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Civil Beat’s coverage this week featured a series that was the culmination of more than a year’s work.

Cops, Prostitutes and Pimps, a series on sex trafficking in Honolulu, was written by Assistant Editor Sara Lin based on reporting by Sara, Nanea Kalani and former reporter R.J. Brown.

The other major effort of the week was our coverage of the Hawaii Republican presidential caucuses, Civil Beat’s first major statewide reporting effort. We had more reporters fanned out across the state than any other Hawaii news organization. We had five reporters in locations on Oahu and one each on Maui, the Big Island and Kauai.

There’s a lot of reading in just those two series. But here are 10 more must-read stories from this week:

• Hawaii Candidates Play Chicken on Disclosing Their Tax Returns
• Romney Revealed His Tax Rate, But Hawaii Can’t Do Same For Its Residents
• Digging Hawaii’s Public Pension Fund Out of $8 Billion Hole Will Hurt
• How Are ‘Good Government’ Bills Faring at the Ledge?
• It’s Your Money: Hawaii Taxpayers Bitten by Butch the Wild Boar
• Taken for a Ride: Hawaii Lawmakers Still Plan To Cut School Bus Funding
• Lead, Mold Contaminate Honolulu Hale
• State: No Data On Cost Of Solar System Tax Credits
• Hawaii AG Search Reveals No ‘Hot’ Alexander Emails
• $100K+ To Fix Lead, Mold at Honolulu Hale