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Danny De Gracia: I Have Long Covid. Society Isn’t Ready To Deal With Millions Like Me Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Danny De Gracia: I Have Long Covid. Society Isn’t Ready To Deal With Millions Like Me

Getting back to work regularly, months after a mild case of Covid, has been the most painful and challenging experience of my life.

Kauai’s Homeless Deserve To Be Heard On Housing Policy Ku鈥榰 Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2022

Kauai’s Homeless Deserve To Be Heard On Housing Policy

State senators are urged to hear a bill to increase the sales tax on multimillion dollar homes statewide.

John Pritchett: A Crying Shame John Pritchett/Civil Beat/2023

John Pritchett: A Crying Shame

Spiking property tax assessments in the City and County of Honolulu are driving up rental costs and freaking out homeowners.

Beth Fukumoto: Politics Has Made Me More Passionate About Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Beth Fukumoto: Politics Has Made Me More Passionate About Hawaii

There are other ways to help bring about positive change besides being an elected official.

Chad Blair: Legislature Finally Seems To Get It On Session Fundraising David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Chad Blair: Legislature Finally Seems To Get It On Session Fundraising

Too bad it took a bribery scandal that ensnared two of their former colleagues.

Danny De Gracia: Want To Make The Legislature Better? Show Up And Push Back Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Danny De Gracia: Want To Make The Legislature Better? Show Up And Push Back

Now that committee hearings are live streamed and archived on YouTube, gutsy questions that lawmakers struggle to answer can be shared with thousands of viewers.

Catherine Toth Fox: Hawaii Doesn’t Need A New Stadium. It Needs A Better Plan Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Catherine Toth Fox: Hawaii Doesn’t Need A New Stadium. It Needs A Better Plan

I have fond memories of Aloha Stadium, but a multipurpose concert venue may be a better use of space.

Neal Milner: Don’t Mistake Incompetence For Corruption Anita Hofschneider/Civil Beat/2021

Neal Milner: Don’t Mistake Incompetence For Corruption

Good government is about government that knows how to do things right and does the things it promises.

If You Care About Ethics Reform, You Better Speak Up Blaze Lovell/Civil Beat/2023

If You Care About Ethics Reform, You Better Speak Up

Hawaii lawmakers need to hear from the public on hundreds of bills intended to restore the public鈥檚 trust on government. 

Rep. Natalia Hussey-Burdick: How To Reform Government Without Even Passing New Laws David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Rep. Natalia Hussey-Burdick: How To Reform Government Without Even Passing New Laws

A veteran staffer turned lawmaker, this Kailua legislator points out how the Legislature could be more transparent in so many ways.