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Covid-19 Is Surging Again At Hawaii Prisons. The Oahu Jail Is Especially Hard Hit Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Covid-19 Is Surging Again At Hawaii Prisons. The Oahu Jail Is Especially Hard Hit

Staff members at the Oahu Community Correctional Center blame the failure to follow proper procedures to reduce infections.

Maui Senator: The County’s State Health Director Should Be Fired Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Maui Senator: The County’s State Health Director Should Be Fired

Dr. Lorrin Pang is being widely criticized for acknowledging that he has promoted controversial alternative drugs to treat Covid-19.

Hawaii Senate Committee Considers A New Nominee For Appeals Court Screenshot

Hawaii Senate Committee Considers A New Nominee For Appeals Court

Sonja McCullen’s nomination to the Intermediate Court of Appeals is already proceeding more smoothly than the last candidate.

Lawsuit: Hawaii County Police Failed To Announce Themselves Before Killing Man Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Lawsuit: Hawaii County Police Failed To Announce Themselves Before Killing Man

The family’s lawyer is also litigating a Honolulu case in which police didn’t announce their presence until after they killed a man.

VA Provides Nearly $6 Million To Help Homeless Veterans In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

VA Provides Nearly $6 Million To Help Homeless Veterans In Hawaii

The funds are being awarded to community groups providing transitional housing and other services for military veterans.

Report: More Than 87% Of State Workers Fully Vaccinated Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Report: More Than 87% Of State Workers Fully Vaccinated

Eleven state workers were placed on leave for not complying with Hawaii’s vaccine mandate.

Cockfights And Corruption: How Police Arbitration Kept This Cop On The Job Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Cockfights And Corruption: How Police Arbitration Kept This Cop On The Job

In Hawaii, arbitrators look to previous decisions in order to be fair, no matter how serious the misconduct or whether it’s even similar.

Predicting The Future Of Covid In Hawaii Is A Slippery Slope Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Predicting The Future Of Covid In Hawaii Is A Slippery Slope

A UH mathematician who’s been modeling the likely spread of the virus says don’t place much stock in predictions past the next two weeks.

Investigation Uncovers Numerous ADA Violations In Hawaii Island’s Transit Service Jason Armstrong/Civil Beat/2019

Investigation Uncovers Numerous ADA Violations In Hawaii Island’s Transit Service

The county agrees to fix “chronically inoperable” wheelchair lifts and make other changes to avoid getting sued.

The Hawaii National Guard’s Covid Task Force Is Extended Through December Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020

The Hawaii National Guard’s Covid Task Force Is Extended Through December

State officials had planned to shut down the Hawaii National Guard’s pandemic task force in September.