Kealoha Cases Are Racking Up ‘Endless’ Taxpayer Legal Bills
Wednesday, September 4Honolulu Council OKs Funds To Shield Records Seized By Feds
$3M Settlement After Rock Slide Adds To Taxpayers’ Legal Bill
Taxpayers Hit With $1.1 Million Tab After State Settles Lawsuits
Hawaii Taxpayers Are On The Hook For $18 Million To Settle Claims
Pedestrian Death Could Cost Honolulu Taxpayers $900K
Potholes, Lost Inmate Property, Falling Ceiling Cost Taxpayers
It’s Your Money: Special Session’s Price Tag At Least $10,000
It’s Your Money: How A Pothole May Cost The City $1.2M
It’s Your Money: HPD Spends $240,000 to Record License Plates
It’s Your Money: Honolulu Pays $50,000 to Bicyclist Hit by Garbage Truck
It’s Your Money: Prison Guards Punch Kids, Costs State $180K
It’s Your Money: Hawaii Gov Wants $60,700 for Membership Fee
It’s Your Money: Governor’s Office Gets a $475K Tech Upgrade
It’s Your Money: Man Shot By Honolulu Police Gets $150K
It’s Your Money: Lack of Flood Prevention Costs Honolulu $2.7 Million
It’s Your Money: Rapist Wins $35k From Honolulu After Cops Beat Him Up
Thursday, April 4It’s Your Money: Bumpy Roads, Brain Injury And A $1.7 Million Pothole
It’s Your Money: Teacher Subs Lawsuit Could Cost Hawaii Taxpayers $75M
Friday, March 1It’s Your Money: Student Trips, State Pays $30K
It’s Your Money: Faulty Hose Sends Taxpayers’ Dollars Down the Drain
Thursday, February 21It’s Your Money: Taxpayers Owe $550K After Kids Are Put in ‘House of Horror’
It’s Your Money: $300K For Legal Help in HPD Discrimination Case
It’s Your Money: Feds Spend Thousands on Fish Management Book
Friday, November 16It’s Your Money: Death By Electrocution Costs Honolulu $550K
Saturday, November 10It’s Your Money: Hawaii’s Election Holiday Cost Taxpayers Millions
It’s Your Money: Hawaii Schools Paying Double for Hot Dogs
It’s Your Money: HPD’s Free Ride
It’s Your Money: Sooey! Honolulu Pig Control Costs $1,400 Per Head
It’s Your Money: Hawaii Owes $3 Million for Hazardous Scenic Lookout
Thursday, April 12It’s Your Money: Council Spends on Travel and TVs
Thursday, April 5It’s Your Money: Hawaii Owes $60,000 in Harassment Suit
It’s Your Money: State To Pay $210,000 For Fatal Kauai Wreck
Thursday, March 22It’s Your Money: Hawaii Owes $1.2M In Fight Over Voting Machines Contract
Tuesday, March 6It’s Your Money: Hawaii Taxpayers Bitten by Butch the Wild Boar
It’s Your Money: Hawaii Owes Nearly $1 Million In Fatal Crash Lawsuit
Saturday, February 25It’s Your Money: Hawaii Residents Expected to Pay for Whistleblower Suit
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The legal fees for one lawsuit alone break down to about 70 cents per Oahu resident.
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Two council members who previously supported the funding voted no.
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The tab keeps rising for settlements that the Hawaii Legislature must still approve this session.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
The bill presented to the Legislature includes the legal fees of religious groups providing pregnancy services that sued the state.
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Lawsuits filed by airport subcontractors for nonpayment represent $10 million of the total. Gov. David Ige approved the payouts last week.
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An elderly woman was hit by a garbage truck, and the lawsuit contends the city fails to train and supervise its refuse truck drivers.
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The state approved nearly $200,000 in small claims to cover a wide range of incidents reported by residents, prisoners and others.
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