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CivilBeat

  1. 10 Must Read Stories From The Week Of May 21 - 25 — ow.ly/baHHK #becivil
  2. Civil Beat Joins @KITV4 To Host Mayoral Debate on July 11: ow.ly/bae8n #becivil
  3. Off The Beat: Hawaii Teachers Deserve to Know Re-Vote Turnout — ow.ly/bagD4 #becivil
  4. Leadership Troubles Plague Hawaii's Historic Preservation Dept — Feds say division head stonewalled him on budget issue ow.ly/badva
  5. The Public File: Mayoral Candidates Join Ad-Buying Race — Kirk Caldwell buys 18 TV spots, Ben Cayetano buys one ow.ly/ba3nq
  6. How Effective Is the Hawaii Legislature's Oversight of Public Funds? Accountability Project: Part 45: ow.ly/b9SKU #becivil
  7. Study: Japanese-American Men With Low Vitamin-D Face Higher Stroke Risk — THE BEAT — ow.ly/b8FMr #becivil
  8. [UPDATE] Judge To Rule By Tuesday on Whether Video Images Will Be Released in APEC Shooting Case — THE BEAT — ow.ly/b8DFZ #becivil
  9. Hearing happening now: Federal Agent Charged in APEC Shooting Wants McDonald's Video Released ow.ly/b8C9B #becivil
  10. Federal Agent Charged in APEC Shooting Wants McDonald's Video Released — prosecutor wants tape kept secret ow.ly/b8mDL #becivil
  11. Pro-Rail Union Group Ups Ante Against Cayetano — the gloves have come off! ow.ly/b8mug #becivil
  12. Is Hawaii's Budget Process Open to Public Participation? Accountability Project: The real negotiations aren't public ow.ly/b8mo6
  13. Mayoral Hopefuls Sharpen Attacks in First TV Debate — wrap-up of last night's debate ow.ly/b8mhw #becivil
  14. @scrivener Not sure your prostitution = victimless crime descriptor holds up. ow.ly/b7j1B cc: @LaurieCicotello
  15. [UPDATE] Honolulu Mayoral Hopefuls Sharpen Attacks in First TV Debate —our wrap up story: ow.ly/b7gmt #becivil
  16. RT @chadblaircb: Lawsuit filed over death of second Hawaii inmate in Arizona prison, bit.ly/LrwZT5. #becivil