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Task force to study Native Hawaiian sex trafficking
A new task force will try to gather as much data as possible on Native Hawaiians who might have been victims of sex trafficking. Read more
A new task force will try to gather as much data as possible on Native Hawaiians who might have been victims of sex trafficking. Read more
Graduate assistants at the University of Hawaii have gone to court in hopes of gaining recognition as public employees with the right to unionize and bargain over pay and working conditions. Read more
Samantha Neyland, the first Black Miss Hawaii USA, spent 10 months advocating for Juneteenth to be officially recognized in Hawaii. Read more
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A collaborative effort has been formed among Honolulu prosecutors, the Sex Abuse Treatment Center Hawaii, the Children’s Justice Center, Child Welfare Services and the Honolulu Police Department to help victims of sexual assault. Read more
There has been a significant drop in reports of child abuse statewide during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Friends of the Children’s Justice Center of Oahu. Read more
Hawaii Baptist Academy’s student journalists continued their winning streak with a seventh consecutive “Best in State” award at the 53rd High School Journalism Awards. Read more
Hawaii nurses are now allowed to perform abortions in the first trimester of pregnancy after Gov. David Ige signed a bill into law Monday. Read more
As the 2021 legislative session got underway, lawmakers were facing calls to pass measures aimed at law enforcement reforms largely in response to police-involved shootings and other deadly incidents here and on the mainland. Read more
The U.S. Postal Service on June 3 will unveil a postage stamp honoring nisei soldiers from Hawaii and the mainland who served in the U.S. military during World War II. Read more
A bill that would make sexual abuse of animals a Class C or Class B felony in Hawaii is scheduled to be heard today in the state House. Read more
Asian Americans — comprising Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos and more — make up the largest ethnic group in the state. Diverse as Hawaii is, it still has a history of anti-Asian incidents, such as the Japanese internment camps on Oahu during Word War II. Read more
The state Legislature is advancing two bills that would allow some 17-year-olds to vote by next year’s primary election. Read more
Hawaii island hospitals serving more than 500 Micronesians may be required to provide diversity training for their staff and hire community health care workers and interpreters to translate in Chuukese, Marshallese and more. Read more
For a third year in a row, measures that would strengthen First Amendment protections for high school and college journalists are dead for the legislative session. Read more
Legislative resolutions would ask the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women to convene a task force to study missing and possibly slain Native Hawaiian women and girls who might have been used in the sex trafficking trade. Read more
The state Legislature has renewed efforts to stop cyberbullying and strengthen online protection against people who post fake pornographic images of real people. Read more
Claims stemming from a deadly crash on a Likelike Highway onramp and injuries to a female inmate who wasn’t wearing a seat belt while being transported from a court hearing are among the cases that could cost Hawaii taxpayers more than $1.7 million in legal settlements this year. Read more
The House Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee Thursday passed House Bill 576, which would allow nurses to perform abortions. Read more
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill Wednesday that would ban no-knock warrants, which allow police officers — plainclothes or in uniform — to enter a premises unannounced. Read more
The Legislature plans to lower Capitol flags to half-staff to honor a humble man — known as Billy, BJ or Billy Bains — who dedicated his life to making Hawaii better, his family said. Read more
Increasing demand for stolen precious metals contained in vehicle catalytic converters has prompted two bills that would make thefts of catalytic converters a Class C felony and require more documentation from sellers and Hawaii scrap dealers willing to buy them. Read more
