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Healthy Soils Make For A Healthier People Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Healthy Soils Make For A Healthier People

Senate Bill 2110 will expand the work of the state’s Carbon Smart pilot program to help with ecosystem and agroecology recovery.

AARP Hawai‘i Urges Support For Modest Tax Break For Caregivers AARP Hawaiʻi

AARP Hawai‘i Urges Support For Modest Tax Break For Caregivers

Several bills still alive at the Legislature would provide support to family caregivers.

Now Is The Time To Scuttle The Jones Act Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Now Is The Time To Scuttle The Jones Act

The reality for everyone in Hawaiʻi is this shipping law stifles competition and inflates prices.

The Sunshine Blog: What About No Gut-And-Replace Is So Hard To Understand? Screenshot/2026

The Sunshine Blog: What About No Gut-And-Replace Is So Hard To Understand?

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.

Lee Cataluna: Why People Were Waiting In Lines Across The State This Week Photo by Bart Asato

Lee Cataluna: Why People Were Waiting In Lines Across The State This Week

In an era where so many basic things are unaffordable for the most frustrating, unfair reasons, this bit of Hawaiʻi exclusivity is still obtainable by the middle class.

Beth Fukumoto: There Are Creative Ways To Get More Voter Centers This Year David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Beth Fukumoto: There Are Creative Ways To Get More Voter Centers This Year

The Legislature killed bills that would have funded more voter centers but we can increase in-person capacity before August without legislative action.

Will Caron: ICE Breaker Will Caron/Civil Beat/2026

Will Caron: ICE Breaker

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

The Hawaiʻi Legislature’s Biggest Travelers Léo Azambuja/Civil Beat/2024

The Hawaiʻi Legislature’s Biggest Travelers

Island lawmakers travel near and far, often on the taxpayer’s dime. Data shows who went where.

Hawaiʻi’s Hemp Crackdown And The Illusion Of Public Safety Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiʻi’s Hemp Crackdown And The Illusion Of Public Safety

The state has adopted a “total THC” interpretation that effectively criminalizes certain hemp-derived products.

Neal Milner: Social Media, Tradwives And The Manosphere Getty Images/iStockphoto

Neal Milner: Social Media, Tradwives And The Manosphere

Gender roles are a cultural issue, not just a political one. And Republicans, not Democrats are winning the culture.