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The Fallout: Life After Aging Out Of An Abusive Foster Home Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

The Fallout: Life After Aging Out Of An Abusive Foster Home

The former foster sons of John Teixeira were left to find their way in the world. Some made it. Some did not.

Family Court Must Release Records In Isabella Kalua Child Abuse Death Hawaii News Now/2021

Family Court Must Release Records In Isabella Kalua Child Abuse Death

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court on Tuesday broke with more than two decades of precedent to order the release of 975 pages showing how the 6-year-old was placed with parents now accused of killing her.

‘You Take What You Can Get’: Hawaiʻi Brushed Off Signs Of Abuse At Foster Home Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

‘You Take What You Can Get’: Hawaiʻi Brushed Off Signs Of Abuse At Foster Home

Some boys tried to warn about what was happening, but their reports were discounted or ignored.

‘Lord Of The Flies’: How Hawaiʻi’s Model Foster Dad Preyed On Boys Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

‘Lord Of The Flies’: How Hawaiʻi’s Model Foster Dad Preyed On Boys

John Teixeira answered a desperate need for the state: Where to put boys no one else would take. He’d eventually take in almost 60. But there would be a cost.

Facing Discrimination? State Backlog May Delay Your Investigation By Years Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Facing Discrimination? State Backlog May Delay Your Investigation By Years

Some Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission investigations have been dragging on for as long as seven years.

Cruise Ship Industry Sues To Scuttle Hawaiʻi’s New Visitor Green Fee Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2022

Cruise Ship Industry Sues To Scuttle Hawaiʻi’s New Visitor Green Fee

Ship passengers will soon to start paying the same visitor tax as hotel guests to help cover the conservation fee — unless the cruise lines can stop it in court.

Hawaiʻi Needs Lawyers. Now, Mainland Attorneys Can Practice Here Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiʻi Needs Lawyers. Now, Mainland Attorneys Can Practice Here

Attorneys licensed in other states and in good standing can practice in Hawaiʻi without taking the state bar, as long as they work in criminal litigation for a government agency.

Hawaiʻi State Workers Must Answer For Taking Girl From Her Mother Courtesy: Hannah David

Hawaiʻi State Workers Must Answer For Taking Girl From Her Mother

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the workers were not protected by the principle of qualified immunity in the 2019 incident.

New UH Agriculture Dean Wants To Help Hawaiʻi Grow More Of Its Own Food Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

New UH Agriculture Dean Wants To Help Hawaiʻi Grow More Of Its Own Food

During 16 months on the job, Parwinder Grewal has hired more faculty, secured millions in funding and started setting up a new undergraduate degree in farming.

State Utility Official Under Investigation For Bullying Staff, Toxic Environment David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

State Utility Official Under Investigation For Bullying Staff, Toxic Environment

Whistleblower says utility commission risks “a mass departure of critical staff.”