Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
This Rich Hawaiʻi Super PAC Is Already Shaping A Key Statewide Election
Pacific Resource Partnership has become a major player in the state’s most important political races.
Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026
Lee Cataluna: Gov. Green Still Can’t Leave The State
By swapping an un-elected bureaucrat for scandal-tainted Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, Green has not solved the problem of leaving the leadership of the state to the political equivalent of a substitute teacher.
Will Caron/Civil Beat/2026
Will Caron: Tools Of The Trade
Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
Passing Bills Is One Thing. Implementing Them Is A Different Story
The Legislature does a poor job following up on what lawmakers want and whether it actually happens.
iStock/Suphanat Khumsap/2025
Hawaiʻi Can’t Afford To Wait For A Perfect Energy Solution
LNG has been shown to lower costs, improve grid flexibility and reduce emissions compared to the oil we currently burn.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
HMSA-HPH Merger Is Not A Solution To Hawaiʻi Health Care Problems
The first priority should be reducing practice costs with a much simpler, more transparent payment system.
Kalany Omengkar/Civil Beat/2023
Neal Milner: We Are All Victims Of The Sylvia Luke Mess
Her decision not to run for reelection doesn’t address the bigger problem — how inept the state is when it comes to corruption investigations.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Why Hawaiʻi Needs A ‘Clean Slate’ Law
They streamline existing criminal record clearance processes by automating them and expanding who is eligible.
Screenshot/2026
Did A Senate Committee’s Private Discussions Violate Hawaiʻi’s Constitution?
Ways and Means was voting publicly on the state budget before Committee Chair Donovan Dela Cruz suddenly ordered a recess. Why did he do that?
Denby Fawcett/Civil Beat/2026
Denby Fawcett: Hard Questions About Public Land Use In Kaimukī
Japanese kyudo archery only attracts a small number of users on Oʻahu but a new facility would take up considerable public space.