10 Must Read Stories From The Week Of March 12 – 16
Civil Beat’s coverage this week featured a series that was the culmination of more than a year’s work. Cops, Prostitutes and Pimps, a series on sex trafficking in Honolulu, was written by Assistant...
View ArticleList – The 6 States Less Accountable Than Hawaii
Only six states scored worse than Hawaii in the State Integrity Investigation. Hawaii ranked 44th when it came to the enforcement gap, which represents the difference between a state’s “in law” score...
View ArticleList – Top 3 Areas Where Hawaii Less Accountable Than Other States
Hawaii may have got a decent overall grade in the State Integrity Investigation, if you think a C is something worth bragging about. But when it came to the 14 specific categories of “Corruption Risk...
View Article10 Must Read Stories From The Week Of March 26 – 30
This was a week where parents could use Civil Beat to compare how much Hawaii spends per pupil on their school versus other public schools in the state. The report was a new feature in our examination...
View Article10 Must Read Stories From The Week Of April 2 – 6
The week ended quietly, with many taking the state holiday on Friday. But the news never let up this week. We had everything from whether Honolulu is acting recklessly by starting to build its rail...
View ArticleWhat Do Hawaii Lawmakers Have Against Ethics Code?
Hawaii has an ethics code, an ethics commission and an ethics commission executive director we at Civil Beat have likened to a new sheriff in town. The reality is that all three are products of the...
View ArticleLet Us Now Praise a Lone Hawaii Voice Fighting for Open Records
If you care about holding government officials’ feet to the fire when it comes to public records, you should be concerned about a bill the Hawaii Office of Information Practices is pushing at the...
View ArticleFrom a Few Hands to Many
Mahalo. Mahalo to you the readers of Civil Beat. Mahalo to the many who have shared their thoughts on the site, either in our discussions or in our Community Voices section. And most of all, mahalo to...
View ArticleFollow Dalai Lama’s Visit To Honolulu On Civil Beat
Many in Hawaii may want to see the Dalai Lama at his public events this weekend. But his only event for the general public is already sold out. (It’s on Sunday.) There were still tickets for his...
View Article10 Must Read Stories From The Week Of April 9 – 13
At Civil Beat, we like to say that we cover issues, not events. But of course the two intersect. One good example this week came in Chad Blair’s articles on Hawaii lawmakers’ attendance records....
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