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Hawaiʻi Must Build Smarter After The Floods — With Trees As Infrastructure Erin Nolan/Civil Beat/2026

Hawaiʻi Must Build Smarter After The Floods — With Trees As Infrastructure

Many natural systems have been replaced with hard, impermeable surfaces that shed water quickly. What is missing is absorption.

Hawaiʻi Should Stay On The Path To Clean Energy Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaiʻi Should Stay On The Path To Clean Energy

Hawaiʻi needs renewable fuels to transition away from oil. Killing the Renewable Energy Technologies Income Tax Credit would stall the industry.

UH Mānoa ASL Interpreter Training Program Needs Critical Funding Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

UH Mānoa ASL Interpreter Training Program Needs Critical Funding

The consequences of this shortage extend well beyond the classroom. A lack of qualified professionals in hospitals and courtrooms can be a matter of life and death.

We Should All Take This Immigration Proposal Seriously Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

We Should All Take This Immigration Proposal Seriously

Residents should know what local police are responsible for, what they are not responsible for, and what role different levels of government play.

Why Housing Affordability Progress Stalls Out In Hawaiʻi Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Why Housing Affordability Progress Stalls Out In Hawaiʻi

Legislation that acknowledges the problem has repeatedly failed. The evidence was clear. The political will was not.

The Honolulu Police Commission Chose The Right HPD Chief Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

The Honolulu Police Commission Chose The Right HPD Chief

Incoming Chief David Lazar clearly stated that under his leadership HPD will not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

Hawaiʻi Lantern Ceremony Is Antidote To Grief And Loss Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Lantern Ceremony Is Antidote To Grief And Loss

We are in desperate need of gatherings that acknowledge the relationships that we can no longer cultivate.

Cats, Birds And The Path Forward: A Response And An Invitation Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Cats, Birds And The Path Forward: A Response And An Invitation

The shared ground between wildlife and cat welfare advocates is broader than recent debates suggest.

Hawai’i’s Working Families Can’t Wait David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Hawai’i’s Working Families Can’t Wait

Housing, food and utilities should not be out of reach for someone who gets up every morning and goes to work – sometimes multiple jobs.

New Homes — Even Expensive Ones — Help Everyone Chad Blair/Civil Beat/2026

New Homes — Even Expensive Ones — Help Everyone

Lower-income residents benefit most from new housing, research shows.