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Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.

The commission acknowledged that it’s tough to oversee lawmakers who resist most accountability measures.

The shaka is one thing, but a different kind of salute was given to serious ethics reform by lawmakers this year.

Constitutional amendments used to be on Hawaii ballots all the time, but not anymore.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.

Everybody loved this measure as it flew through the Legislature, but it still died mysteriously in the session’s final days.