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Let the Sunshine In

Tracking Corruption And Government Accountability

Tracking Corruption And Government Accountability

Civil Beat opinion writers are closely following efforts to bring more transparency and accountability to state and local government — at the Legislature, the county level and in the media. Help us by sending ideas and anecdotes to sunshine@civilbeat.org.

Honolulu Police Chief Search: It's Deja Vu All Over Again

The Honolulu Police Commission can and should do some things better this time around.

By Patti Epler · September 7, 2025 · 11 min read

The Sunshine Blog: Hawaiʻi Might Need A Special Session After All

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.

By The Sunshine Blog · September 7, 2025 · 6 min read

Suit Challenges How Legislators Turn Blank Bills Into Mid-Session Surprises

League of Women Voters targets the use of short-form measures that start out as empty shells.

By Richard Wiens · September 7, 2025 · 5 min read

Will Bailey: Pōhakuloa Is Perfect For The Army. So Don't Let Them Pressure Us

Lease negotiations should proceed on island time, not military time.

By Will Bailey · August 31, 2025 · 6 min read

Columns

Beth Fukumoto

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Kirstin Downey

Columnist
Neal Milner

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Eric Stinton

Columnist
Denby Fawcett

Columnist
Lee Cataluna

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Danny de Gracia

Columnist
Chad Blair

Civil Beat Staff
Catherine Toth Fox

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John Hill

Civil Beat Staff
Naka Nathaniel

Editor-at-Large
Jonathan Y. Okamura

Columnist
Ben Lowenthal

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Matthew Leonard

Senior Reporter

Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Beth Fukumoto: If We Build The Infrastructure, The Housing Will Come

September 9, 2025 · 6 min read

American Institute of Architects Maui

Beth Fukumoto: Hawaiʻi Needs To Get Serious About Accessory Dwelling Units

August 25, 2025 · 6 min read

David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Beth Fukumoto: Drop The Defeatist Attitude When It Comes To Housing

August 13, 2025 · 6 min read

Beth Fukumoto: The Promise And The Pitfalls Of Elon Musk's America Party

August 3, 2025 · 5 min read

More from Beth Fukumoto

National Park Service

Kirstin Downey: Most Prisoners In Hawaiʻi's WWII Internment Camp Were Korean

September 5, 2025 · 9 min read

Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2024

Kirstin Downey: After 150 Years, Family Discovers Ancestor's Hawaiʻi Ties

September 1, 2025 · 7 min read

Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2025

Kirstin Downey: Historic Preservation Division Is Woefully Understaffed

August 22, 2025 · 8 min read

Nicola Dove/Apple TV+

Kirstin Downey: An Unlikely Hero Emerges In New 'Chief Of War' Series

August 15, 2025 · 10 min read

More from Kirstin Downey

David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Neal Milner: 3 Big Public Projects That Should Make You Mad

August 28, 2025 · 7 min read

Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Neal Milner: Kapolei Deserves A Spot On Hawaiʻi's Cultural Playlist

August 14, 2025 · 8 min read

Claire Caulfield/Civil Beat/2020

Neal Milner: More Cops Aren't Coming, And They Wouldn't Reduce Crime Anyway

August 4, 2025 · 7 min read

Stephen Edmonds/Wikimedia Commons

Neal Milner: Sometimes, Preserving A Neighborhood Is Exactly The Wrong Call

July 17, 2025 · 6 min read

More from Neal Milner

Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Eric Stinton: Can Settlers Ever Be Pono In Hawaiʻi?

August 24, 2025 · 9 min read

AP Photo/Eric Jamison/2008

Eric Stinton: BJ Penn Needs Help, But He Doesn't Seem To Know It

June 1, 2025 · 7 min read

Getty Images/2023

Eric Stinton: Students Need A Better Reason Not To Cheat Using AI

May 20, 2025 · 8 min read

Eric Stinton: Fairness Means Giving Trans Athletes A Chance To Play

February 19, 2025 · 8 min read

More from Eric Stinton

Kenneth Hayes photo

Denby Fawcett: Seeking Love For The Endangered Hawaiian Land Snail

August 18, 2025 · 8 min read

Courtesy: David Mulligan

Denby Fawcett: Mayor Wants To Buy Wo Fat Building In Chinatown For Housing

August 12, 2025 · 7 min read

Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Denby Fawcett: Officials Raise Alarms As Oʻahu Traffic Fatalities Skyrocket

