I want to believe... in a corruption-free legislature! Calls are growing to reveal the identify of the lawmaker who took $35k in cash, but senate and house leadership could do a lot more to get to the truth. 🛸📁

A pair of state senators derailed a gun control bill at the 11th hour, arguing hunters of invasive pig and deer need semi-automatic weapons to do their jobs. Sounds like a skill issue to me.

The 2025 Hawaiʻi legislative session ended with an ignominious whimper when it comes to good government reform, or “sunshine,” bills—the last of which died in conference committee the week before this cartoon ran.

Are you an unethical lawmaker willing to sacrifice the common good for your own personal enrichment and that of your friends and benefactors? Come on down and spin the wheel of extortion on “Quid Pro Go!”

A proposed package of pay raises for public servants would be a lot more palatable to voters if lawmakers hadn’t nixed a bill to make the legislature year round and ban side jobs.

The State Capitol could be closed for years for critical renovations. Lawmakers and the governor will likely end up in a convention center, but I think I’ve got a better idea.

Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm continues to put the weight of his office behind stopping cannabis legalization bills at the Hawaiʻi State Legislature instead of focusing on things that are actually dangerous.

To celebrate the relaunched Honolulu Civil Beat “Sunshine Sunday” accountability section, this cartoon riffs on the Hardy Boys to talk about efforts by the two legislative judiciary chairs, Sen. Rhoads and Rep. Tarnas, to reform the opaque legislature (square building).