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Nicole Lowen

Campaign Reform Is Forcing Lawmakers To Raise More Cash In Non-Election Years April Estrellon/Civil Beat/2025

Campaign Reform Is Forcing Lawmakers To Raise More Cash In Non-Election Years

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Joint fundraisers in odd-numbered years are more prevalent than they used to be.

Hawaiʻi Wants More Geothermal Power Plants But Doesn’t Yet Know Where Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Hawaiʻi Wants More Geothermal Power Plants But Doesn’t Yet Know Where

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The state must spend millions to see if more electricity can be produced using heat deep under the earth. And it will have to convince residents to support such an effort.

Environment: Bolder Action Needed To Protect Hawaiʻi’s Environment Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022

Environment: Bolder Action Needed To Protect Hawaiʻi’s Environment

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Legislators passed a historic new green fee. They also kicked some of Hawaiʻi’s most daunting environmental challenges down the road.