First Amendment

... Song’s complaint was filed just weeks after the FBI raid on the offices of key CNHA financial backer Dawson Companies ....

... alleging that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and its other social media platforms that purposefully addict children and teens ....

... the statement denounces discrimination, including transphobia and transphobic action, which is recognized as a threat to public health ....

... Immersion charter schools in the Aloha State infuse native language, culture, and tradition ....

... In October 2021, HSO imposed a COVID vaccine mandate on all its musicians, which even allowed for religious accommodations ....

... He asked his mother if she would help him reach out to the media ....

... China's most recent act of using artificial intelligence to circulate false images and videos worldwide, which purported the Maui wildfire was caused by the U.S. government thru the use of a meteorological weapon ....

... suing Governor Josh Green for this blatant infringement on our 1st Amendment rights ....

... conciseness and creativity ....

... FEMA's "resilience" division was advised of a requirement to complete one of three three-hour diversity training modules between Aug. 1 and Sept. 28 ....

... Dave Swann and Keli‘i Akina were among winners at this year’s annual journalism awards ceremony presented by the Hawaii chapter of the national Society of Professional Journalists ....

... The banning of profanity on license plates is constitutional, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday, following a Honolulu man's challenge to the city's recall of a vanity plate reading "FCKBLM" ....

... Newly disclosed document confirms billionaire Pierre Omidyar financed the public-private partnership to censor election-related Twitter and Facebook posts ....

... The city and county of Honolulu tried to walk back a mistakenly-approved vanity plate reading "FCKBLM," but the license plate holder says that violates his free speech rights ....

... new rules designed to rein in the offensive language motorists want to affix to their Hawaiʻi license plates ....

... people often make inaccurate assumptions about what OIP is and what it does ....

... Here is what happens if you even slightly question the gay agenda for children ....

... Tummons, in a series of articles, exposed questionable dealings in Hawaii Countyʻs Office of Housing and Community Development that ultimately led to an FBI investigation and guilty plea by former community development specialist Alan Scott Rudo to accepting almost $2 million in bribes from two Hilo attorneys and a businessman ....

... establishing a policy of anti-bias and inclusion for all City officers and employees, including those with different perspectives, views, or opinions ....

... Hawai‘i has had a system of partial public financing in place for more than forty years, but few candidates participate ....

"...The third point is already well-established law...."

... Governor Josh Green, M.D., First Lady Jaime Green and the Washington Place Foundation will carry on a 164-year tradition by hosting a Christmas Open House at Washington Place from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, December 16, 2022 ....

... The month-long celebration of the Honolulu City Lights kicks off with a block party at 4 p.m. on Punchbowl Street ....

... Bring your ohana to enjoy the holiday light display, Christmas music, and treats for the Keiki .... 

... deliveries to the victims’ home, including a preserved fetal pig, a bloody pig Halloween mask, a funeral wreath, a book on surviving the loss of a spouse, and pornography addressed to the victims but delivered to their neighbor’s homes ....

... In March 2020, a maritime shipping advisory panel offered a simple suggestion to the government: Charge all past and current members of two libertarian think tanks with treason ....

... Voting centers will open on October 25 for all of you who want to vote in person ....

... draft legislation would incorporate a “deliberative process privilege” into the state Uniform Information Practices Act ....

... a Maui county commission denied the Spirit of Aloha Temple’s application for a permit to hold religious services on its ag-zoned property in Hana ....

... Permits will be issued for five display sites through a lottery ....  

... If you do not wish to contribute to the “candidate endorsement” fund for fiscal year 2022-2023, then you must sign, date, and return an UHPA Allocation Objection Form by September 16, 2022....

... to identify geographic names and federal land unit names that are considered derogatory and solicit proposals on replacement names ....

... The University of Hawaii Manoa invited at least two CI staff to remain on campus ....

... Hawaii is the sixteenth state to adopt such protections, known nationally as “New Voices” laws. ...

... The Hawaii State Legislature has passed the following bills and resolution concerning the Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) and Sunshine Law ....

... In March 2021, the Maui County Council passed legislation for the administration to acquire the 6.3-acre parcel for $9.8 million ....

... Session ends and there is some really great news! ....

... a statutory exemption to Hawaii’s open records law ....

... Assisted Suicide Bill Passes Final Reading ....

... Assisted Suicide Expansion Makes it through Final Hearing ....

... Senator Kim pushed the elimination of a tenured faculty member’s position and introduced SB 3269 SD1, a bill that attempted to alter tenure and transfer managerial authority over the university from the Board of Regents to the legislature ....

... HB1697 Becomes Resolution: Let the Keiki do the Dirty Work ....

... a deliberative process exemption to the UIPA would be little more than a loophole by which state agencies could evade records requests ....

... Senator Kidani Education Committee Chair, announced bill 2125 will be deferred, sighting a "fracturing of relationships between DOE and our special education families and community" ....

... SB2634--Medicaid Funding for Women Who Give Birth ....

... Kanuha Awarded Meritorious Torch of Light Award; San Buenaventura and Others Earn Lava Tube Dishonor ....

... the only declared Hawaii Republican gubernatorial candidate to previously hold elected office has divorced her cocaine-dealer husband ....

... In 2018 Tulsi Gabbard hired a Russian agent to silence critics in Hawai'i media ....

... Senate Bill 214, and its House companion HB 781, are patterned on the Student Press Law Center’s “New Voices” model legislation ....

... Upcoming Legislative Deadlines ....