Kauai Councilman Fails To Disclose His Medical Marijuana Venture
Kauai County Council Chairman Derek Kawakami owns more than 14 percent of a company that’s hoping to grow medical marijuana in Hawaii. But you wouldn’t know that if you looked at the financial...
View ArticleNeal Milner: The Presidential Election Was More Normal Than You Think
James Comey did not, as Hillary Clinton recently claimed, cost her the election. That view is too narrow. It is driven by frustration and loss, which deflects from the more complex and ultimately more...
View ArticleInvestigators: USS Arizona Memorial Employee Took Improper Gifts
(AP) — A National Park Service employee at the USS Arizona Memorial accepted gifts from tour operators in violation of ethics regulations, U.S. Department of Interior investigators said Wednesday. The...
View ArticleHawaii Sues Ford, Nissan, Toyota Over Exploding Air Bags
(AP) — Hawaii is suing auto manufacturers Ford, Nissan and Toyota over air bags that can spew shrapnel when they deploy. The complaint filed Wednesday says the manufacturers knew or should have known...
View ArticleThe Wild Chickens Flocking To Whole Foods in Kailua
In the past two years, regular customers at the upscale Whole Foods grocery store in Kailua have been noticing an odd phenomenon — more and more feral chickens are roosting in the parking lot. Whole...
View ArticleDon’t Believe The Skeptics — Millennials Really Are Different
Cultures change, and new generations are born out of those changes. For many, this might sound obvious. All you have to do is think about transporting a 25-year-old to 1965. Even after she got over the...
View ArticleA Banner Year For Secrecy, Behind-The-Scenes Maneuvering At The Legislature
In the wake of the 2017 legislative session, some commenters have given the Legislature an undeserved pat on the back. The truth is that we could and should have done much better for the people of...
View ArticleHawaii Taxpayers Are On The Hook For $18 Million To Settle Claims
An inmate injured while taking a shower. A cyclist who struck the edge of a sidewalk. Lawsuits stemming from subcontract work at Honolulu International Airport. Those are just three of more than a...
View ArticleA Medical Marijuana Dispensary Will Open Soon — Without THC Products
Aloha Green will become the first medical marijuana dispensary in Hawaii to have a “soft opening” in June, but customers won’t be able to buy products that elicit a high. On June 8, Aloha Green is...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Upholds Block On Trump Travel Ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s revised executive order on immigration “speaks with vague words of national security, but in context drips with religious intolerance, animus and...
View ArticleOahu Mumps Outbreak Continues With 3 New Cases Confirmed
Three more cases of mumps have been confirmed on Oahu, the state Department of Health announced Thursday. Two of those people are children and one is an adult. They contracted mumps from others whose...
View ArticleWaikiki Beaches Contract While Ala Wai Canal Rises
The post Waikiki Beaches Contract While Ala Wai Canal Rises appeared first on Honolulu Civil Beat.
View ArticleKing Tides Are Providing A Glimpse Of Hawaii’s Future
Hawaii is getting a preview of the coming effects of sea level rise through the weekend. The ongoing result of climate change is combining with some of the year’s highest tides and a south swell to...
View ArticleHundreds Of Low-Income Maui Residents May Face Eviction
Ratna Heilscher and her husband make a combined $2,700 per month working as educational assistants with special needs kids at King Kamehameha III Elementary School in Lahaina on Maui. When she gets...
View Article11 Arrested In State Effort To Control Access To Napali Coast Wilderness
In a three day-operation, officers with the state Department of Land and Natural Resources arrested 11 people who were camping deep within the Kalalau Valley as part of an ongoing effort to keep...
View Article‘An Island In The Pacific’: A Hawaiian Sovereignty Perspective
Jeff Sessions’ thoughtless remarks expressing doubt over whether a district court judge in Hawaii could rule on constitutional issues put into question the Attorney General’s familiarity with our...
View ArticleDenby Fawcett: How A Booze Threat Ended Country Club Discrimination
I recently wrote a column about racial discrimination in the past at Hawaii’s most exclusive private clubs to prohibit Asian-Americans from joining or from even setting foot in clubs such as the...
View ArticlePod Squad: A Chat With Civil Beat’s New Managing Editor
Civil Beat’s new managing editor Jim Simon talks with Pod Squad host Chad Blair about his career including 32 years at The Seattle Times where he helped direct two Pulitzer Prize-winning efforts, and...
View ArticleReader Rep: An Attack On A Journalist Is An Attack On You
Imagine yourself in a military boat, hands on a mounted machine gun at the bow, surrounded by members of U.S. Special Operations forces. You cruise around the bay, rat-a-tat-tatting .50-caliber “blank”...
View ArticleHow Did Donovan Dela Cruz Just Become Hawaii’s Most Powerful Senator?
The stalemate this month between the House and Senate over how to continue funding Honolulu’s 20-mile rail project did more than rile Mayor Kirk Caldwell and others who have staked their political...
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