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Will Caron: Meet The Beetles Will Caron/Civil Beat/2025

Will Caron: Meet The Beetles

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonists.

Public Should Weigh In On Elon Musk’s SpaceX Plans To Splash Down Near Hawaiʻi Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

Public Should Weigh In On Elon Musk’s SpaceX Plans To Splash Down Near Hawaiʻi

Federal authorities have not required a thorough review, or consultation with Hawaiian stakeholders, for Starshipʻs proposed landing zones.

Kirstin Downey: Buried At Punchbowl For 40 Years, Her Family Wants Her Home Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2024

Kirstin Downey: Buried At Punchbowl For 40 Years, Her Family Wants Her Home

The man who murdered Lindsay Tyson remains her legal next of kin. Now a federal judge will decide if her brothers have legal rights to her remains.

The Sunshine Blog: Here’s When It Pays To Be A Doctor — And A Governor Screenshot/2024

The Sunshine Blog: Here’s When It Pays To Be A Doctor — And A Governor

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

Neal Milner: Illegal Fireworks Won’t Stop Until Neighbors Take Action AP Photo/Marco Garcia/2025

Neal Milner: Illegal Fireworks Won’t Stop Until Neighbors Take Action

Tougher laws won’t do the trick. It’s time to approach fireworks the same way we do public health education.

Political Will Needed To Battle Illegal Fireworks David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Political Will Needed To Battle Illegal Fireworks

Hawaiʻi government needs to show that lawlessness will not be tolerated.

The Sunshine Blog: About That Whale We Sent You Pictures Of? Never Mind NOAA

The Sunshine Blog: About That Whale We Sent You Pictures Of? Never Mind

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

Danny De Gracia: People Won’t Obey Fireworks Laws Unless They’re Enforced AP Photo/Marco Garcia/2025

Danny De Gracia: People Won’t Obey Fireworks Laws Unless They’re Enforced

If we want to prevent the use of illegal fireworks, we have to give the city tools to lay down the law. That means more funding, arrests and timely court processing of cases.

Will Caron: Crazy Train Will Caron/Civil Beat/2025

Will Caron: Crazy Train

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonists.

Kirstin Downey: Hawaiʻi Depends On Postal Service For More Than Mail Voting Kuʻu Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2020

Kirstin Downey: Hawaiʻi Depends On Postal Service For More Than Mail Voting

A lost ballot is annoying enough, but perhaps our elections are too intertwined with a service that could end up being privatized.