Our New ‘Offshore’ Podcast: Hawaii’s Not Always Paradise
Civil Beat is constantly looking for ways to engage readers and keep them interested in the important issues facing Hawaii. One way more and more people are tuning in to news, events and issues is...
View ArticleObama Endorses Caldwell
A big score for Kirk Caldwell came Thursday: The president of the United States endorsed the mayor’s re-election. “Great cities are the foundation of our country, so it’s important that we elect mayors...
View Article911 Texting Service Launches
Folks in Hawaii can now text emergency requests to 911. The service was announced at a press conference with Gov. David Ige and state and other officials Thursday. There are some limitations to the...
View ArticleExit The King
An era has passed. The person whom many academic observers and most of our Thai friends saw as the very glue that held Thai society together throughout the tumultuous history of that country for the...
View ArticleHawaii’s Progress Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy
Editor’s Note: This is the last of a three-part series by Blue Planet Foundation on Hawaii’s clean energy progress. In the final segment of the series introducing Blue Planet Foundation’s 2016 Energy...
View ArticleMillennials Should Vote For Hillary Clinton
The millennial vote. It is the topic of many headlines, often associated with terms such as “nonexistent” and “uneducated.” It is the largest voting group, wanted by politicians on both sides of the...
View ArticleThe Stage Is Set For Tuesday’s Thirty Meter Telescope Hearing
The contested case hearing over the Thirty Meter Telescope is gearing up. It is set to begin in Hilo on Tuesday. But the sparring has already begun, and if the number of documents filed with the...
View ArticleLuke Evslin: Planning Conference Wasn’t About Freebies And Booze
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned over the last 10 months of writing about land use issues on Kauai, it’s that planning is complicated. It doesn’t easily lend itself to sound bites or quick-fix...
View Article2 Drones At The Beach
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View ArticleFishery Council Downplays Worker Abuses On Hawaii Ships
Hawaii’s commercial tuna fishermen are still reeling from what one of them described as a “public relations snafu” that began last month with media reports of alleged slave-like conditions for hundreds...
View ArticleNew Look At Elmer Cravalho
Smart. Energetic. Powerful. An article this week in Maui Time profiles Elmer Cravalho, the longtime Maui leader who died earlier this year. But Maui Time believes it has something more to offer than...
View ArticleBoth Mayoral Candidates Ask: Better Off Than 4 Years Ago?
On Friday morning in Salt Lake, the mayor of Honolulu chose to employ one of his opponent’s most-often-used arguments. Speaking to the Honolulu Board of Realtors at the Honolulu Country Club, Kirk...
View ArticleOHA Focused On Native Hawaiian Community’s Well-Being
Editor’s note: Haunani Apoliona is a candidate for trustee-at-large in the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Her opponent is Keli’i Akina. This commentary is a response to a Community Voice in which he...
View ArticlePod Squad: Hawaii Public Radio Looks To Extend Its Reach
Jose Fajardo joins Pod Squad host Chad Blair to talk about the future of public radio in the islands. Fajardo was named president and general manager of Hawaii Public Radio earlier this year. The...
View ArticleCharter Amendment Asks Voters To Clear Up Public Records Law
Here’s a little-known fact: Honolulu’s charter currently says that the city police chief and prosecuting attorney have discretion over what records from their departments get released to the public,...
View ArticleCity Spending $1 Million On Buses That May Have Nowhere To Go
A Honolulu rail contractor is getting paid $1 million to come up with a plan for an electric bus system that would connect Waikiki to a rail station that may never see the light of day. The city...
View ArticleHawaii’s Longline Fishermen Pushing To Catch More Tuna
Hawaii’s longline fishermen will be able to go after similar amounts of bigeye tuna next year under a policy passed last week by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council. But some have...
View ArticleHundreds Wanted A Piece Of The Action In Hawaii Pot Dispensaries
Correction: An earlier version of this story reported that Hawaii consultant Peter Adler was one of those who had applied for a dispensary license. In fact, the Peter Adler listed in the document below...
View ArticleEx-Supreme Court Justice Picked For Honolulu Police Commission
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is expected to nominate former Hawaii Supreme Court Associate Justice Steven Levinson to the Honolulu Police Commission. “The mayor has asked me to do that, and I have...
View ArticleTMT Hearings Broadcast
Interested in the Thirty Meter Telescope project for Mauna Kea but can’t make it to the Big Island? Na Leo O Hawaii is streaming, broadcasting and re-broadcasting the hearings. The last preliminary...
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