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New Ad Campaign Targets Rep. Case Over $3.5T Biden Bill Our Hawaii Action

New Ad Campaign Targets Rep. Case Over $3.5T Biden Bill

The Hawaii congressman has expressed concerns over the size of the spending plan, which includes some of the president’s top priorities such as climate change.

The Pandemic Taught Us Broadband Is Essential. But Where Is It? State of Hawaii/2021

The Pandemic Taught Us Broadband Is Essential. But Where Is It?

A Big Island nonprofit plans to map underserved areas on the neighbor islands.

How An Arbitrator’s Decision Can Cause Problems For Police Agencies Years Later Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

How An Arbitrator’s Decision Can Cause Problems For Police Agencies Years Later

Officers’ prior misconduct is often used against them — and ultimately the taxpayers — in civil lawsuits that arise from unrelated incidents that happen many years later.

Hawaii’s Embattled Ag Agency Finally Moves Wahiawa Center Forward Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii’s Embattled Ag Agency Finally Moves Wahiawa Center Forward

A new product development center is being heralded by supporters as evidence that the Agribusiness Development Corp. is making progress.

Honolulu City Council Wants To Regulate Car-Sharing Companies Flickr: Kai Friis

Honolulu City Council Wants To Regulate Car-Sharing Companies

Complaints by annoyed neighbors about crowded parking spaces prompted the city to introduce a resolution.

Inmate Vaccination Rates Climb In Hawaii Prisons And Jails Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Inmate Vaccination Rates Climb In Hawaii Prisons And Jails

Oahu Community Correctional Center remains the site of the largest coronavirus outbreak in state jails and prisons.

Hawaii Supreme Court: The Public Has A ‘Compelling’ Interest In Knowing About Police Misconduct Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii Supreme Court: The Public Has A ‘Compelling’ Interest In Knowing About Police Misconduct

The decision upholds the release of public records in a Civil Beat lawsuit that sought the arbitration file of Sgt. Darren Cachola.

Workers In Hawaii Face New Job Losses — This Time Without A Safety Net Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Workers In Hawaii Face New Job Losses — This Time Without A Safety Net

Hawaii still lags behind other states in how quickly the state processes initial unemployment payments.

Conservationists Threaten To Sue Maui Resort Over Injured Seabirds Courtesy: Andre Raine/2021

Conservationists Threaten To Sue Maui Resort Over Injured Seabirds

For more than a decade, artificial lighting on the grounds of the Grand Wailea Resort has been causing endangered seabirds to fall from the sky, a pair of conservation groups says.

Air Force And Marines Team Up For First Trans-Pacific Reaper Drone Flights Courtesy: Michael Mason/USAF/2019

Air Force And Marines Team Up For First Trans-Pacific Reaper Drone Flights

The exercise runs through Oct. 8, but the Marines are preparing for the eventual permanent stationing of the remote weapon system on Oahu.