Chief Rade Vanic said the department has explored multiple ways to bolster police patrols across the island.

Kalani Werner was elected state director of the union in a runoff contest, replacing longtime UPW leader Dayton Nakanelua.

The union’s newly elected president, Robert Cavaco, criticized the police commission’s decision to hire a consulting firm to help with the search.

Amid an ongoing federal investigation, members of one of the most influential unions in Hawaii are electing a new state director.

Hawaii still lags behind other states in how quickly the state processes initial unemployment payments.

Some members say the Unite Here Local 5 election do-over is still unfair to opposition candidates and members who were out of work during the pandemic.

The vice principal, while accepting responsibility, says that dismissal for the affair with a principal was too harsh.

HSTA Vice President Osa Tui Jr., registrar at McKinley High, will take the helm of the union in July.

In Hawaii and across the U.S., advocates for police accountability are scrutinizing the union contracts that keep troublesome officers on the job.

Some education insiders said while union opposition was damaging, it was not “as simple as unions throwing their weight around.”