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...This request, in a case from Hawaii, is the first of two that the government is expected to file....

“Kenji Price is a former Army Ranger with two Bronze stars, and a former federal prosecutor who worked organized crime, public corruption, and international drug trafficking cases—including against the Sinaloa Cartel,” said Attorney General Sessions.

...unforgivable acts of physical and emotional abuse committed against Kamehameha School students at the hands of Dr. Robert Browne, a St. Francis consulting psychiatrist between the years of 1962 through 1984....

...Sapolu has worked as a Deputy Prosecutor since 2011....

...2017’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections....

...It was difficult to have to break the news to the parents that our findings did not result in charges against a perpetrator....

...In or around November 2009, Respondent Kanazawa-Yee and two other ACOs, ACO A and ACO B, planned to obtain money from Inmate....

...Challengers in Hawaii and Maryland responded today to the government’s request to have the Supreme Court intervene....

... How do Hawaii legislators get away with sexual harassment? ....

...Hawaii taxpayers may have been soaked as much as $200K in settlements which keep sex harassment quiet....

...OUR REVIEW OF SIX SPECIAL FUNDS, three revolving funds, four trust funds, and five trust accounts of the Department of Public Safety....

...the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday night to lift the lower courts' blockades....

...Escape in the Second Degree is a class C felony and carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison and a $10,000.00 fine....

San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Deputies said they arrested Randall Saito, the Hawaii State Hospital escapee, at approximately 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.....

... The Ninth Circuit on Monday partly granted an emergency motion by the Trump administration and lifted a preliminary stay on most aspects of President Donald Trump’s ban on entry into the United States ....

...Ige today announced that his administration has completed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the relocation of the O‘ahu Community Correctional Center....

“The federal government has significantly increased its immigration enforcement activities, including, for example, a nearly 40 percent increase in arrests within the first four months of 2017,” the complaint states....

...U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson of the District of Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order against the ban Tuesday....

...the Hawaii AG office denied the public interest fee waiver request and charged $28,396.30 to complete the document search....

...Tuesday’s order strongly suggests that the justices will dismiss the Hawaii case once the refugee resettlement provision terminates....

'...it continues to effectuate the President’s unrepudiated promise to exclude Muslims from the United States...."

"...This new ban still discriminates on the basis of nationality...." -- AG Chin

...the pace for sexual assault evidence kits submitted for testing has increased over the past three months....

...A similar program at an Oahu intermediate school produced a 91 percent daily school attendance rate in 2016-17, up about 40 percent from 2015-16....

...but Atty Gen Chin's news release was titled "CRIME IN HAWAI`I AT RECORD LOW LEVEL IN 2016".... 

...The likely practical effect, it appears, would be that the planned review simply will not occur, and that the new action would be met with new lawsuits, starting all over in the lower federal courts. ...

...Cash Transaction Will Continue under New ‘Cashless’ System....

"...An undercover investigation for EnviroWatch highlighted the brutality of dog meat farms in Hawaii...."

...the release of the State of Hawaii’s annual Uniform Crime Report, Crime in Hawaii, 2016....

...to give Gregg an opportunity to show her awareness of her injuries had been delayed....

...Whatever the Ninth Circuit’s ruling, it will have a limited shelf life as the Supreme Court will take up the travel ban’s constitutionality on Oct. 10....

...about 30 percent of reported transactions involve a beneficial owner or purchaser representative that was also the subject of a previous suspicious activity report....

... Judge Derrick K. Watson “lacks authority…to grant additional relief beyond what the Supreme Court permitted” ....

“This court will not upset the Supreme Court’s careful balancing and ‘equitable judgment’ brought to bear when ‘tailor(ing) a stay’ in this matter....”

...despising Trump, conservatives and America so much they’re willing to risk the country for a political win....

...Hawaii’s motion asks the court to clarify that the federal government may not enforce the controversial bans against fiancés, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins of people currently living in the United States....

...Pereira said Department of Information Technology fixed the problem following a five-hour conference call, involving technicians from as far as Bulgaria and Paris....

...“Today’s unanimous Supreme Court decision is a clear victory for our national security,” the president said.... 

... to replace the current Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) with a modern facility ....

The justices ordered the latest round of briefing after the 9th Circuit ruled for Hawaii June 12....

...the HPD and PAT (Office of Prosecuting Attorney) lifecycle for domestic violence incidents can result in reclassifications and decisions that affect the case....

"...rulings from other courts across the nation (enforce) a fundamental principle that protects all of us from government condemnation of our religious beliefs,” Omar Jadwat said....

Last month, the NSA announced it is ending its collection of Americans’ Internet communications that merely mention identifying terms for foreign targets....

...entrenched interests within the DHS culture of secrecy are afraid of this book and its contents....

Hawaii's AG joins other states asking the federal government for a policy change that would allow the states greater flexibility to investigate Medicaid fraud....

Hawaii ranks 8th for problem gambling treatment ....

...because a caliphate is in place, more and more Muslims are beginning to practice their religion....

In 2013, the Hawaii State Hospital moved for a court order authorizing the involuntary administration of medication to Lawrence after he refused to accept medication....

Charli Scott, was five months pregnant with their unborn child when she was killed....