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Danny De Gracia: Ige Needs To Deliver A Better State Of The State Speech This Year Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Danny De Gracia: Ige Needs To Deliver A Better State Of The State Speech This Year

The governor needs to lay out what’s really wrong with Hawaii and what he intends to do about it.

OHA Says Better Data Is Needed To Tackle Problems Facing Native Hawaiians Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

OHA Says Better Data Is Needed To Tackle Problems Facing Native Hawaiians

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs also wants several agencies, including county police departments, to release the data they maintain about Native Hawaiians.

Proposed Budget Cuts Would ‘Basically Gut’ Hawaii State Auditor’s Office Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Proposed Budget Cuts Would ‘Basically Gut’ Hawaii State Auditor’s Office

Days after he ordered an investigation into the office, the House Speaker wants to cut the watchdog agency’s budget in half — far more than any other state agency.

Hawaii Legislature Launches ‘Laser Beam’ Session In A Locked Down Capitol Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii Legislature Launches ‘Laser Beam’ Session In A Locked Down Capitol

Traditional festivities and speeches were all canceled amid security concerns and the threat of COVID-19.

Ige Selects Acasio To Fill Kahele’s Senate Seat

Ige Selects Acasio To Fill Kahele’s Senate Seat

She is a teacher who has served in Democratic Party leadership roles.

Denby Fawcett: Some Want Permanent Security Barriers At Capitol, But At What Cost? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Denby Fawcett: Some Want Permanent Security Barriers At Capitol, But At What Cost?

Fencing and blockades mar the open spaces of one of the most beautiful buildings in Hawaii and reduce public access to the workings of government.

Hawaii Owes The Feds $700 Million. Businesses May Have To Pay The Tab Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Owes The Feds $700 Million. Businesses May Have To Pay The Tab

The state borrowed $700 million to pay unemployment benefits, but businesses may have to repay it.

The Battered State Budget Will Dominate The Next Hawaii Legislature Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

The Battered State Budget Will Dominate The Next Hawaii Legislature

With money tight, lawmakers are looking to the Biden administration and Congress to help shore up a huge deficit as the 2021 session opens this week.