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The Theatrics To Kill Full Public Election Financing Would Be Amusing If They Weren’t So Sad

Sometimes lawmakers are at their most imaginative when they are derailing legislation to reform government.

Join Us to Hear About the Loopholes of Hawaii’s Pay-to-Play Law

A panel discussion in collaboration with The New York Times on the investigation into money in Hawaii politics

The House Speaker Killed An Effort To Help Young Parents And Caretakers Run For Office

Everybody loved this measure as it flew through the Legislature, but it still died mysteriously in the session’s final days.

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.