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Waters Defeats Ozawa In Honolulu City Council Rematch Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Waters Defeats Ozawa In Honolulu City Council Rematch

After being outpolled by Trevor Ozawa by margins of 22 and 41 votes in prior contests, Tommy Waters won by 1,004 in the special election.

More Than 31,000 Have Voted In City Council Race Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

More Than 31,000 Have Voted In City Council Race

The special election between Trevor Ozawa and Tommy Waters for the East Honolulu seat ends Saturday.

Neal Milner: All This Partisan Bickering May Get Bloody Stephen Shepard/Flickr.com

Neal Milner: All This Partisan Bickering May Get Bloody

Do you wish your political opponents ill will? America’s public policy arena is growing increasingly volatile.

Hawaii AG Breezes Through Committee Vote Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii AG Breezes Through Committee Vote

Attorney General Clare Connors had no worries heading into a vote from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Coming To A Democratic Debate Stage Near You — Tulsi Gabbard Nick Grube/Civil Beat

Coming To A Democratic Debate Stage Near You — Tulsi Gabbard

The Hawaii congresswoman needed 65,000 donors per DNC rules to qualify for the 2020 debates. On Wednesday her campaign announced she hit the mark.

Sen. Kai Kahele Says He’s Raised $250,000 To Challenge Tulsi Gabbard Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Sen. Kai Kahele Says He’s Raised $250,000 To Challenge Tulsi Gabbard

The state senator says the money came from 3,231 donors after he announced his congressional candidacy.

Ed Case’s ‘Talk Story’ Has Aged Well Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Ed Case’s ‘Talk Story’ Has Aged Well

The Hawaii congressman perfected constituent forums when he was in office 10 years ago. Now he’s taking that show on the road again.

Waters Leads Ozawa In Money Raised And Spent In City Council Race Courtesy of the candidates

Waters Leads Ozawa In Money Raised And Spent In City Council Race

UPDATED: The service workers union AiKea Unite Here raised $170,000 in three months to support Waters.

Schatz Leads Senate Dems On Climate Change: ‘The Crisis Of Our Generation’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Schatz Leads Senate Dems On Climate Change: ‘The Crisis Of Our Generation’

The Hawaii senator is chairman of a new committee on the climate crisis. He talks about what that means.

Ige Decides Not To Renominate Two Cabinet Members Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Ige Decides Not To Renominate Two Cabinet Members

The heads of Hawaiian Home Lands and Budget and Finance will not be nominated for new terms.