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The Sunshine Blog: Reform Bills Head To Gov, And Carrots And Sticks For Counties Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

The Sunshine Blog: Reform Bills Head To Gov, And Carrots And Sticks For Counties

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

Want To Find Out More About Your Legislator? Don’t Bother With The Legislature’s Website Blaze Lovell/Civil Beat/2023

Want To Find Out More About Your Legislator? Don’t Bother With The Legislature’s Website

The Legislature’s staff and tech people are working to keep legislative action and information up to date. Too bad lawmakers aren’t doing their part.

Danny De Gracia: Political Sunshine Can Put An End To Backroom Deals And Good Old Boys

Danny De Gracia: Political Sunshine Can Put An End To Backroom Deals And Good Old Boys

Sometimes only an outside perspective can purge an entrenched culture of corruption.

Jonathan Okamura: Micronesians Are The Most Denigrated Group In Hawaii. We Need To Be More Concerned Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Jonathan Okamura: Micronesians Are The Most Denigrated Group In Hawaii. We Need To Be More Concerned

Hawaii schools in particular need to do more to stop discrimination and bullying in on campus.

John Pritchett: Sweet Deal John Pritchett/Civil Beat/2023

John Pritchett: Sweet Deal

A city commission appointed by elected officials is proposing big salary increases for some of those very same elected officials.

The Sunshine Blog: Reform Momentum Continues, Reining In Pay To Play, Gifts That Keep On Giving Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

The Sunshine Blog: Reform Momentum Continues, Reining In Pay To Play, Gifts That Keep On Giving

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

Denby Fawcett: Queen Liliuokalani’s Royal Standard Will Be Returned To Hawaii Thanks To A $60,000 Deal Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Denby Fawcett: Queen Liliuokalani’s Royal Standard Will Be Returned To Hawaii Thanks To A $60,000 Deal

Hawaii’s state archivist will bring the flag home and documents of the man who led the military forces to dethrone the queen.

More Data Needed To Help Reduce Cancer Disparities UH Cancer Center

More Data Needed To Help Reduce Cancer Disparities

House Bill 1301 would fund a study that focuses on Native Hawaiians, other Pacific Islanders and Asian communities in Hawaii.

The Sunshine Blog: Roasting Ige And What One Committee Takes Away, Another Puts Back David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

The Sunshine Blog: Roasting Ige And What One Committee Takes Away, Another Puts Back

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

Catherine Toth Fox: Child Care Workers Are Worth More Than $13 An Hour Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Catherine Toth Fox: Child Care Workers Are Worth More Than $13 An Hour

We need to fix the leaking bucket of child care workers before we talk more about the teacher pipeline.