Kevin Sumida could face punishment ranging from a private admonition to suspension. 

The charges come after a Civil Beat report revealed Steve Alm’s office knew about the allegations, botched an investigation and invited the employee back to work.

One family in the lawsuit wants the courts to keep its members anonymous. KS wants their identities revealed.

Kiyoshi Toi said he was giving the employee lunch money. The judge saw it as an attempt to influence him.

A man with a history of mental illness was held at the Oʻahu jail and Hawaiʻi State Hospital for nearly three years after police mistook him for a wanted felon.

The Judiciary is seeking $3.25 million to hire private security as the Department of Law Enforcement, which protects the courts, faces staffing shortages.

The public defense attorneys typically earn far less than lawyers at other state agencies. Six months after a move to address the disparity, the money still hasn’t materialized.

The Attorney General’s Office just expunged the records of more than 1,300 Big Island residents through a pilot program. Some policymakers want to see the work expand.

Judge Kevin Morikone ordered the release of the trial exhibits in a lawsuit brought by a former foster boy who was sexually molested by his foster dad.

Chief John Pelletier was one of several high-profile defendants who were accused of participating in a brutal sexual assault against a California woman.