Every Wednesday on Sunrise, we look at the latest stories by Civil Beat, a local news organization dedicated to investigative and watchdog journalism, in-depth enterprise reporting, analysis and commentary.
Residents are complaining about random outages when the weather is perfectly fine. Civil Beat's Stewart Yerton joins us to talk about the fight some customers have taken to HECO.
Hawaii was the original gateway to methamphetamines back in the 1980's. Decades later, it's still a huge problem. Civil Beat's John Hill did some extensive research and joins us now.
A large percentage of Hawaii public school students have failed their freshman years. It's a recent trend that puts our state among the worst in the country. Civil Beat's Megan Tagami's story is out this morning.
As difficult as it is to afford living in Hawaii, there are some programs that could help you pay for your kid's tuition, but it's become political. Here's Megan Tagami from Civil Beat to talk more about it.
Online gambling is growing fast with Fortune magazine estimating some $166 billion being spent by Americans. Madeleine Valera from Civil Beat is reporting that even though it's illegal in Hawaii, that's not stopping users.
A Japanese energy company wants to build a new liquefied natural gas power plant that would service Oahu. Well that idea does not seem to sit well with HECO. Civil Beat's Chad Blair joins us now.
