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Crying Fowl In Downtown Honolulu: ‘Chickens Are Wandering Around Like They Own The Place’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Crying Fowl In Downtown Honolulu: ‘Chickens Are Wandering Around Like They Own The Place’

Crowing roosters and squawking chickens are invading urban Honolulu, leaving residents sleepless, exhausted and angry.

Here’s What Happened When Lawyers For A Condo Association Tried To Collect Their Fees Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Here’s What Happened When Lawyers For A Condo Association Tried To Collect Their Fees

Porter McGuire Kiakona now faces $475,000 in damages for violating debt collection laws in a case that started with a $150 fine against a dog owner.

The Miske Files: Feds Say Phony Documents Built A Well-Known Pest Control Company Out Of Thin Air Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

The Miske Files: Feds Say Phony Documents Built A Well-Known Pest Control Company Out Of Thin Air

Newly unsealed documents show the federal prosecutor’s story of how a then 26-year-old convicted felon created an $8 million enterprise.

Politics Afoot? A Long-Sought Civic Center In Wahiawa Has Been Stalled For Nearly A Year Architects Hawaii

Politics Afoot? A Long-Sought Civic Center In Wahiawa Has Been Stalled For Nearly A Year

Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz’s signature project for Wahiawa has been on Gov. David Ige’s desk since January. Ige’s not saying why he won’t sign off.

Kamehameha Schools, Former Coach Settle Sex Abuse Lawsuit Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Kamehameha Schools, Former Coach Settle Sex Abuse Lawsuit

A former student said her coach “groomed, manipulated, sexually exploited” her.

How Satellite Images Can Help Scientists Monitor The Health Of Coral Reefs Courtesy: Aviv Suan/2022

How Satellite Images Can Help Scientists Monitor The Health Of Coral Reefs

Researchers are learning more about how coral reef halos are formed, and that they hold significant promise for conservation.

Game: How Long Does It Take To Get A Permit From Honolulu?

Game: How Long Does It Take To Get A Permit From Honolulu?

Civil Beat built a game to allow players to step into the shoes of a DPP permit applicant and gain a sense of the challenges and choices that appear throughout the process.

Efforts To Reform Honolulu’s Troubled Permitting Office Face An Uphill Battle. Here’s Why Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Efforts To Reform Honolulu’s Troubled Permitting Office Face An Uphill Battle. Here’s Why

Contractors and property owners describe bureaucratic hurdles and delays in the application process that sometimes last years.

Consulate Worker Killed In Honolulu Was The ‘Institutional Memory’ Of The Filipino Community Philippine Consulate General in Hawaii

Consulate Worker Killed In Honolulu Was The ‘Institutional Memory’ Of The Filipino Community

Friends and family of Teresita Canilao say they prefer to remember how the longtime secretary at the Philippine Consulate lived, not how she died.

Mayor Vows To Enforce New Law Against Short-Term Rentals Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Mayor Vows To Enforce New Law Against Short-Term Rentals

Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s announcement came a week after a federal judge enjoined the city from enforcing some parts of the ordinance, which is set to go into effect on Monday.