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Hawaii Does Fine Raking In Federal Dollars Without Earmarks Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Hawaii Does Fine Raking In Federal Dollars Without Earmarks

There’s talk in Congress of resurrecting the system for bringing home the bacon. But lawmakers say it’s questionable how much that would help the state.

Tulsi Gabbard For President? ‘I Am Seriously Considering It’ Nick Grube/Civil Beat

Tulsi Gabbard For President? ‘I Am Seriously Considering It’

鲍笔顿础罢贰顿:听Speculation has been mounting, but at an appearance in New Hampshire she said she’s thinking of how she can “best be of service to the people of this country.鈥

Tulsi Gabbard In Vermont: Protect Our Resources From Those ‘Driven By Greed’ Nick Grube/Civil Beat

Tulsi Gabbard In Vermont: Protect Our Resources From Those ‘Driven By Greed’

The Hawaii congresswoman participated in a panel at the Sanders Institute Gathering as part of a New England tour that includes feeling out her presidential ambitions.

Ige Spent $3.2 Million On Re-Election Campaign, New Reports Show

Ige Spent $3.2 Million On Re-Election Campaign, New Reports Show

The incumbent governor, who won in a landslide, spent spent six times as much as his Republican challenger.

School Custodian Gets A New Job As Hawaii’s Only Republican Senator Blaze Lovell/CivilBeat

School Custodian Gets A New Job As Hawaii’s Only Republican Senator

Kurt Fevella says he wants to focus on the needs of Ewa Beach. He’ll constitute a one-man GOP caucus in the 25-member Senate.

Is This The Beginning Of Tulsi Gabbard’s Bid For President? Nick Grube/CIvil Beat

Is This The Beginning Of Tulsi Gabbard’s Bid For President?

The congresswoman will travel from a high-profile event for Bernie Sanders progressives in Vermont to New Hampshire, where she鈥檒l participate in a pre-presidential meet and greet.

Colleen Hanabusa Is Now The Legislature’s Attorney In Case Against The State Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Colleen Hanabusa Is Now The Legislature’s Attorney In Case Against The State

Two nonprofits filed a lawsuit in September to improve government transparency in the lawmaking process.

Neal Milner: Ignorance Is Commonplace, But Trump Makes It A Federal Policy Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Neal Milner: Ignorance Is Commonplace, But Trump Makes It A Federal Policy

Government agencies conduct important research that helps businesses and individuals assess risks. This administration imperils that research.

Two Losing Candidates Ask For Election Recounts Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2018

Two Losing Candidates Ask For Election Recounts

City Council candidate Tommy Waters and state Senate candidate Matt LoPresti both lost their races by razor-thin margins.

Give Hawaii’s LG A Real Job To Do Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2018

Give Hawaii’s LG A Real Job To Do

The position is historically powerless and a big waste of money, time and talent.