July 29, 2025 · 6 min read

Denby Fawcett: This 60-Year-Old Classic Opens The Door To Hawaiʻiʻs History

July 8, 2025 · 6 min read

More from Denby Fawcett

Honolulu Police Department

Lee Cataluna: Playing Political Games With Game Rooms

August 17, 2025 · 5 min read

Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Lee Cataluna: Joe Logan Doesn't Deserve Our Sympathy, Let Alone Our Money

August 10, 2025 · 5 min read

Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Lee Cataluna: The Media Doesn't Need Police Scanners To Cover The Cops

August 3, 2025 · 6 min read

Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Lee Cataluna: We're Being Watched And We Don't Care

July 27, 2025 · 5 min read

More from Lee Cataluna

Danny De Gracia: You Don't Have The Right To Use AI Deepfakes In Politics

June 15, 2025 · 8 min read

Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Danny De Gracia: The Case For Young People To Stay In Hawaiʻi

June 9, 2025 · 8 min read

Danny De Gracia: Hawaiʻi Needs Serious Leadership From Local Republicans

June 2, 2025 · 7 min read

Csilla Jaray-Benn/Flickr.com

Danny De Gracia: Why Local Government Must Help Young People Get Jobs

May 26, 2025 · 10 min read

More from Danny de Gracia

David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

We Must Preserve The Human Rights Of Children Who Commit Crimes

May 16, 2025 · 4 min read

The White House/2025

Jacob Aki: Trump’s Address To Congress Wasn’t A Vision — It Was A Warning

March 7, 2025 · 6 min read

Chad Blair/Civil Beat/2024

Chad Blair: Campaign Signs Are Everywhere. Is There Anywhere They're Not Allowed?

July 31, 2024 · 8 min read

David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Chad Blair: Senate Interrogations And House Lovefests When The Money Committees Meet

May 13, 2024 · 8 min read

More from Chad Blair

David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Catherine Toth Fox: Closed Since 1979, Waikīkī Natatorium May Be Restored

January 21, 2025 · 5 min read

Catherine Toth Fox/Civil Beat/2024

Catherine Toth Fox: The Big Business Of Pokemon Comes To Honolulu

August 16, 2024 · 5 min read

Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Catherine Toth Fox: There Should Be Such A Thing As A Free Lunch — At Least In Schools

August 9, 2024 · 4 min read

Catherine Toth Fox/Civil Beat/2024

Catherine Toth Fox: This Principal Made A Community Centered On Raising Fish And Vegetables

July 12, 2024 · 5 min read

More from Catherine Toth Fox

Cory Lum/Civil Beat

John Hill: She Begged The State To Save Her Grandkids. Instead, One Is Dead

October 18, 2024 · 6 min read

Screenshot: Multidisciplinary team report/2024

John Hill: An Abused Child's Hidden Death

September 30, 2024 · 6 min read

David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Danny De Gracia: Government Could Help Make Day-To-Day Life Less Annoying

September 23, 2024 · 7 min read

Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

John Hill: The State Keeps Bleeding Money For Failing To Protect Vulnerable Children

September 5, 2024 · 7 min read

More from John Hill

Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Naka Nathaniel: The Military Wants New State Land Leases. What Should We Get In Return?

September 23, 2024 · 6 min read

(Naka Nathaniel/Civil Beat 2024

Naka Nathaniel: Hawaii's Ag System Needs An Overhaul To Promote Food Independence

September 18, 2024 · 6 min read

Jonathan Salvador photo/2024

Naka Nathaniel: The Voyage To Becoming The Breadbasket Of The Pacific

September 11, 2024 · 6 min read

Cory Lum / Civil Beat

Naka Nathaniel: We Need To Foster A Culture Of Belonging In A Land Of Inequality

August 21, 2024 · 6 min read

More from Naka Nathaniel

Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Jonathan Okamura: Here's How Some Hawaii Candidates Covet The Japanese Vote

July 28, 2024 · 6 min read

David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022

Jonathan Okamura: Ethnic Names Give Hawaii Candidates An Advantage — And They Know It

July 21, 2024 · 7 min read

Angelo Villagomez

Jonathan Okamura: There May Be No 'Black Jobs,' But What About Micronesian Jobs?

