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A Small Honolulu Restaurant Will Pay A Huge Fine For Sexual Harassment In The Workplace Madeleine List/Civil Beat/2023

A Small Honolulu Restaurant Will Pay A Huge Fine For Sexual Harassment In The Workplace

The federal employment commission says sexual harassment complaints by restaurant workers are on the rise nationally.

Mike Miske’s Attorneys Go On Attack Over FBI Search Warrants Hawaii News Now

Mike Miske’s Attorneys Go On Attack Over FBI Search Warrants

Federal prosecutors said that evidence gathered from Miske's boat Painkiller won't be presented at trial.

Honolulu Responds To ACLU Homelessness Lawsuit Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Honolulu Responds To ACLU Homelessness Lawsuit

The ACLU lawsuit had asked a court to stop what it called 'targeted enforcement and harassment.'

Green Will Pick Two New Supreme Court Justices Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Green Will Pick Two New Supreme Court Justices

Hawaii's Judicial Selection Commission has submitted to the governor the names of six nominees.

Lawsuit Accuses Kauai Chief Judge Of Sexually Harassing His Assistant Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Lawsuit Accuses Kauai Chief Judge Of Sexually Harassing His Assistant

The Hawaii Judiciary prohibits unwanted hugging, which the assistant alleges Chief Judge Randal Valenciano did in a "sexualized" manner numerous times.

Maui Fire Lawsuits: Rampant Grass Growth Is As ‘Inherently Dangerous’ As Radioactive Waste Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2023

Maui Fire Lawsuits: Rampant Grass Growth Is As ‘Inherently Dangerous’ As Radioactive Waste

The lawsuits are invoking a legal doctrine historically applied to wild animals, nuclear waste and explosives.

John Hill: Hawaii Should Come Clean About Its Actions In A Notorious Child Abuse Case Hawaii News Now/2021

John Hill: Hawaii Should Come Clean About Its Actions In A Notorious Child Abuse Case

Almost nothing is known about the actions of the public officials who handed over Ariel Sellers to the Waimanalo couple accused of killing her.

New Lawsuits Attack Hawaii Governor’s Broad Plan To Build More Housing Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2023

New Lawsuits Attack Hawaii Governor’s Broad Plan To Build More Housing

Critics say Hawaii's housing crisis isn't what the Legislature had in mind when it gave the governor "sole power" to decide when an emergency exists.

Ben Lowenthal: Mandatory Court Fees Are Meant To Help Victims, Not Create New Ones Ben Lowenthal/Civil Beat/2023

Ben Lowenthal: Mandatory Court Fees Are Meant To Help Victims, Not Create New Ones

Judges are under pressure to collect fees that fund a range of state agencies from defendants often unable to pay.