Remain A 1980s Oasis In A Modern Political World?

August 4, 2022 · 7 min read

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Neal Milner: Debates Are Rarely Game-Changers. Why Do We Still Have Them?

July 21, 2022 · 7 min read

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Neal Milner: Old Brains Can Have New Memories. They Just Shouldn't Talk So Much

July 14, 2022 · 7 min read

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Neal Milner: The Ways Governments Disempower People And How They Resist

June 30, 2022 · 7 min read

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Denby Fawcett: Some People Have Never Had Covid. Scientists Want to Know Why

August 2, 2022 · 7 min read

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Denby Fawcett: Hawaii Political Campaigns Have Lost All The Fun And Excitement

July 26, 2022 · 7 min read

Denby Fawcett: Many Hawaii Celebrities Are First-Time Candidates For Political Office

July 19, 2022 · 10 min read

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Denby Fawcett: The Lonely Backgrounds That Trigger Mass Shooters

July 12, 2022 · 7 min read

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Eric Stinton: A Boxing Club For Troubled Youth Gets New Life In Kalihi

July 28, 2022 · 6 min read

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Eric Stinton: Kids And Teachers Love Summer Vacation, But Does It Make Sense?

July 1, 2022 · 7 min read

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Eric Stinton: 'Failing' Schools Make An Easy Political Target But The Reality Is Far More Complex

May 2, 2022 · 7 min read

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Eric Stinton: There Are Many Reasons To Get Involved In Your Kid's School

April 26, 2022 · 6 min read

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Sally Kaye: How Secure Are Hawaii's Abortion Laws?

June 27, 2022 · 6 min read

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Sally Kaye: Abortion Options Remain On The Internet — For Now

June 16, 2022 · 6 min read

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Sally Kaye: Gov. Ige Should Veto SB 2510 - It’s An Embarrassment

May 30, 2022 · 6 min read

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Sally Kaye: Why Is Maui County Messing Around With Manini Word Changes To the County Code?

May 16, 2022 · 5 min read

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Editorials and Interviews

Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022

The Civil Beat Editorial Board Interview: Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi

August 7, 2022 · 35 min read

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Ige’s Rationale To Veto The Public Records Bill Doesn’t Pass The Smell Test

July 3, 2022 · 6 min read

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The Civil Beat Editorial Board Interview: SHOPO's Robert Cavaco And Stephen Keogh

July 3, 2022 · 31 min read

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The Civil Beat Editorial Board Interview: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa

June 26, 2022 · 11 min read

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The Civil Beat Editorial Board Interview: LUC Chair Jonathan Likeke Scheuer

June 19, 2022 · 25 min read

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It’s Time To Scrap Voting ‘Yes With Reservations’ At The Legislature

June 19, 2022 · 5 min read

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Political Cartoons

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John Pritchett: Smear Campaign

By John Pritchett · August 7, 2022

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John Pritchett: Neverland

By John Pritchett · July 31, 2022

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John Pritchett: Duking It Out

By John Pritchett · July 24, 2022

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Videos

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IDEAS Live: How Can We Improve Hawaii's Ocean Waters

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IDEAS Live: Should UH Offer A Criminal Justice Degree?

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IDEAS Live: Power To The People

Community Voices

Suevon Lee/Civil Beat/2017

More To Be Done To Meet Needs Of Hawaii’s Youngest

It is critical that our next governor supports early childhood development.

By Megan McCorriston, Alice Luck · August 8, 2022 · 4 min read

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Why Speaker Nancy Pelosi Should Go To Taiwan

By Gene Ward · August 1, 2022 · 4 min read

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Hawaii Youth Need Adult Help In Learning To Ride Bikes

By Brian Canevari · July 29, 2022 · 5 min read

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Hawaii Gov. David Ige’s Empty Promises On Government Accountability

By Brian Black, Stephanie Frisinger · July 20, 2022 · 6 min read

Does Our State Government Have Too Many Boxes?

By Victoria Fan · July 15, 2022 · 5 min read

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