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Unless we're willing to go all-in on this approach to increasing housing, we should quit pretending it's part of the solution ...

The number of unlicensed teachers has steadily grown in Hawaiʻi schools since the pandemic, and the state may see a wave of ...

The burden of grief related to extinction and invasive species in Hawaiʻi is a heavy one for conservation professionals. Some ...

Civil Beat followed up on three previously broken pieces of infrastructure we've written about. Here’s what we found.

Peyton McCauley is a Water Policy Specialist and Sea Grant UW Water Science-Policy Fellow at the Center for Water Policy. She holds a Juris Doctorate from Marquette University Law School and a ...

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.

We analyze discrepancies in Kauaʻi's 2024 general election vote count, which the Elections Commission says were a big deal ...

The main idea of both laws was to help restore the public’s trust in their elected officials by preventing the flow of cash ...

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

The only news outlet in Hawaii dedicated to public affairs reporting. Our mission is to engage and educate the community on ...

If you’re active in local social media, you may have come across Elijah Kalā McShane. With over 100,000 followers on ...