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Beth Fukumoto: Public Officials Aren’t The Only Ones Under Threat From Bullying Getty Images/iStockphoto

Beth Fukumoto: Public Officials Aren’t The Only Ones Under Threat From Bullying

Misinformation combined with harassment is designed to make people disengage.

Matthew Leonard: The End Of Pandemic Assistance Hit Households Hard Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Matthew Leonard: The End Of Pandemic Assistance Hit Households Hard

Financially precarious families still face the end of expanded federal child care funding and medical coverage.

The Sunshine Blog: Trump On The Ballot Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

The Sunshine Blog: Trump On The Ballot

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

Want Water Security And Resiliency? Collaborative Land Management Works Best Courtesy Kohala Watershed Partnership]

Want Water Security And Resiliency? Collaborative Land Management Works Best

Our watershed forests are experiencing multiple threats that are literally eroding their capacity to absorb water.

Naka Nathaniel: The Most Important Question To Ask Right Now About The Maui Fires David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Naka Nathaniel: The Most Important Question To Ask Right Now About The Maui Fires

Is that an assumption or knowledge? Confronting misinformation can aid in healing.

Remembering Gerald Hagino And His Unique Vision For Hawaii Courtesy Hagino Family

Remembering Gerald Hagino And His Unique Vision For Hawaii

The former state lawmaker had a major influence as a delegate to the 1978 Constitutional Convention.

Denby Fawcett: This Oahu Farm Found A Way To Use Trees Cut To Make Way聽For Rail Courtesy: Hanakehau Learning Farm

Denby Fawcett: This Oahu Farm Found A Way To Use Trees Cut To Make Way聽For Rail

But only a few have been repurposed. More than 600 have been cut up into green waste.

The Sunshine Blog: Another GOP Star Shines Over Lahaina Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

The Sunshine Blog: Another GOP Star Shines Over Lahaina

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

Beth Fukumoto: When Good People Are Driven Out Only Bad People Will Be Left David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Beth Fukumoto: When Good People Are Driven Out Only Bad People Will Be Left

Don’t let what happened to Nani Medeiros happen to others who are trying, in their own way, to make Hawaii a better place.

The Actions Of Hawaii鈥檚 Youth Will Determine Its Future Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

The Actions Of Hawaii鈥檚 Youth Will Determine Its Future

They can start by volunteering to do work in the community, or partner with a nonprofit to start an event.