The ruling says that the city of Honolulu — as well as many other government agencies — have withheld public records for decades using an excuse that doesn’t exist in state law.

President Trump’s sustained attacks on the media represent a danger to a free press and democracy itself.

Journalism awards for Hawaii media were announced at the annual SPJ banquet Friday night.

Civil Beat took readers on a visual journey through one of the most remote parts of the planet.

“Faith Betrayed” won an APME award for international perspective reporting, while a Civil Beat investigative project won an honorable mention.

We have two new full-time reporters and Nick Grube has moved to Washington, D.C., to staff our full-time bureau there.

Civil Beat gets more than 200,000 unique visitors every month. Yet fewer than 100 participate regularly in the comments at the bottom of stories.

Our new news literacy section aims to help you find news sources you can rely on by bringing you inside the news business — beginning with us.

The new Talk platform is very easy to use. But first you’ll need to create a new account.

We’re expanding our coverage of education and schools in Hawaii, thanks to a grant from the Chamberlin Family Foundation.

The islands’ biggest media outlet has been a conspicuous no show in the Society of Professional Journalists’ annual competition.