July 14, 2024 · 5 min read

Charlie Kaijo/Civil Beat

Jonathan Okamura: Immigrant Students In Hawaii Defy Stereotypes To Tell Their Own Stories

June 30, 2024 · 6 min read

More from Jonathan Y. Okamura

Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Ben Lowenthal: Turning Chronic Unlicensed Drivers Into Felons Is A Bad Idea

May 31, 2024 · 6 min read

Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Ben Lowenthal: Hawaii Just Won't Give Up Its Harsh Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws

May 17, 2024 · 6 min read

Ben Lowenthal/Civil Beat/2017

Ben Lowenthal: County Fair's Demise Is Another Loss For Maui

May 3, 2024 · 6 min read

Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Ben Lowenthal: Opponents Of Legal Cannabis Say They Want To 'Keep Hawaii, Hawaii.' Which Hawaii Are They Talking About?

April 19, 2024 · 6 min read

More from Ben Lowenthal

Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Ben Lowenthal: Hawaii Just Won't Give Up Its Harsh Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws

May 17, 2024 · 6 min read

Jonathan Okamura/Civil Beat/2024

Jonathan Okamura: Filipino UH Ceremony Creates A Cultural Space To Honor Graduates, Families And Community

May 12, 2024 · 6 min read

Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Ben Lowenthal: Opponents Of Legal Cannabis Say They Want To 'Keep Hawaii, Hawaii.' Which Hawaii Are They Talking About?

April 19, 2024 · 6 min read

Courtesy Bernie Llanes/Aggressive Gamefarm

Eric Stinton: Chickens Have Feelings Too, Scientists Say. So Where Does That Leave Cockfighting?

April 2, 2024 · 7 min read

More from Matthew Leonard

Editorials and Interviews

David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

The Civil Beat Editorial Board Interview: US Rep. Ed Case

December 2, 2024 · 31 min read

Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

The Civil Beat Editorial Board Interview: Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami

November 21, 2024 · 32 min read

David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

The Civil Beat Editorial Board Interview: Hawaii's Climate Advisory Team

November 11, 2024 · 27 min read

Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

The Civil Beat Editorial Board Interview: US Sen. Brian Schatz

August 18, 2024 · 25 min read

Danny de Gracia/Civil Beat/2019

Pay-To-Play Politics Is Staring Us In The Face. What Are We Going To Do About It?

May 28, 2024 · 6 min read

Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Now We Know The Scale Of Pay-To-Play Politics In Hawaii. It's Long Past Time To Act

April 21, 2024 · 5 min read

More Editorials and Interviews

Political Cartoons

Will Caron/Civil Beat/2025

Will Caron: Blue Spayed Shoos

By Will Caron · September 7, 2025

Will Caron/Civil Beat/2025

Will Caron: Waters' World

By Will Caron · August 31, 2025

Will Caron/Civil Beat/2025

Will Caron: Electric Fever Dream

By Will Caron · August 24, 2025

More Political Cartoons

Community Voices

David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Why We Must Preserve Customary Hawaiian Protections For Human Burials

The Oʻahu Historic Preservation Commission needs support to slow the destruction of the Kailua burial ground.

By Thomas S. Dye · September 10, 2025 · 5 min read

Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Liquefied Natural Gas Delays Hawaiʻi’s Transition To Renewable Energy

By John Wayne Cortez Jr. · September 8, 2025 · 4 min read

Suevon Lee/Civil Beat/2018

Art Should Be Built With, Not Just For, Kalihi

By Demiliza Saramosing · September 3, 2025 · 4 min read

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Editorials and Interviews

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Community

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Wikimedia Commons

From Katrina To Lahaina To Kamchatka, Learning From Disaster

By Karl Kim · September 2, 2025 · 6 min read

Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Renewed Call for Replacing O‘ahu’s Jail Glosses Over Reality

By Josh Frost · August 31, 2025 · 5 min read

More Community Voices

Videos

Learn About One Of Hawaiʻi’s Deadliest Threats

Learn About One Of Hawaiʻi’s Deadliest Threats

How Can Hawaiʻi Expand Early Education Access?

How Can Hawaiʻi Expand Early Education Access?

Hawaiʻi Storytellers: Lyndsey Haraguchi-Nakayama

Hawaiʻi Storytellers: Lyndsey Haraguchi-Nakayama

Hawaiʻi Storytellers: Linda Paik Moriarty

Hawaiʻi Storytellers: Linda Paik Moriarty

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