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Here’s How Honolulu’s Climate Office Is Tackling Food Waste Lauren Teruya/Civil Beat/2021

Here’s How Honolulu’s Climate Office Is Tackling Food Waste

The Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency has big plans for a small $90,000 grant, starting with a pilot project in Chinatown.

Kaiser Contract Negotiations Stall, Setting The Stage For A Strike Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Kaiser Contract Negotiations Stall, Setting The Stage For A Strike

Kaiser says its workers are overpaid but the union disagrees and opposes hiring workers at lower wages.

Kauai Homeowners Worry About ‘Black Slime’ Health Risks Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2021

Kauai Homeowners Worry About ‘Black Slime’ Health Risks

Residents say they feel trapped in new homes plagued by a mysterious water problem that they fear could be making them sick.

Federal Audit Finds Questionable Spending And Lax Oversight By Wespac Of Secretive Fisheries Fund Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Federal Audit Finds Questionable Spending And Lax Oversight By Wespac Of Secretive Fisheries Fund

Federal investigators questioned one out of every $6 the regional fishery council spent over the past decade and documented inappropriate procurement practices.

Josh Green Raises Money On Mainland For Hawaii Governor’s Race Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Josh Green Raises Money On Mainland For Hawaii Governor’s Race

His absence leaves Hawaii Attorney General Clare Connors to fill in as acting governor while Gov. David Ige is in Scotland.

Former Kauai Councilman Pleads Guilty To Leading Meth Ring Kauai County

Former Kauai Councilman Pleads Guilty To Leading Meth Ring

Brun changed his plea as part of an agreement with prosecutors. A judge must approve the deal for it to move forward.

In Hawaii, Punishment For Bad Cops Often Doesn’t Stick. Here’s Why Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

In Hawaii, Punishment For Bad Cops Often Doesn’t Stick. Here’s Why

A Civil Beat investigation found that arbitrators in Hawaii overturn a police chief’s decision to suspend or fire an officer nearly 65% of the time.

Whistleblower Says The Navy Gave False Testimony About Red Hill Fuel Facility U.S. Navy

Whistleblower Says The Navy Gave False Testimony About Red Hill Fuel Facility

A naval officer told the state health department that there are corrosion issues, including “holes in tanks,” that are being hidden from regulators.

Federal Funds Will Be A ‘Shot In The Arm’ For Hawaii’s Infrastructure Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Federal Funds Will Be A ‘Shot In The Arm’ For Hawaii’s Infrastructure

State transportation officials plan to focus on coastal highways vulnerable to erosion and sea level rise.

Feds Say Hawaiian Hoary Bats Aren’t Endangered Despite Unresolved Questions Flickr: Forest and Kim Starr

Feds Say Hawaiian Hoary Bats Aren’t Endangered Despite Unresolved Questions

Wind farm developers are funding millions of dollars of research that’s helping scientists better understand Hawaii’s imperiled bats.