Reporters should not be forced to reveal sources or turn over notes on a story. A state court judge agrees.

Our intrepid reporter learned a lot about what it’s like to shoot a person and be shot at in an enlightening session put on by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Political connections are starting to be more of an issue as election season heats up.

Civil Beat’s original lawsuit seeking police disciplinary files has finally come to an end.

It’s inevitable: Journalists make mistakes. The question is what to do about them.

Experts agree that tracking trends is more useful than focusing on daily infection counts.

There’s a lot more information available about COVID-19 cases, but people still want to know how many people in the state are testing positive each day for the virus.

Gov. David Ige gutted the state’s public records law in the name of the coronavirus. Now it’s the norm for government agencies to ignore requests for information.

Secrecy has long masked serious incidents of misconduct and outright corruption within the ranks of the Honolulu Police Department.