Hawaiʻi

The Foster Girl’s Bones Kept Breaking. Expert Suggested She Didn’t Feel Pain Hawaii News Now/2021

The Foster Girl’s Bones Kept Breaking. Expert Suggested She Didn’t Feel Pain

In response to a Hawaiʻi Supreme Court decision, case files in one of Hawaiʻi’s most notorious child abuse cases were unsealed. They reveal how the state and experts ignored multiple warnings before Ariel Sellers died.

The Shortcomings Of Hawaiʻi’s Condo Educational Trust Fund Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

The Shortcomings Of Hawaiʻi’s Condo Educational Trust Fund

It does not adequately support individual justice and home ownership peace of mind.

Honolulu’s Crackdown Traps Homeless In Loop Of Citations Jeremy Hay/Civil Beat/2025

Honolulu’s Crackdown Traps Homeless In Loop Of Citations

Ticketing of Honolulu’s homeless population ballooned after the mayor pledged to get 1,000 people off the street in a year, but the effort tends to involve familiar faces.

Hawaiʻi Governor Names Advisory Panel For Military Land Negotiations Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Hawaiʻi Governor Names Advisory Panel For Military Land Negotiations

OHA Chair Kai Kahale described the possibility of the federal government using eminent domain to retain state land as a “tired tactic colonizers have used for generations.”

Hawaiʻi’s Top Utility Regulator Abruptly Steps Down Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiʻi’s Top Utility Regulator Abruptly Steps Down

Outgoing PUC Chair Leo Asuncion gave no reason for leaving before his term is up.

Trump Killed Solar In Hawaiʻi. The Legislature Must Act Now Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2022

Trump Killed Solar In Hawaiʻi. The Legislature Must Act Now

Without immediate action, the industry faces a bloodbath next year.

Federal Cuts Mean Less Help For Hawaiʻi Domestic Violence Victims Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Federal Cuts Mean Less Help For Hawaiʻi Domestic Violence Victims

Programs providing targeted outreach to Native Hawaiian and Filipino survivors are among those facing cuts.

Thirty Meter Telescope Planners Consider Other Sites On Mauna Kea Courtesy TMT

Thirty Meter Telescope Planners Consider Other Sites On Mauna Kea

Gov. Josh Green pledges to help with the permitting process for sites where old telescopes have been decommissioned.

Government Shutdown: Hawaiʻi Announces Financial Aid For Housing, Utilities Flickr via KAZVorpal

Government Shutdown: Hawaiʻi Announces Financial Aid For Housing, Utilities

Applications for one aid fund open today. Details are still being worked out for another, which is specifically for Native Hawaiians.