Cory Lum/Civil Beat More cities are adopting a model for de-escalation that has the potential to benefit people with mental illness, allow police to focus on serious crime and save taxpayer dollars.
Our research showed that fishes such as sharks, grouper and tuna that hunt other fishes or marine organisms as food were more likely to ingest plastic.
Hawaii’s charismatic U.S. attorney is an up and coming conservative. Hawaii’s GOP would love to talk him into running for office here.
A woman charged in the 2017 beating death of Telma Boinville says she didn’t participate in the killing.
Lt. Gen. Ron Place says he and other leaders are trying to understand why as many as a third of service members refused to take the vaccine.
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Cory Lum/Civil Beat The Legislature considers numerous tax bills every session and this year is no exception.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat Remember that other lawmaker who got arrested for DUI? Of course you do.
The UHERO executive director and research fellow assess the state of the economy, the vaccination rollout and more nearly one year after COVID-19.
Winter storms on the mainland disrupted the supply chain of vaccines to the island last week, officials said.
Other COVID-19 variants are also on the upswing in the islands.
A bill would require landlords to enter mediation upon a tenant’s request, but some advocates say the measure doesn’t do enough to protect renters at risk of eviction.
But proponents hope the group could still be Hawaii’s best chance at building consensus over the future of a mountain considered sacred by many.
HPD overtime spending nearly doubled over a five-year period. The new council chair wants answers.
The ceremonies must be held outdoors or in a place with “adequate ventilation” and adhere to other strict COVID-19 safety protocols.
But for some local businesses the lifting of some pandemic rules comes too late.
Public defenders are obliged to fight involuntary treatment for their clients. Lawmakers are considering cutting them out of the process.
Providing small farmers land is key to producing more local food, but the state’s go-to model isn’t moving the needle.
The relief measure doesn’t solve how the state will pay back the more than $700 million it owes on mounting jobless claims.
Blue Ocean Mariculture recently became the first U.S. operation certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council.
