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‘Cannot Happen Again’: Lawmaker Targets Doctors Who Impregnate Patients Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

‘Cannot Happen Again’: Lawmaker Targets Doctors Who Impregnate Patients

After learning a beloved North Shore gynecologist was accused of using his own sperm to inseminate patients without their consent, Rep. Amy Perruso is seeking to outlaw this behavior.

Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Are Full Of Ideas For Improving Schools. Few Will Pass Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Are Full Of Ideas For Improving Schools. Few Will Pass

Lawmakers are prioritizing free meals for students and stronger protections for school employees this session, but less than 10% of education bills become law each year.

Why Doesn’t The Hawaiʻi Legislature Have  An Electronic Voting System? Courtesy: CalMatters/Semantha Norris

Why Doesn’t The Hawaiʻi Legislature Have An Electronic Voting System?

Most states have them, and some lawmakers argue it would improve transparency and jolt some of their colleagues out of their complacency.

What’s Controversial? Teachers Grapple With Free Speech In Hawaiʻi Schools Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

What’s Controversial? Teachers Grapple With Free Speech In Hawaiʻi Schools

A parent’s complaint after a class conversation about Charlie Kirk highlights the larger challenges schools face in teaching government and current events.

Perfect Attendance To AWOL: Missed Votes At The Hawaiʻi Legislature David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Perfect Attendance To AWOL: Missed Votes At The Hawaiʻi Legislature

Civil Beat’s Digital Democracy database counts every missed vote during the 2025 session.

Hawaiʻi School Superintendents Could See Big Increases In Pay Ranges Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiʻi School Superintendents Could See Big Increases In Pay Ranges

A study found that the superintendents earn less than their counterparts on the mainland.

DOE Faces Big Funding Shortfall For School Repairs And Construction Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

DOE Faces Big Funding Shortfall For School Repairs And Construction

Lawmakers are wary about giving the education department more money and control over construction funds after leaders have struggled to spend millions of dollars in recent years.