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

After finding major discrepancies in how many Kauaʻi ballots were cast, a state commission is looking at the Big Island numbers.

Blaze Lovell’s story on pay-to-play politics was part of a New York Times series.

Alaska’s decades-old model redistributes wealth from gas and mineral revenues collected in the state.

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

Many lawmakers keep saying they support longer sessions. But it never happens.

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

One thing the public can do is petition leadership to investigate the $35,000 given by the FBI to a lawmaker during a federal corruption investigation.

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

Karl Rhoads worries that too many people are not paying close attention to the president’s “bleeding to death” of government.