State integrity news for Hawaii, from the Honolulu Civil Beat:

Hawaii may have good laws when it comes to government transparency and accountability. But there's a huge gap between what's written on paper and the daily reality here. That's according to a new 50-state, data-driven assessment of transparency, accountability and anti-corruption efforts.

Hawaii ranked 44th. Only Texas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, New York and Maryland were worse. The best was Nebraska.

Read the rest of the story at the Honolulu Civil Beat.