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Angry Over Island Traffic Jams? Let’s Talk About Solutions Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Angry Over Island Traffic Jams? Let’s Talk About Solutions

A major shift needs to be made away from personal cars as the primary mode of transportation.

Neal Milner: Those Who Choose To Leave Hawaii Don’t Have The Luxury Of Waiting For Policy Fixes Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Neal Milner: Those Who Choose To Leave Hawaii Don’t Have The Luxury Of Waiting For Policy Fixes

When your kids are growing up and grandparents are going from caregivers to care needers, affordable housing means affordable now.

Electric Utility Securitization Decision Hinges On How Funds Are Spent Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Electric Utility Securitization Decision Hinges On How Funds Are Spent

But it should be used to lower the cost to customers for essential investments, not shift liability from the utility.

Naka Nathaniel: Where To Find Hope In Hawaii Naka Nathaniel/Civil Beat/2024

Naka Nathaniel: Where To Find Hope In Hawaii

How do we keep the sadness of dying away from one’s homeland from befalling this generation of children?

Beth Fukumoto: 3 Things The Hawaii Legislature Should Do To Increase Competitive Elections Getty Images

Beth Fukumoto: 3 Things The Hawaii Legislature Should Do To Increase Competitive Elections

Ranked choice voting, more accurate voter rolls and public financing of campaigns are easily doable this session if the political will is there.

The Sunshine Blog: Donna Mercado Kim Meets UH Regents. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

The Sunshine Blog: Donna Mercado Kim Meets UH Regents. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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

St. Francis School In Manoa Should Be Declared A Historic Property Provided

St. Francis School In Manoa Should Be Declared A Historic Property

The campus can be restored and preserved in perpetuity rather than be destroyed for yet another for-profit development.

The Sunshine Blog: Tulsi Gabbard Takes Her Rightward Journey To New Level Cory Lum/Civil Beat

The Sunshine Blog: Tulsi Gabbard Takes Her Rightward Journey To New Level

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

Gun Lobbyists Like The NRA Are Lying To Hawaii Lawmakers David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Gun Lobbyists Like The NRA Are Lying To Hawaii Lawmakers

A proposed state Senate bill would — and should — close the assault rifle loophole.

Danny De Gracia: Want To ‘Help The Keiki’? Then Get Serious About Fixing Things Now Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Danny De Gracia: Want To ‘Help The Keiki’? Then Get Serious About Fixing Things Now

If you’re comfortable with how you’re doing with the status quo, you may be part of the problem.