Hawaii State Government

Hawaii’s governing structure has evolved from disconnected tribes to a monarchy to a republic to a U.S. territory to a state. During World War II, it was also under martial law. That evolution can be traced through a series of governing documents and key events.

Have feedback? Suggestions?

Related Content

Articles	Fact Checks	Posts
It's Your Money: Hawaii's Election Holiday Cost Taxpayers Millions 'Sucky Websites' To Become Cool Under State's New Tech Reform Plan Most Oppose Hawaii Judiciary's Plan to Seal Expunged Records Hawaii's Old Records Are Literally on Ice Accountability Project: Hawaii Compared With Other States Hawaii Places A Bet On Shanghai Expo Civil Beat Poll - Can Gov't Solve Challenges? Is Hawaii Law Governing Public Officials Effective? Does Hawaii Have Civil Service Regulations? Can Hawaii Citizens Access the Asset Disclosure Records of the Governor? Are Hawaii's Conflict of Interest Regulations Effective? Are There Conflict of Interest Rules For Hawaii's Executives? Are Hawaii's Top State Executives Subject to Criminal Proceedings? Hawaii Has No More Excuses For Not Improving Accountability All Is Not Sunny When It Comes to Ethics in Hawaii Grading the Nation: How Accountable Is Your State? Civil Beat and the State Accountability Project Hawaii Ranks Near Bottom for Enforcement of Transparency Laws List - The 6 States Less Accountable Than Hawaii List - Top 3 Areas Where Hawaii Less Accountable Than Other States Hawaii Ranks in Bottom Half of States for Spending Transparency Who's in Charge in Hawaii? John Radcliffe — Prophet or Pariah? Abercrombie: Hawaii Has 'Turned Corner' The Text of Neil Abercrombie's 2012 State of the State Speech PHOTOS — 2012 Hawaii Legislature Opening Day Capitol Watch — Hawaii Politics and Government — Jan. 16-22 Capitol Watch — Hawaii Politics and Government — Jan. 9-15 Capitol Watch — Hawaii Politics and Government — Jan. 2-8 Capitol Watch — Hawaii Politics and Government — Dec. 26-Jan. 1 Capitol Watch — Hawaii Politics and Government — Dec. 19-Dec. 25 Capitol Watch — Hawaii Politics and Government — Dec. 12-Dec. 18 Capitol Watch — Hawaii Politics and Government — Dec. 5-Dec. 11 As HGEA Invokes 'Favored Nation' Clause, Who Got Better Deal? Two Top Advisers to Hawaii Governor Are Out Civil Beat Shares Hawaii State Employee Salaries Analyze This: Hawaii's Criminal Justice System Inside Halawa: A Reporter's Notebook Hawaii State Salaries 2012: Highest Paid Employees Hawaii’s Sunshine Law Doesn’t Cast Much Light on Government Meetings Two More Board Members Resist Abercrombie All Land Board Members Resisting Abercrombie Third Appointee Resigns At Abercrombie's Request More Lingle Appointees Staying On Board When Labor Contracts Expire, State Pay To Revert to Pre-Furlough Levels Appointees Resist Hawaii Gov's Resignation Request Hawaii's CIO to Tackle Outdated Technology Auditor: Poor Management of Hawaii Public Housing Puts Federal Funds at Risk Redistricting Chair Now in Supreme Court's Hands Hawaii Lawmakers Will Hammer Out State Budget Over Next Week Politics Divides Hawaii Reapportionment Panel Lingle Appointees: Who Donated What? Sixteen Abercrombie Nominees Have Withdrawn Hawaii Silence On Landfill Inspections Speaks Loudly New Details Emerge About Landfill Spill Response What Should Politicians Be Required to Disclose? Hawaii Departments Fired 67 out of 14,000 in 2010 Hawaii Ethics Commission Votes to Reject Gift Bill More Than Just a Paycheck: How Public Compensation Stacks Up in Hawaii The Paychecks of Hawaii Public Union Leaders OIP Director: "I Was Terminated." Honolulu to State: There's No Rail Money for You First Look at Hawaii's Official U.S. Census Data Why Hawaii Legislature Should Renew Shield Law First Amendment Scholar: Invocations Satisfy No One Invocations Extend Back to Territorial Legislature Bill Watch: Lobbying Public Workers, Private Data: Bill to Hide Salaries Hawaii's Clean Energy Future Dump DéJà Vu After Landfill Spill, Lots of Questions, Few Answers Pursuing Health Equity in Hawaii Can a House Divided Against Itself Stand Taking Care of Our Elders Fragile Recovery Requires Proven Leadership Will Hawaii Learn the Great Recession? Redrawing District Boundaries One Consequence of Election Abercrombie's New Day Runs into Budget Sinkhole Week 33: The Facts About Rail Costs and Extraordinary Overtime Gov: 'Bring All Prisoners Back' From Mainland Dissecting Abercrombie's 'New Day' Fall of the House of Say? Government Waste Watch: State Paying Staff to Retype Every Food Stamp