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What’s behind the work we do at Civil Beat?

Questions.

Is what the public is being told true? Why are things the way they are? What’s happened since promises were made? And more.

We’re asking questions all the time. One of the most basic is, “What’s going on that people would care about?” The hottest answer to that question this week was included in a blog item by Land reporter Sophie Cocke. Sophie reported on .

All our reporters have blogs where you can follow what’s interesting and important on the beats they cover. I’ve provided the links at the bottom of this article.

We also have a main blog produced by the editing team here at Civil Beat. We call it “.” You’ll find it at the top of the home page in the navigation bar as “Live.” You’ll also find the five most recent headlines from “The Beat” on our home page, under the label “CB Live.” We call it live because it is live. It’s the place where you’ll find us providing timely accounts of Hawaii news and opinion that matters as the day develops.

Our blogs are an important addition. We hope you find them to be useful guides to what’s going on from somebody you come to feel is an informed friend.

But our in-depth stories remain the core of our work. Here are 10 examples of stories driven by questions, must-read stories from this week.

• Think Hawaii’s Tough on Ethics? Try Iowa
• Was Rejected Contract’s Performance Pay Really Performance Pay?
• Can Honolulu Council Members Talk in Private About Proposed Laws?
• One Year Later – 2011 State of the State Scorecard
• FACT CHECK — Abercrombie: Hawaii In The Hands of Singapore Oil Speculators
• FACT CHECK — Abercrombie: ‘Not A Single Thing We Did Not Do To Try To Accommodate Teachers’
• Taken For A Ride: Roberts Hawaii’s Very Own Race to the Top of School Bus Biz
• Over Past 10 Years, Hawaii Pension Investments At Bottom of Pack
• Emergency Rail Plan: Taxpayers Have Our Back
• Off The Beat: Hawaii Doesn’t Need Big Brother

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