Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Hawaiʻi Law Is Diverting Mentally Ill From Jail — But Not Getting Them Help
The goal was to get help faster to non-violent offenders with mental illness. Instead, they are showing up again and again at the state hospital.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Former Secretary Pleads Not Guilty To Making Illegal Political Donations
Terri Ann Otani was ordered to have no contact with the family members whose names she allegedly used.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Hawaiʻi Is Turning To Charters To Expand Free Preschool Options
Backers say charter preschools can encourage more teachers to work in early education if the state increases their funding.
(Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025)
How Do Hawaiʻi Residents Handle The Heat? Here’s What You Told Us
Rising temperatures have Hawaiʻi residents searching for solutions in a state where nearly half of us don’t have A/C.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021
Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Puts Guardrails On Governors’ Executive Powers
The current proclamations Gov. Josh Green enacted to address Hawaiʻi’s affordable housing shortage will remain intact, the high court said.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Surge In Inmate Suicides Take Toll On Hawaiʻi Taxpayers, Too
Six legal claims are pending over people who killed themselves behind bars, with more to come.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
Honolulu Immigrant Tracked Via Money Transfers Sentenced, Turned Over To ICE
The Mexican citizen had pleaded guilty and was convicted of illegally reentering the United States.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Hawaiʻi Report Describes ‘Atrocious’ Conditions For Mentally Ill Inmates
Psychiatrists who inspected state facilities cited problems ranging from overuse of pepper spray to intentionally harsh conditions on suicide watch.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
Achievement Gap in STEM Widens Between Girls and Boys in Hawaiʻi Schools
The pandemic erased years of progress in erasing the performance difference between boys and girls nationally — and in Hawaiʻi.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Red Hill Workers Plead Not Guilty Of Covering Up Fuel Leak
One of the defense attorneys said his client may be a scapegoat for those truly responsible.