Application Transition Hawaii Public Union to Seek Changes to Open Records Law Sample Salary Database Lawsuit: State Discriminates in Care for Micronesians Comments You Don't Want to Miss: Aug. 21 Week 16: All Is Quiet at Civil Beat — Not Hawaii's Highest Paid State Employees Hawaii's Lowest Paid State Workers How Everyone Knew My Salary Coming Wednesday: Salaries of State Employees Understanding the Katherine Leonard Pick Curfew to Lead to New State Rules for Public Housing New Campaign Finance Laws for Fall Elections Lingle Vetoes 32 Bills on Final Day Explosive E-Mail Read in Senate Hearing Introducing Three New Topic Pages Hawaii Links for Wednesday, June 16 Update: ERS Follows Up On Interview Request Government Official Spends 25 Minutes Talking About Why He Can't Talk UPDATE: New Auditor's Report Finds Inefficiencies in State's pCard Program How The State Auditor Determined Frozen Investments Included General Funds UPDATE: State issued 3,500 tax refunds totaling about $21 million Mail-In Voting The Winner In Special Election UH Professors Guaranteed Raises Despite Economy Study: Civil Unions Could Bring Millions To State Tax-Exempt Bonds Getting Little Use By Private Schools UPDATE: State Will Begin Issuing Delayed Tax Refunds UPDATE: Hundreds Of Hawaii Nonprofits Could Lose Tax Exemptions Today Majority of 1st District Voters Likely To Be Unrepresented Rail, Highway Projects Won't Be Covered By "Local Jobs Bill" If Hawaii Doesn't Pay Now, Will It Have To Pay More Later? Biggest Impact Of Civil Unions Will Be On Couples Legal Benefits And Implications Of Civil Unions UPDATE: Color By Numbers. Or Is It Numbers By Color? What Comes After Curfew at Housing Complex? Minority Report: GOP and the 2010 Hawaii Legislature UPDATE: GOP Star Scott Brown Endorses Djou	FACT CHECK — Radcliffe: Most Government Buildings 'Full of Mold and Virus'	Be A Force For Good Capitol Watch: Oct. 3 Capitol Watch: Sept. 26 Feds Say Some Child Deaths Should Be Public Government Agencies — Other Than Honolulu Police — Share Salaries Discussion: Hawaii Public Employee Salaries Hawaii State Salaries 2012: Fewer Employees, Higher Costs Civil Beat To Publish 'Hawaii State Salaries 2012' Abercrombie Defends Emergency Cleanup Order Hawaii Gov Orders Boards to Post Agendas Online Abercrombie HR Head Sunshine Topping Quits VIDEO — Newsmaker: Interview With Hawaii's Chief Information Officer Sonny Bhagowalia Off The Beat: Hawaii's 'Dark Age' of Information One More Board Member Says 'No' to Hawaii Gov Newsmaker: Watch the Interview With HGEA Executive Director Randy Perreira Cooking the Truth at the Hawaii Office of Information Practices 'The Raw Truth' — OIP Responds to Civil Beat Hawaii Legislature Needs to Give Records Office a Backbone Hawaii Open Records Agency Lets Public Down Newsmaker: Interview With Lt. Governor Brian Schatz Hawaii DPS To Finally Follow Medical Pot Law All Together Now: Panel Charts Redistricting Course Retired Judge Named Hawaii Redistricting Chair Capitol Watch: April 29: Live Blogging from the Legislature Obama Releases Long Form Hawaii Birth Certificate What Abercrombie Didn't Tell Us About HGEA Deal Governments File Open Records Requests, Too Capitol Watch: March 21 Eight Named to Redraw Hawaii Political Lines Capitol Watch: March 18 Hawaii State and County Websites Didn't Serve Public During Tsunami State Investigating Violations Related to Medical Waste Bring More Women Into the Political Process When Should Names of Police Officers Be Public? OIP: Abercrombie Must Reveal Judge Candidates Masters of Secrecy Fighting for Hawaii High Court Short List Equal Opportunity and Prosperity Focus of FACE Equity Summit Hawaii Legislature Redesigning Democracy in Hawaii Defending Civil Rights that Affect Our Everyday Lives Civil Unions, Civil Rights Capitol Watch: Jan. 7 Army Doc Doesn't Believe Obama a Citizen Capitol Watch: Dec. 8 Capitol Watch: Dec. 7 Capitol Watch: Dec. 4 Capitol Watch: Dec. 2 Capitol Watch: Dec. 1 Capitol Watch: Nov. 29 Discussion: Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie Capitol Watch: Nov. 23 Capitol Watch: Nov. 18 Capitol Watch: Nov. 17 OHA Claims Its Employees Aren't Public Utah and Four-Day Workweeks Wasting away again at the Ala Wai A pricey pass-through Discussion: Hawaii Discussion: Open Records Discussion: CGI Contract Controversy Discussion: Public Housing Safety Discussion: The Katherine Leonard Nomination The John Mizuno Show

Hawaii State Government

Related Content

Table of Contents

Author

Chad Blair

State Reporter-Host

Recommended Content