Hawaiʻi

‘Renovation Aloha’ Sued For Filming Native Hawaiian Bones Christina Jedra/Civil Beat/2026

‘Renovation Aloha’ Sued For Filming Native Hawaiian Bones

HGTV is releasing a re-edited version of the episode “Bones On The Big Island” after a Hawaiʻi judge ordered the original taken down.

Family Suing Kamehameha Schools Can Stay Anonymous For Now AP Photo/Mengshin Lin/2025

Family Suing Kamehameha Schools Can Stay Anonymous For Now

Their identities will be revealed to the school’s attorneys and the judge presiding over the case.

Hawaiʻi Police Union Officials Got Pay Raises Without Approval Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaiʻi Police Union Officials Got Pay Raises Without Approval

The state police union’s executive director announced raises for employees without the board’s permission, the union said. The move was quickly undone.

Fatal Work Accident Spurs Hawaiʻi Immigrant’s Widow To Fight Back

Fatal Work Accident Spurs Hawaiʻi Immigrant’s Widow To Fight Back

An undocumented Chinese warehouse worker faced safety hazards at a Honolulu job site that a lawsuit says cost him his life after 87 weeks in the hospital.

Stolen Time: A Hawaiʻi Family Remembers WWII Incarceration Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Stolen Time: A Hawaiʻi Family Remembers WWII Incarceration

Ireichō is a book containing the names of 125,284 individuals of Japanese ancestry incarcerated without due process during World War II. Survivors like my father place a Japanese hanko, or stamp, under their name — and the names of their family members — acknowledging the time stolen from their lives.

The Hawaiʻi State Senate Becomes A Tax Bill Graveyard Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

The Hawaiʻi State Senate Becomes A Tax Bill Graveyard

The state House proposed an assortment of potential tax increases for the Senate to consider, but senators buried almost all of them without a hearing.

ʻAʻe ʻIa Ka Pono Iwi Kupuna Ma Ka Wā Hoʻomaʻemaʻe No Ka Hōlapu Ahi O Lahaina, Wahi A Kahi Hoʻopiʻi ʻAna Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

ʻAʻe ʻIa Ka Pono Iwi Kupuna Ma Ka Wā Hoʻomaʻemaʻe No Ka Hōlapu Ahi O Lahaina, Wahi A Kahi Hoʻopiʻi ʻAna

Ke hoʻopiʻi nei kahi ʻohana i kahi mea nona kahi ʻāina a me ka mokuʻāina no ka mālama ʻole ʻana i ka pono iwi kupuna Hawaiʻi e like me kona koi kānāwai ʻia.

Federal Disaster Declaration Approved For Hawaiʻi Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Federal Disaster Declaration Approved For Hawaiʻi

The state and counties were counting on federal funding to support flood cleanup efforts throughout the islands.

Cut State Jobs, Keep Tax Cuts? Hawaiʻi Senate Makes Budget Pitch Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Cut State Jobs, Keep Tax Cuts? Hawaiʻi Senate Makes Budget Pitch

Faced with federal budget cuts, lawmakers hope to balance the budget in part by wiping out positions that have been vacant for more than five years.

Hawaiʻi Law Enforcement Director Wants To Return To HPD Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Law Enforcement Director Wants To Return To HPD

Mike Lambert said he had hoped to stay longer with DLE but plans to step down this summer because of a retirement system issue.