Screenshot/Hawaii Senate/2023
DHHL Weighs Possible Changes To $600 Million Spending Plan
Senators appeared frustrated with a lack of details on the future of new budget plans.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022
Iolani Palace Is Preparing For Hawaiian Royal Heiress Kawananakoa To Lie In State
The public memorial event is expected to be held later this month.
Getty Images/iStockphoto/2011
Battlefields And Ballrooms: A Whirlwind Global Tour Set Up Prince Kuhio For A Life In Politics
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole spent part of the early 1900s on African safari. Then he began tracking the most elusive quarry: Elected political office.
Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2023
A Dwindling Kalaupapa Population Honors 1st Exiles With Tributes And Tears
Despite the painful history, many former Hansen’s disease patients have chosen to remain even after the government freed them from quarantine.
Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2021
The Unlikely Odyssey Of Prince Jonah Kuhio
Raised in nobility and imprisoned after the overthrow of the monarchy, Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole had an outsized impact on modern Hawaii.
Blaze Lovell/Civil Beat/2019
Native Hawaiian Domestic Violence Survivors Now Eligible For Federal Funding
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 was recently amended to authorize the Department of Justice to award grants to organizations, and address violence against Native Hawaiian women.
Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2022
How One Hawaiian Family Battled In Court For 20 Years To Reclaim Ancestral Land
In Kauaula Valley, one family is working to show others what it takes to reclaim ancestral lands.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022
OHA Takes Another Shot At Lifting Residential Ban In Kakaako Makai
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs got the land a decade ago as part of a deal with the state but says it’s hamstrung without a legislative OK to build housing.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021
Governor Taps Former Honolulu City Councilman To Lead Hawaiian Home Lands
Green also announced key appointments to head the state land and agriculture departments as he fills out his Cabinet.
Tim Wright/Civil Beat/2022
Kahele Wants Federal Probe Of Lobbying Efforts For DHHL Lease Extension
Among the lobbyists representing the Prince Kuhio Plaza is Andy Winer, a recent political rival of the Hawaii congressman and former chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz.