The Hawaiʻi Salary Commission approved hefty pay raises for judges to help attract more applications for the bench. Then lawmakers voted to cut judges’ pension benefits.

Lawyers across the country have been reprimanded and fined for artificial intelligence-generated filings but this may be the first of its kind locally. 

Honolulu prosecutors pushed for a bill that would make ghost guns illegal. Now it faces its first test since becoming law.

One justice compared Josh Green’s “maximalist” use of emergency proclamations to President Donald Trump’s controversial use of executive orders.

In his last year on the Supreme Court, Mark Recktenwald helped secure funding for Judiciary programs throughout Hawaiʻi.

Lawmakers are taking steps to address a severe shortage of court-appointed attorneys across the state, but lawyers and judges say it may not be enough to solve the problem.

The amount of fines imposed by judges has dropped, raising questions about whether lawmakers need to do anything.

Karen Nakasone has served on the Intermediate Court of Appeals since 2020.

As settlement money begins to flow to Maui wildfire victims, a state law that allows health insurers to recoup their costs becomes a concern.

Laurie Loomis was facing discipline, but the Supreme Court found she was unable to defend herself because of incapacity — and suspended her practice.