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Everyone Wants To Think They’re Open-Minded. Here’s Why Most People Aren’t Getty Images/iStock.com

Everyone Wants To Think They’re Open-Minded. Here’s Why Most People Aren’t

It’s unsettling to admit that our core beliefs about how the world works may be wrong.

More Bureaucracy Is Not The Answer To A Struggling Economy Stewart Yerton/Civil Beat/2025

More Bureaucracy Is Not The Answer To A Struggling Economy

Hawaiʻi is now at the very bottom when it comes to business rankings. Here’s what to do about that.

The Sunshine Blog: Get Ready, Honolulu Voters, 20 Questions Coming Your Way Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

The Sunshine Blog: Get Ready, Honolulu Voters, 20 Questions Coming Your Way

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

Big Money In Hawaiʻi Politics — The Carpenters Union Is Crushing Everyone Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Big Money In Hawaiʻi Politics — The Carpenters Union Is Crushing Everyone

Other political action committees are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on candidates, too, but their financial efforts fall far short of the Carpenters Union.

A Community Activist Takes On Donna Kim In Kalihi Chad Blair/Civil Beat/2026

A Community Activist Takes On Donna Kim In Kalihi

Christy MacPherson is canvassing aggressively to defeat the longtime influential state senator. Top labor unions are helping both.

A Stunning Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Opinion Was The Right Thing To Do Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

A Stunning Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Opinion Was The Right Thing To Do

A sitting judge putting his own reputation and his court’s credibility on the line to publicly challenge the nation’s highest court is a big deal.

The Sunshine Blog: So What Happened To The Paper Bag? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

The Sunshine Blog: So What Happened To The Paper Bag?

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

Time To End Hawaiʻi’s ‘Shotgun Marriages’ For Governor And Lt. Governor
 Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2022

Time To End Hawaiʻi’s ‘Shotgun Marriages’ For Governor And Lt. Governor


For the good of our governance, this is a system we need to leave in the past.

Contrasting Campaign Styles Mark Race For 1st Congressional District Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Contrasting Campaign Styles Mark Race For 1st Congressional District

Incumbent Ed Case steadily emphasizes his job in Congress as Jarrett Keohokalole actively tries to generate buzz to pull off an upset.

The Sunshine Blog: PRP And The Power Of Incumbency Are Helping Tommy Waters Christina Jedra/Civil Beat/2026

The Sunshine Blog: PRP And The Power Of Incumbency Are Helping Tommy Waters

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