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The Sunshine Blog: Hawaii Senate Still Messing With UH, Just Because It Can
Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.
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The Sunshine Blog: The Pot Bill Goes Up In Smoke And Other Tales Of Political Woe
Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.
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The Sunshine Blog: Bidding Aloha To Cheryl Park
Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.
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The Sunshine Blog: A Journalistic No-No, Pot Promises And The Prince
Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.
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Beth Fukumoto: Lawmakers Need A Better Plan For Figuring Out The Cost Of Legislation
Hawaii is the only state that doesn’t require a fiscal analysis of a bill before lawmakers vote on it.
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The Sunshine Blog: Hawaii Elections Chief Is Hanging On To His Job, Barely
Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.
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The Sunshine Blog: The Star-Advertiser Paid A $150K Ransom. In Bitcoin
Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.
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The Sunshine Blog: Blunt Ending? Legal Pot Bill May Be Close To Its Last Gasp
Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.
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The Theatrics To Kill Full Public Election Financing Would Be Amusing If They Weren鈥檛 So Sad
Sometimes lawmakers are at their most imaginative when they are derailing legislation to reform government.
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Why Hawaii’s Strong Sunshine Law Is Burning Some Public Officials
Government accountability advocates say that proposed changes are not needed because the nearly 50-year-old law is not that difficult to follow.