March 2025
Tuesday, March 11Not So Public: Why Does UH’s New President Need A $250,000 Adviser?
January 2021
Friday, January 29Civil Beat Sues Honolulu Police To Make Officer Overtime Data Public
May 2020
Friday, May 1Information Lockdown At Hawaii Labor Department Stymies Coronavirus Stories
March 2020
Wednesday, March 4Honolulu Agrees To Post Financial Disclosures Online
Monday, March 2Honolulu Ethics Commission Scrubs Financial Disclosures From Website
March 2019
Thursday, March 14Names, Ranks And Salaries Of Honolulu Cops Are Still Secret
January 2019
Wednesday, January 16Education Officials Are Keeping Teacher Misconduct A Secret
June 2017
Tuesday, June 20How HART Tried — And Failed — To Keep Rail Records Secret
December 2016
Thursday, December 8State Hides Work History Of Former Cop Charged With Sex Assault
October 2016
Monday, October 31Hawaii Prison Officials Say It Will Cost $23,000 For Public Records
September 2016
Thursday, September 29What Happens When A Cop Goes On Desk Duty?
May 2016
Monday, May 9What’s The Honolulu Board of Water Supply Trying To Hide?
April 2016
Tuesday, April 19Not So Public: Hey DLNR, We’re Still Waiting For That Info On Commercial Tours
Tuesday, April 5Why Was Ethics Director Suspended? Report Offers Few Details
April 2013
Friday, April 12Not So Public: Hawaii Withholds Prison Death Records, Gets Sued
July 2012
Wednesday, July 11Not So Public: Open Records Agency Takes Up Our Appeal, 1 Year Later
March 2012
Monday, March 19Not So Public: Recipients of Hawaii Film Tax Credits Under Wraps
Wednesday, March 7Not So Public: When Emails Brought Down Hawaii Official
February 2012
Saturday, February 18Not So Public: Auditor Stonewalled On Prison Job
Tuesday, February 14Not So Public: Hawaii Agency Wants $123,000 To Review Records
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023
Convicted Hawaiʻi Lawmaker’s Emails Were Deleted When He Left Office
Civil Beat requested emails ex-Rep. Ty Cullen and Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke exchanged with a lobbyist. Requests were denied because the accounts were deleted.
Department of Planning and Permitting/2025
A Fight During Work Hours Wasn’t Enough To Get This City Inspector Fired
Honolulu hired Bryan Porcello despite at least eight convictions, and only fired him after his arrest for allegedly bailing a woman out of jail for sex. Heavily blacked-out documents make it difficult to see what was the last straw for the city.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Not So Public: City Officials Mum On HPD Chief Request For Extra Cash
Soon-to-be retired Honolulu Police Chief Joe Logan says he wants to be paid for two more years to cover retiring sooner than he’d anticipated.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021
Not So Public: Why Does UH’s New President Need A $250,000 Adviser?
Kim Siegenthaler has previous ties to President Wendy Hensel.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020
Civil Beat Sues Honolulu Police To Make Officer Overtime Data Public
HPD has refused to hand over information that is routinely shared in other cities.
Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020
Information Lockdown At Hawaii Labor Department Stymies Coronavirus Stories
Civil Beat tried to pursue stories about workers in unsafe conditions or denied workers’ compensation claims, but the state labor department says it’s too busy to answer questions.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Honolulu Agrees To Post Financial Disclosures Online
The city decided to make the forms more easily available following a Civil Beat report earlier this week.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016
Honolulu Ethics Commission Scrubs Financial Disclosures From Website
The records are now only available for inspection at Honolulu Hale and officials are charging for copies — even if that’s just taking photos with your phone.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2013
Names, Ranks And Salaries Of Honolulu Cops Are Still Secret
Legal challenges from Hawaii’s police union have prevented the public release of the identities of almost 2,000 sworn officers.