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The Sunshine Blog: There’s Still Time For Lawmakers To Fix This Problem With Contractor Campaign Donations David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

The Sunshine Blog: There’s Still Time For Lawmakers To Fix This Problem With Contractor Campaign Donations

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

The Sunshine Blog: Maui Mayor Richard Bissen Is On The Hot Seat Now. And Rightly So David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

The Sunshine Blog: Maui Mayor Richard Bissen Is On The Hot Seat Now. And Rightly So

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

Beth Fukumoto: Time Is Running Out For Hawaii Lawmakers To Address Urgent Issues This Year Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Beth Fukumoto: Time Is Running Out For Hawaii Lawmakers To Address Urgent Issues This Year

Progress is stalling on dozens of important bills as the end of the legislative session approaches.

Now We Know The Scale Of Pay-To-Play Politics In Hawaii. It’s Long Past Time To Act Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

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

Companies that get government contracts can’t give directly to campaigns but their owners, officers and family members can. That's long been an enormous loophole that legislators just failed to address — again.

The Sunshine Blog: House Chairs Talk Transparency, And Patsy Mink Gets Minted Submitted: Gwendolyn Mink/1993

The Sunshine Blog: House Chairs Talk Transparency, And Patsy Mink Gets Minted

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

The Sunshine Blog: A Big Night Out For The Maui Mayor Wikimedia Commons/Victoria Stauffenberg/2019

The Sunshine Blog: A Big Night Out For The Maui Mayor

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

The Sunshine Blog: Missing Records, Money Talks And Who Doesn’t Love A Good Bagel Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2024

The Sunshine Blog: Missing Records, Money Talks And Who Doesn’t Love A Good Bagel

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

The Sunshine Blog: Read The Latest Bizarre Motion In The Keith Kaneshiro Bribery Case. Or Some Of It Anyway David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

The Sunshine Blog: Read The Latest Bizarre Motion In The Keith Kaneshiro Bribery Case. Or Some Of It Anyway

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

The Sunshine Blog: Hawaii Senate Still Messing With UH, Just Because It Can Screenshot/2024

The Sunshine Blog: Hawaii Senate Still Messing With UH, Just Because It Can

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

The Sunshine Blog: The Pot Bill Goes Up In Smoke And Other Tales Of Political Woe Flickr.com/cagrimmett

The Sunshine Blog: The Pot Bill Goes Up In Smoke And Other Tales Of Political Woe

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