The state of Hawaiʻi and Kauaʻi County have paid almost $1 million to settle a case in which government officials took a fifth grade girl from her Big Island classroom without telling her mother, then flew her to Kauaʻi to live with a biological father she barely knew. The six-year case highlighted the state’s practice … Continue reading Officials’ ‘Grab And Go’ Taking Of Girl Leads To $950,000 Payout