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There’s One Big Flaw With The AG’s Track Record On Medicaid Fraud Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

There’s One Big Flaw With The AG’s Track Record On Medicaid Fraud

A single settlement with a dialysis company accounted for the lion’s share of funds recovered by Hawaiʻi’s fraud unit, now facing federal scrutiny.

After Kona Lows, Thousands Applied For Aid. Help Can’t Come Fast Enough Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

After Kona Lows, Thousands Applied For Aid. Help Can’t Come Fast Enough

Some property owners are paying out of pocket to make their homes livable while waiting for federal funds they hope will come through.

Hawaiʻi Immigrant Charged With Voting Illegally Amid Trump Crackdown David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Hawaiʻi Immigrant Charged With Voting Illegally Amid Trump Crackdown

The case is the first in at least 40 years in Hawaiʻi involving a noncitizen.

Longtime Hawaiʻi Immigration Judge Fired As Trump Purge Continues Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Longtime Hawaiʻi Immigration Judge Fired As Trump Purge Continues

As it pushes to move cases through courts faster, the Trump administration fired a local judge without explanation.

FBI Director’s Hawai‘i Trip Included ‘VIP Snorkel’ At A Pearl Harbor Memorial  AP Photo/Mengshin Lin

FBI Director’s Hawai‘i Trip Included ‘VIP Snorkel’ At A Pearl Harbor Memorial 

With few exceptions, snorkeling and diving are off-limits around the USS Arizona. A Navy spokesperson confirmed the outing but said the service wasn’t able to track down who initiated it.

Conservative Activists Take Aim At Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Conservative Activists Take Aim At Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship

A new lawsuit filed by a legal advocacy nonprofit says a 35-year-old federal scholarship program that brought Native Hawaiian doctors to the islands is unconstitutional.

Federal Disaster Declaration Approved For Hawaiʻi Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Federal Disaster Declaration Approved For Hawaiʻi

The state and counties were counting on federal funding to support flood cleanup efforts throughout the islands.

Will The Feds Help Hawaiʻi After The Floods? It’s Up To Trump AP

Will The Feds Help Hawaiʻi After The Floods? It’s Up To Trump

The president has denied and delayed requests for disaster aid from Democratic-led states. Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green hopes that won’t be the case.

ICE Concerns Spur Maui’s Move To Sever Ties With Feds Hawaii News Now/2020

ICE Concerns Spur Maui’s Move To Sever Ties With Feds

Worried about immigration actions across the nation, the Maui County Council voids longtime local partnership between its police and the FBI.

Iran War Puts Tulsi Gabbard, Regime Change Critic, In An Awkward Spot AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Iran War Puts Tulsi Gabbard, Regime Change Critic, In An Awkward Spot

The former Hawaiʻi congresswoman was an outspoken critic of U.S.-led regime change wars. Then she went to work for Trump.