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What The North Korean Summit Means For Missile Defense In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

What The North Korean Summit Means For Missile Defense In Hawaii

Elected officials and experts say despite the easing of tensions there is still a need for improved defense capabilities in Hawaii.

How Tulsi Gabbard’s Fight Against War Is Affecting Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat

How Tulsi Gabbard’s Fight Against War Is Affecting Hawaii

The Hawaii congresswoman has voted against the key military policy bill as a way to protest the U.S.’s decision to enter conflict in places such as Iraq, Yemen and Syria.

Trump Plan Would Cost Planned Parenthood In Hawaii $830,000 Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat/2017

Trump Plan Would Cost Planned Parenthood In Hawaii $830,000

A rule change proposes to halt all federal funding to health care organizations that provide abortions.

Health Beat: Beware Of This Dicey New Approach To Experimental Drugs Flickr.com

Health Beat: Beware Of This Dicey New Approach To Experimental Drugs

There already was a well-regulated program in place, but new federal legislation that just took effect raises many questions.

Kilauea Eruption Prompts US Senate Action On Volcano Monitoring Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Kilauea Eruption Prompts US Senate Action On Volcano Monitoring

The U.S. Senate passed a bill Thursday to upgrade the nation’s ability to monitor volcanoes and provide early warnings to those living in the shadows of their summits.

Hirono Evokes Floods And Volcanoes In Effort To Restore Net Neutrality C-Span

Hirono Evokes Floods And Volcanoes In Effort To Restore Net Neutrality

The U.S. Senate passed a Democratic-backed resolution Wednesday to keep Obama-era internet access rules in place.

Beth Fukumoto Takes Her Hunt For Campaign Cash To DC Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Beth Fukumoto Takes Her Hunt For Campaign Cash To DC

The Republican-turned-Democrat is banking on outside help from disgruntled Never Trumpers and progressives.

How Tulsi Gabbard Is Turning Her National Profile Into Campaign Cash Cory Lum/Civil Beat

How Tulsi Gabbard Is Turning Her National Profile Into Campaign Cash

The Hawaii congresswoman raises a vastly larger portion of her donations from outside the state than her delegation colleagues.

Supreme Court Justices Skeptical About Hawaii’s Challenge to Trump Travel Ban Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Supreme Court Justices Skeptical About Hawaii’s Challenge to Trump Travel Ban

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in one of the most high-profile cases so far of President Donald Trump’s tenure.

This New Military Spending Site Is Floundering Cory Lum/Civil Beat

This New Military Spending Site Is Floundering

The state launched a website to track defense dollars with the help of a federal grant. But now there’s no one keeping the site updated.