While media coverage of the Thirty Meter Telescope has been dominated by images of hundreds of protesters trying to block construction of the project, support for the telescope has been strong throughout the state in recent years. Read more
Gov. David Ige has appointed Linda Chu Takayama to be his new chief of staff. Her first day will be Aug. 1, according to Cindy McMillan, a spokeswoman for the governor. Read more
Gov. David Ige has appointed Linda Chu Takayama to be his new chief of staff. Her first day will be Aug. 1, according to Cindy McMillan, a spokeswoman for the governor. Read more
“If you didn’t feel shame, pain, if you weren’t appalled by these pictures, then something is dead or dying in your hearts and in the heart of America,” said Hirono as she choked up. Read more
Ige vetoed 18 other bills that were passed by the Legislature earlier this year, including contentious measures relating to real estate investment trusts, vacation rentals and civil asset forfeitures. Read more
Ige vetoed 18 other bills that were passed by the Legislature earlier this year, including contentious measures relating to real estate investment trusts, vacation rentals and civil asset forfeitures. Read more
Law enforcement officials said they’ve implemented key recommendations of a 2018 state audit of Hawaii’s civil asset forfeiture program as they urge Gov. David Ige to move forward in vetoing a bill aimed at reforming the program, which allows police to confiscate property believed to have been used in the commission of certain crimes such as drug offenses and gambling. Read more
The battle over a bill that would reform Hawaii’s civil asset forfeiture program — which allows law enforcement to seize cash and property they believe is tied to criminal activity — escalated this week with legislators, civil liberties advocates and supporters of drug reform laws holding a press conference Tuesday at the state Capitol, urging Gov. David Ige not to veto the measure. Read more
Hawaii’s Department of Public Safety hired a company to review its inmate data tracking system and recommend a replacement. Four years and $1.3 million later, the old system is still being used. Read more
Dozens of Hawaii farmers and ranchers, as well as electrical utilities, likely will be able to continue tapping public water from streams and wells after the end of this year following a long-awaited decision Tuesday by the Intermediate Court of Appeals that helps clarify a legal and regulatory quagmire that gripped the attention of the Legislature this year. Read more
Kahele announced in January that he was running for Gabbard’s congressional seat which represents rural Oahu and the neighbor islands. Read more
Gov. David Ige found common ground with President Donald Trump on Thursday during a working lunch at the White House to discuss issues relating to workforce development, occupational licensing laws and child care policies. Read more
Staffing levels at the Maui Community Correctional Center have grown so bad that the state is trying to fly in guards from other islands to help out with shifts. Read more
A federal jury found Thursday that three Honolulu police officers did not use excessive force against Sheldon Haleck who died after a run-in with police on South King Street. Read more
Attorneys for the plaintiffs had asked that $3 million in damages be awarded to Haleck’s family, which would have been covered by the city. Read more
A federal jury heard closing arguments Tuesday in a civil case involving Sheldon Haleck, who died four years ago after being pepper-sprayed multiple times and shocked with a Taser by Honolulu police officers. Read more
Sheldon Haleck, a 38-year-old former Hawaii Air National Guardsman, died four years ago following a chaotic encounter with police officers who pepper-sprayed him about a dozen times and tried three times to shock him with a Taser, all within about five minutes. Read more
An expert witness called by city attorneys testified Wednesday that a Taser likely didn’t work on Sheldon Haleck, who was pepper sprayed by police officers multiple times and shot with a Taser stun gun twice before becoming unresponsive and later dying. Read more
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said it wasn’t possible to pause a $345 million project aimed at safeguarding Waikiki and other Honolulu neighborhoods from catastrophic flooding from the Ala Wai Canal without risking federal funding, during a town hall Tuesday evening at Washington Middle School in Honolulu. Read more
On the night of March 16, 2016, Honolulu police officers repeatedly pepper-sprayed 38-year-old Sheldon Haleck and shot him with a Taser gun before he fell to the ground in the middle of South King Street. Read more
Einhorn served as Schatz’s senior counsel for technology and communications policy where he focused on issues of data privacy and security, antitrust and intellectual property matters, according to a press release from Schatz’s office announcing the hire. Read more
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