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Honolulu Police Try Building More Trust With The Homeless
“Hello, is anyone home?” Vinnesha Bertola, an outreach program manager at the Institute for Human Services, called toward a makeshift tent tarp at Mother Waldron Park. She’s part of a team of about 20...
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Do SAT Takers Have An Unfair Edge For UH Scholarships?
Each year, the University of Hawaii Manoa awards up to 80 Chancellor’s scholarships, merit-based financial aid for in-state freshmen that offsets yearly tuition by $10,000 for all four years of...
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Hawaii And Other States Reach Settlement On Deceptive Drug Marketing
Hawaii and the other 49 states have reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the maker of drugs to treat stroke, blood pressure and lung ailments over the company’s deceptive marketing practices....
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Placing Debt, Drugs, Weapons And Sex Into Context
Many have commented on the normalization of the rudeness coming from President Trump. I think that is a problem, but I will offer this story. Some years prior to his run for the presidency, I sent one...
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Will Renters Soon Power Their Apartments With Solar?
Hawaii residents who live in condos and apartments without access to rooftop solar soon may be able to join the state’s renewable energy push, thanks to a new program approved last week by state energy...
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How Under-Siege Scientists Fought Back in 2017: Five Essential Reads
2017 may well be remembered as the year of alternative facts and fake news. Truth took a hit, and experts seemed to lose the public’s trust. Scientists felt under siege as the Trump administration...
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Hawaii’s Expanding Hunt For The Elusive Schoolteacher
The Hawaii Department of Education is thinking up new ways to attract teachers to the state to address an ongoing teacher shortage, starting with looking at teacher-exchange programs with other...
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Suits Against Honolulu Cops Cite ‘Culture Of Silence’ At HPD
Honolulu attorney Eric Seitz is taking a new approach in two separate lawsuits that he said he hopes will force the state’s largest police department to address a “brotherhood culture of silence” that...
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US Appeals Court: Feds Erred In Hawaii Fishery Expansion
(AP) — Federal agencies were wrong to allow Hawaii’s longline swordfish industry to expand fishing efforts while allowing the hooking or entangling of more endangered sea turtles, a U.S. appeals court...
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8 Stories That Made A Difference In Hawaii This Year
Those who read Civil Beat regularly know what we’re about: accountability, transparency and in-depth reporting on Hawaii’s biggest issues. We’ve been a part of Hawaii’s media landscape for seven years,...
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Chad Blair: Did Hawaii Really Try To Thwart CNN’s Homelessness Report?
The headline certainly raised alarms: “Waianae homeless leaders say the state blocked a CNN story about their camp.” That comes from a Dec. 22 Hawaii News Now story. Jobeth Devera reported that the...
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Audit: Hawaii Needs To Get Its Act Together In Responding To Outbreaks
State Auditor Les Kondo is sounding alarms over how the Hawaii Department of Health responds to disease outbreaks, citing the lack of a communication plan and consistent processes for internal reviews...
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Hawaii Looks To Spur School Creativity With ‘Innovation Grants’
The Hawaii Department of Education will distribute up to $250,000 to public schools that come up with creative new ways to address complex issues. The Hawaii Innovation Fund Grants will be awarded to...
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Debunking Micronesian Stereotypes In Hawaii
When I moved to Hawaii six years ago, the most appealing aspect of my new home was its nearly unparalleled ethnic and cultural diversity. It still astounds me that Hawaii is one of only four states...
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Coast Guard Cites Fishing Boat For Illegal Foreign Captain
(AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it found a foreign worker acting as the captain of an American-flagged commercial fishing vessel in federal waters off Hawaii. The crew of the U.S. Cutter...
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Tom Yamachika: Should Hawaii Have A Carbon Tax?
Recently, the Hawaii Tax Review Commission’s primary consultant, PFM Group, issued a final report to the commission asking it to review many taxing alternatives, including a “carbon tax” that had the...
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Hawaii Can And Should Legalize Cannabis
The results of the recent Civil Beat poll that, among other issues, asked about cannabis legalization were surprising for at least two reasons. First, the knife’s edge balance between support and...
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Hawaii Is Still Waiting For An Audit Of Police Property Seizures
State Rep. Joy San Buenaventura has been waiting for nearly two years on an audit that she hopes will lead to reforming Hawaii’s civil asset forfeiture law, which allows police agencies to seize cash...
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Honolulu Must Help Businesses Hurt By Rail Construction
What began as an effort to help businesses negatively impacted by rail ended up being merely a hollow gesture from the Honolulu City Council. And that serves as a cautionary tale as the costly project...
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Kupuna Caregivers Program A Shining Example
While political discourse tends to be in the news on a daily basis on the national stage, we can often take for granted that, even in difficult legislative sessions, our local elected officials are...
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