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We need our political leaders — looking at you, Josh Green, and you, Rick Blangiardi — to do what regular citizens have no power to stop.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaiʻi.

Covid-19 closures inspired a huge improvement in public access with livestreaming, video archiving and remote testimony.

Public financing of campaigns will be on the legislative agenda again this session along with pay-to-play practices and tweaks to the Sunshine Law. But as usual, the outlook is murky.