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Lawsuit Alleges Hawaiʻi Prison Staff Enabled Gang Attack The suit alleges corrections officers at the state’s largest prison gave members of a prison gang access to an inmate in protective custody, who was then beaten.

August 26, 2026 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/08/lawsuit-alleges-hawaii-prison-staff-enabled-gang-attack/

Requiring Judges To Consider Past Trauma Of Youth Offenders Aim Of New Law The proposed law, which awaits the governor’s signature, would also bar youth who have been trafficked or sexually abused from being charged as adults for crimes in which their abuser is the victim.

May 18, 2026 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/05/requiring-judges-to-consider-past-trauma-of-youth-offenders-aim-of-new-law/

Acting Chief Justice Appoints District Court Judges

March 13, 2026 0

Acting Chief Justice Appoints District Court Judges HONOLULU – Acting Chief Justice Sabrina S. McKenna today appointed two individuals to...

DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SECURES GRAND JURY INDICTMENT AGAINST MAN ACCUSED OF OBSTRUCTION, INTIMIDATION AND WITNESS TAMPERING

February 25, 2026 0

HONOLULU – On February 20, 2026, an Oʻahu Grand Jury indicted Christopher Moon on seven criminal offenses relating to allegations...

Officers’ misconduct detailed

February 6, 2026 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/02/06/hawaii-news/officers-misconduct-detailed/?WHT=0d9b3e267102a19f210b85e117c33b95d7d0b696

Resolution urges ban on aquarium fishing

January 12, 2026 0

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.

January 2, 2026 0

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

December 30, 2025 0

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.

October 31, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/revolving-door-mentally-ill-lawmakers-question-diversion-program/

Chief Justice Recktenwald retires

October 1, 2025 0

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

September 17, 2025 0

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

September 17, 2025 0

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

September 14, 2025 0

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)

September 3, 2025 0

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

September 3, 2025 0

HAWAIʻI ENFORCES NEW LAW TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATORY CALLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT Act 259 Provides Civil Recourse for Discriminatory Reporting to...

Law

Lawsuit Alleges Hawaiʻi Prison Staff Enabled Gang Attack The suit alleges corrections officers at the state’s largest prison gave members of a prison gang access to an inmate in protective custody, who was then beaten.

Requiring Judges To Consider Past Trauma Of Youth Offenders Aim Of New Law The proposed law, which awaits the governor’s signature, would also bar youth who have been trafficked or sexually abused from being charged as adults for crimes in which their abuser is the victim.

Acting Chief Justice Appoints District Court Judges

DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SECURES GRAND JURY INDICTMENT AGAINST MAN ACCUSED OF OBSTRUCTION, INTIMIDATION AND WITNESS TAMPERING

Officers’ misconduct detailed

Resolution urges ban on aquarium fishing

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.

LAWS TO TAKE EFFECT IN THE NEW YEAR, 2026

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.

Chief Justice Recktenwald retires

New law impacts moped drivers: It requires helmets, raises minimum age to 16

Council mulls another pedestrian safety bill

Nitta vs. HMSA sent back to lower court

PARENTS SUE MAUI PREPARATORY ACADEMY OVER DISCRIMINATORY POLICY TARGETING TRANS STUDENTS (ACLU-HI)

HAWAIʻI ENFORCES NEW LAW TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATORY CALLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT Act 259 Provides Civil Recourse for Discriminatory Reporting to Law Enforcement

Judge set to decide fight over subpoena seeking HPD records

Judge: BJ Penn cannot contact his mother for a year

STVR law goes into effect soon

Inaba: Council won’t override mayor’s veto of Bill 59

Hawaii County bars, restaurants to carry life-saving Narcan under new bill

Hawaiian Electric preparing for Tropical Storm Norbert, supporting power restoration on Kauaʻi – Company sending additional staff, vehicles to Kauaʻi this weekend

Two Aussies Were on Vacation in Thailand When They Saw Workers Struggling With an Excavator. So They Stopped to Help

‘You Just Want To Cry’: Kauaʻi Takes Stock Of Lowell’s Damage Communities on Kauaʻi, Lānaʻi and Niʻihau are picking up the pieces left by Hurricane Lowell, a storm Gov. Josh Green compared with the 1992 disaster ʻIniki.

Radio Silence Amid Lowell Reveals Critical Gap In Emergency Plan Radio is critical during disasters. Kauaʻi has again exposed that many stations lack generators and other equipment needed to stay on the air.

Honolulu Man Involved in Trans-Pacific Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation

Kona man accused of possessing, disseminating child porn

Remembering Hawaii’s 9/11 victims

Hawai‘i Island police arrested 50-year-old John Gonzalez of Kealakekua

Volcano Watch — Remembering the 1919–1920 Maunaiki eruption of Kīlauea

Hawai’i Police Department Welcomes New Officiers

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