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For those convicted of abusing public office, the pension payments don’t stop at the guilty verdict. 

A new online tool helps correlate the ties between donors, bills and legislators.

The House Health Committee chairman plans to introduce legislation modeled after a new Maryland law that creates a prescription drug price monitoring board.

A judge ruled the Hawaii Department of Taxation must make public the information and assumptions it relies on to develop revenue estimates for the Legislature.

Unlicensed care homes are a continuing problem despite efforts to beef up state oversight.

Thielen said, “I’m going to end my time as a legislator, and get back to the doing.”

The long-time lawmaker, who will be retiring after 30 years in the House, is “100% a leader and a role model for young Republicans to follow.”

A majority of lawmakers surveyed by Civil Beat support construction of the telescope — but with a lot of caveats and uncertainty about how to proceed.

The latest installment of Civil Beat’s public salary database includes employees of the Senate, House and Legislative Reference Bureau.

Sen. Russell Ruderman, who owns health foods stores, was the only lawmaker to report more than $1 million in outside income last year. Several of his colleagues reported no income beyond their legislative salaries.