Super PACs Raise Over $1 Million In Honolulu Mayor’s Race
Honolulu businessman Dennis Mitsunaga knew reporters would be calling him this week, once he was identified in the latest Campaign Spending Commission reports as the main bankroller of an anti-Kirk...
View ArticleA Millennial Take On Two Honolulu Charter Amendments
Millennial voters have many important choices in casting their ballots this year. Electing our next president and numerous other federal, state and local officials will shape our lives for the next...
View ArticleLuke Evslin: How Rampant Distrust Derails Good Government
Just when we need it most, we’ve lost faith in each other. According to a recent Gallup poll, our collective trust in the media, our trust in the American people, and our trust in politicians has...
View ArticleHonolulu City Council Incumbents Maintain Fundraising Advantage
Honolulu City Council members who are seeking re-election this month have significantly outraised their opponents, according to the latest campaign spending data. Kimberly Case, who is challenging...
View ArticleVIDEO: 3 Civil Questions For Caldwell and Djou — Episode 2
This is part of a video series that presents the positions of mayoral candidates on a broad range of issue. Charles Djou took the time to answer the questions, Kirk Caldwell did not. — Reporting by...
View ArticleEnd The Public Records Runaround On Saguaro Prison
Too often, when Hawaii residents are convicted of crimes, they’re shipped off to serve their time in Arizona and largely forgotten. The state’s long-standing arrangement with the Corrections...
View ArticleState Says It’s Working To Make Kaena Point Safer For Wildlife
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources says it expects to hire two more employees at Kaena Point State Park Reserve to better protect nesting albatrosses that were attacked last year and...
View ArticleWhat Should The State Do With Any Surplus Funds?
Hawaii voters have an opportunity to change the state’s constitution in ways that would affect how surplus tax revenues are used and the threshold for jury trials in civil cases. One of the proposed...
View ArticleFormby Would Serve As Hanabusa’s Chief of Staff In Congress
Michael Formby, the acting director of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, started his career with the federal government as an attorney overseeing contracts for the military — purchasing...
View ArticleSierra Club Hugs Caldwell
With an eroding shoreline and high-rise construction cranes in the background, members of the Sierra Club of Hawaii and Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell gathered Tuesday at Ala Moana Beach Park to talk...
View ArticleDjou’s First 100 Days
Charles Djou on Tuesday unveiled how he would govern during his first 100 days, should he be elected Honolulu mayor next week. Top priority: order a financial audit of the rail project. “The people...
View ArticleAnti-Caldwell Super PAC May Have Broken Campaign Laws
Tuesday’s big political revelation was that Dennis Mitsunaga, a well-connected contractor who’s known for making major campaign donations to candidates, was bankrolling the anti-Kirk Caldwell super PAC...
View ArticleClinton’s Foreign Policy is a Threat to US Peace
I don’t want to talk about Donald Trump. I’m tired of hearing about Donald Trump. I don’t care what he said 10 years ago or 10 seconds ago. “We need to go after their families” and “use nuclear...
View ArticleIn Kenoi Case, Don’t Confuse ‘Not Guilty’ With ‘Innocent’
After more than a year and a half of troubling revelations, investigations and finally a criminal trial regarding Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi’s misuse of a government credit card for personal...
View ArticleVIDEO: 3 Civil Questions For The Mayoral Candidates — Episode 3
This is part of a video series that presents the positions of Honolulu mayoral candidates on a broad range of issues. Charles Djou took the time to answer the questions, Kirk Caldwell did not. His...
View ArticleKirk Catwell Vs Charles Ddog
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View ArticlePeter Apo: Native Hawaiian Or Not, Don’t Ignore OHA Races
The headline on Civil Beat reporter Chad Blair’s Oct. 28 article asked a painful political question: “OHA Races Offer Stark Choices, But How Many Voters Will Care?” Blair quoted political analyst Neal...
View ArticleHonolulu Mother Looks In Vain For Answers In Son’s Day Care Death
After their 4-month-old son died in a Honolulu day care, Cynthia King and Jeff Muir vowed to try to get on with their lives. The Honolulu medical examiner told them Wiley died of pneumonia, King said....
View ArticleHawaii, Politically Engaged?
When it comes to being engaged politically, Hawaii is far behind most states. That’s according to the WalletHub people, who endlessly analyze data so we don’t have to (and so that we will visit their...
View ArticlePrivate Prison Operator Sees A Financially Healthy Future
Despite forecasts of doom and gloom, Corrections Corporation of America is bullish about the future of the for-profit prison industry. In a conference call with analysts Thursday, CEO Damon Hininger...
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