Officers’ misconduct detailed
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/02/06/hawaii-news/officers-misconduct-detailed/?WHT=0d9b3e267102a19f210b85e117c33b95d7d0b696
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Resolution urges ban on aquarium fishing
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/01/12/hawaii-news/resolution-urges-ban-on-aquarium-fishing/?WHT=a084859057d0d1bbf538eb464fd429cf61b07c71
Hawaiʻi Is Still Releasing Inmates Without IDs Needed To Reenter Society Lawmakers have made multiple efforts to improve the process of getting incarcerated people the identification they need to access basic services, but little has changed.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/01/hawaii-is-still-releasing-inmates-without-ids-needed-to-reenter-society/
LAWS TO TAKE EFFECT IN THE NEW YEAR, 2026
LAWS TO TAKE EFFECT IN THE NEW YEAR Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – House Speaker Nadine K. Nakamura today shared a list of...
A Revolving Door For Mentally Ill? Lawmakers Question Diversion Program Citing Civil Beat’s investigation of a jail diversion program known as Act 26, a group of senators is asking the health department to consider potential changes to the law.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/revolving-door-mentally-ill-lawmakers-question-diversion-program/
Chief Justice Recktenwald retires
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/10/01/hawaii-news/chief-justice-recktenwald-retires/
New law impacts moped drivers: It requires helmets, raises minimum age to 16
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/17/hawaii-news/new-law-impacts-moped-drivers-it-requires-helmets-raises-minimum-age-to-16/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Council mulls another pedestrian safety bill
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/17/hawaii-news/council-mulls-another-pedestrian-safety-bill/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Nitta vs. HMSA sent back to lower court
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/14/hawaii-news/nitta-vs-hmsa-sent-back-to-lower-court/
PARENTS SUE MAUI PREPARATORY ACADEMY OVER DISCRIMINATORY POLICY TARGETING TRANS STUDENTS (ACLU-HI)
PARENTS SUE MAUI PREPARATORY ACADEMY OVER DISCRIMINATORY POLICY TARGETING TRANS STUDENTS HONOLULU, Hawai‘i – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union...
HAWAIʻI ENFORCES NEW LAW TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATORY CALLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT Act 259 Provides Civil Recourse for Discriminatory Reporting to Law Enforcement
HAWAIʻI ENFORCES NEW LAW TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATORY CALLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT Act 259 Provides Civil Recourse for Discriminatory Reporting to...
Judge set to decide fight over subpoena seeking HPD records
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/08/21/hawaii-news/judge-set-to-decide-fight-over-subpoena-seeking-hpd-records/
Judge: BJ Penn cannot contact his mother for a year
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/08/20/hawaii-news/judge-bj-penn-cannot-contact-his-mother-for-a-year/
STVR law goes into effect soon
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/08/18/hawaii-news/stvr-law-goes-into-effect-soon/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Inaba: Council won’t override mayor’s veto of Bill 59
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/08/10/hawaii-news/inaba-council-wont-override-mayors-veto-of-bill-59/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hawaii County bars, restaurants to carry life-saving Narcan under new bill
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/08/08/hawaii-news/hawaii-county-bars-restaurants-to-carry-life-saving-narcan-under-new-bill/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hawaiʻi Needs Lawyers. Now, Mainland Attorneys Can Practice Here Attorneys licensed in other states and in good standing can practice in Hawaiʻi without taking the state bar, as long as they work in criminal litigation for a government agency.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/hawai%ca%bbi-needs-lawyers-now-mainland-attorneys-can-practice-here/
AI In The Courtroom? Complaints About Misuse By Hawaiʻi Lawyers Growing Hawaiʻi is seeing an increase in complaints against lawyers accused of improperly using artificial intelligence programs to help produce documents, but the state court system has yet to take decisive action to address the problem.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/ai-in-the-courtroom-complaints-about-misuse-by-hawaii-lawyers-growing/
High court bars Sulla, Zamber from law practice
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/30/hawaii-news/high-court-bars-sulla-zamber-from-law-practice/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Feral animals bill advances
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/24/hawaii-news/feral-animals-bill-advances/
