Civil Beat was at the Capitol on Thursday for , a panel discussion on how good government bills are faring in the legislative session.

Panelists included state Sen. Maile Shimabukuro, Common Cause Executive Director Carmille Lim, and the League of Women Voters’ Janet Mason. The discussion was moderated by Chad Blair of Civil Beat.

Panel members, from left, Sen. Maile Shimabukuro, Janet Mason from the League of Women Voters and Carmille Lim of Common Cause Hawaii. Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Sen. Russell Ruderman, who was sitting in the audience, joined midway to talk about his term limit bill, which was killed聽earlier this month.

Panelists also discussed low voter turnout, campaign finance reform and the practice of legislators聽sharing their campaign funds with other politicians.

The YouTube audio may not be as good, Try our Facebook livestream video for a little better quality sound.

Our #CivilCafe panel discussion on good government bills at the Hawaii Legislature.

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