The public defense attorneys typically earn far less than lawyers at other state agencies. Six months after a move to address the disparity, the money still hasn’t materialized.

The Attorney General’s Office just expunged the records of more than 1,300 Big Island residents through a pilot program. Some policymakers want to see the work expand.

Judge Kevin Morikone ordered the release of the trial exhibits in a lawsuit brought by a former foster boy who was sexually molested by his foster dad.

Chief John Pelletier was one of several high-profile defendants who were accused of participating in a brutal sexual assault against a California woman.

Despite lawyers citing fake, AI-generated citations in court documents, a new report finds existing rules provide adequate safeguards.

UPDATE: New details emerged on Saturday in a video provided to Civil Beat of the incident that led to the arrest. The squalid conditions and violent outbreaks led the state representative for downtown to call for changes to Hawaiʻi landlord-tenant law.

The chief executive of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs wants her job back amid an internal investigation.

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.

A federal judge says Martin Kao’s prison sentence will be a deterrent for others.

Legal experts said Sabrina McKenna’s opinion on the case involving three former city officials was not related to the matter before the court.