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Olin Lagon: No Hog Cheese (Courtesy: Olin Lagon)

Olin Lagon: No Hog Cheese

Scarcity is supposed to make people hoard. Somebody forgot to tell us. Mostly.

Denby Fawcett: No Pidgin Allowed In Hawaiʻi’s Once-Elite Public Schools Denby Fawcett/Civil Beat/2026

Denby Fawcett: No Pidgin Allowed In Hawaiʻi’s Once-Elite Public Schools

A new book explores the decades-long educational system that separated students based on how well they could speak English.

Jeta: What’s Left Of The Artists In Kakaʻako (Courtesy: Jeta Tang)

Jeta: What’s Left Of The Artists In Kakaʻako

How HART’s rail is displacing the creative community.

PAC Spending In Primary Shows That Money Talks

PAC Spending In Primary Shows That Money Talks

An analysis of primary election results shows that most of the candidates supported by political action committees won their races outright or will move on to the November general election.

Neal Milner: New Police Drones May Run Afoul Of Hawaiʻi Culture Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Neal Milner: New Police Drones May Run Afoul Of Hawaiʻi Culture

Hawaiʻi is all about personal relationships, even when it comes to cops.

Will Caron: A Definition Of Insanity Will Caron/Civil Beat/2026

Will Caron: A Definition Of Insanity

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

The Sunshine Blog: Bob McDermott’s Still In But Kanani Souza Is Out Screenshot/2026

The Sunshine Blog: Bob McDermott’s Still In But Kanani Souza Is Out

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

Olin Lagon: State Budget Is Not Hard To Understand. We Just Explain It Badly

Olin Lagon: State Budget Is Not Hard To Understand. We Just Explain It Badly

Hawaiʻi’s official budget “brief” runs 163 pages. Here is the whole $20.9 billion in two pictures.

Denby Fawcett: Understanding ‘The Odyssey’ In Territorial Hawaiʻi AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris

Denby Fawcett: Understanding ‘The Odyssey’ In Territorial Hawaiʻi

There were many similarities between ancient Greek and traditional Hawaiian cultures. In the 1950s, educators weren’t thinking that way.

Jeta: The Stories We Fight to Preserve (Courtesy: Lehuauakea)

Jeta: The Stories We Fight to Preserve

For one Hawaiian artist, reclaiming a buried identity began with learning the ancient art of kapa. The barkcloth opened a pathway that led back to their roots.