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Wespac: Congressman Was Wrong About Lobbying
The Honolulu Civil Beat article “Congressman Blasts Fishery Council for ‘Improper Lobbying’” by Kirstin Downey repeats unsubstantiated and serious allegations of Congressman Gregorio Sablan (D-CNMI)....
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Hawaii Teacher Hopes To Win $100K In National Education Competition
A leaf blower, a shower curtain, some duct tape, the lid from a Zippy’s to-go container and an old tabletop and chair. That’s what Patricia Morgan, a science and math teacher at Makiki’s Stevenson...
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Hawaii Officials To The Homeless: Go Away
As state officials prepare to close Kakaako parks to the public to clear out homeless campers, Honolulu City Council members are proposing their own new measures to expand areas where homeless people...
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This Young Leader Is Standing Out Among The ‘Old Farts’ Of Waimanalo
Among the 50- and 60-year-olds on the Waimanalo Neighborhood Board, one face is different. Zachary Espino, 19, joined the board in August and represents subdistrict 11, the Hale Aupuni area. “I got...
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How Solar Power Can Help The US Military
As the U.S. military increases its use of drones in surveillance and combat overseas, the danger posed by a threat back at home grows. Many drone flights are piloted by soldiers located in the U.S.,...
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Acting Honolulu Police Chief To Retire As Search For Replacement Continues
Acting Police Chief Cary Okimoto announced Friday that he will retire at the end of the month, capping a 33-year career at the Honolulu Police Department. While the Honolulu Police Commission hopes to...
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Tom Yamachika: If You’re Still Paying ‘Use Tax’ on These Purchases, Stop
Most of us know that when we purchase a good or service in Hawaii, we must pay tax. It’s called the general excise tax, and it seems to show up in the price of everything we buy. This tax, unlike most...
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Reader Rep: Here’s How The Media Can Start To Win Back Public Trust
Deep down within the “fake news” bowels of our collective dotard-nado, many disoriented Americans finally appear to be at their nose levels in the swirling sludge of misinformation masking public...
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‘Ecological Roulette’: Almost 70 Species Rode Tsunami Debris To Hawaii
Jellyfish, crabs, sponges, mollusks and more — nearly 70 species in all — have hitched a ride on marine debris to Hawaii from Japan since the March 2011 tsunami there, according to the lead author of a...
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Pod Squad: Meet The Guy Who’s Trying To Modernize Hawaii Government
Hawaii Chief Information Officer Todd Nacapuy chats with Pod Squad host Chad Blair about going paperless, consolidating nine different email systems and modernizing payroll and tax technology in a...
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World War III Is Being Waged In Cyberspace
My introduction to advanced communication technology (i.e. the Internet and World Wide Web) came in 1999. Having grown up in the two-channel universe of the 1960s and ‘70s, I was agog at the power it...
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Honolulu Rail Deal Fallout: Neighbor Islands Want A More Open Legislature
Frustrated by a deal state lawmakers struck behind closed doors to bail out the Honolulu rail project, all three neighbor island county councils are urging the Legislature to follow Hawaii’s open...
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Espero Wants Probe of Man’s Pepper-Spraying In Patrol Car
A state senator is calling for a criminal investigation into an alleged cover-up of an incident in which a black man was reportedly pepper-sprayed by a state sheriff’s deputy while the man was sitting...
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New Rule Pushes Hawaii To Hire More Certified Teachers
In an effort to staff classrooms with more qualified teachers, the Hawaii Department of Education will include only certified instructors when it reports the number of teacher positions filled to the...
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Here’s One More Reason To Be Scared Of Cheap Sushi
WASHINGTON — Yet another alarm is being raised about the dangers posed by a staple of local cuisine — seafood. A new federal study says that fish imported from other countries contain potentially...
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The Rats Of Lehua Appear To Have Taken The Bait
The `iwa or great frigatebird swept low over a cluster of trucks, stacks of equipment and a Jet Ranger helicopter on the northern end of Niihau. As I followed its black-winged form with binoculars, the...
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The Long Vacation: Being Smart About Hawaii’s Simple Pleasures
The post The Long Vacation: Being Smart About Hawaii’s Simple Pleasures appeared first on Honolulu Civil Beat.
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Denby Fawcett: Give Us Back Our Parks
It is sad that it has taken so long for the state to admit its failure to prevent hard-core homeless campers from returning to state parks almost immediately after they have been evicted in expensive...
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Lawsuit: New Airport Shuttle Service Won’t Deliver On Promises
When the Hawaii Department Transportation awarded an airport shuttle concession contract to transportation giant Robert’s Hawaii, the new service seemed like a dream for visitors and residents....
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Hawaii: Trump’s Latest Travel Ban Still Contains ‘All Of The Legal Flaws’
The state of Hawaii asked U.S. District Court Judge Derrick Watson on Tuesday to block the Trump administration from enforcing the third version of its travel ban, saying it “replicates all of the...
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