Calling All Candidates: Here’s Your Chance To Tell Our Readers Why You Deserve Their Vote
From the U.S. Senate to county councils, Civil Beat is again sending questionnaires to everyone who’s on a ballot in Hawaii.
John Pritchett: HART Attacks
Mayor Rick Blangiardi wants Colleen Hanabusa and the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation board to quit picking on CEO Lori Kahikina. An investigation into complaints of bullying is underway.
Lawsuit Filed Over Oahu Jail Suicide
Joycelyn Simeona says that the department’s failure to provide her daughter with mental health services led directly to her suicide.
Louisiana legislative session 2024: Victors and the vanquished
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, right, greets Rep. Raymond Crews, R-Bossier City, before giving his address in the House Chamber on opening day of the regular legislative session, March 11, 2024,…
Pennsylvania, Ohio residents affected by East Palestine derailment say needs still not being met
Aerial view of the train derailment wreckage in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 5, 2023. (NTSB photo). Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, and nearby areas in Pennsylvania harmed by the Norfolk…
Kevin Ellis: Get ready for the foundations of our government and politics to be questioned and then changed
This commentary is by Kevin Ellis of East Montpelier. He is a writer, podcaster and former lobbyist. In 1985, a Jewish refugee from Switzerland named Madeleine Kunin became the first…
A fatal fire, an illegal apartment and a closed investigation
Investigators know, at least, how Joshua DeJesus died: “thermal injury.” His body was burnt beyond recognition. But more than two years after a fire destroyed the house at 214 Main…
PAID POST: How Eversource will help Connecticut meet its clean energy goals
State policymakers have a vision for a cleaner, greener Connecticut by the year 2040—one that includes widespread adoption of electric vehicles and solar installations, and integrating additional renewable energy sources…
U.S. Senate panel divided over climate as cause of rising insurance premiums
A street in Lincoln Park, New Jersey on September 2, 2021, after Tropical Storm Ida. Increased insurance claims from natural disasters have led to higher premiums and rates of uninsured…
Hochul’s surprise: congestion pricing in New York on hold
What was she thinking? Just 25 days before implementation, why did New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pull the plug on New York City’s congestion pricing scheme in a move one…