September 2019
Thursday, September 5Kealoha Cases Are Racking Up ‘Endless’ Taxpayer Legal Bills
Wednesday, September 4Honolulu Council OKs Funds To Shield Records Seized By Feds
April 2019
Monday, April 1$3M Settlement After Rock Slide Adds To Taxpayers’ Legal Bill
February 2019
Friday, February 8Taxpayers Hit With $1.1 Million Tab After State Settles Lawsuits
May 2017
Thursday, May 25Hawaii Taxpayers Are On The Hook For $18 Million To Settle Claims
March 2017
Tuesday, March 21Pedestrian Death Could Cost Honolulu Taxpayers $900K
January 2017
Friday, January 20Potholes, Lost Inmate Property, Falling Ceiling Cost Taxpayers
July 2016
Monday, July 25It’s Your Money: Special Session’s Price Tag At Least $10,000
December 2015
Wednesday, December 9It’s Your Money: How A Pothole May Cost The City $1.2M
June 2014
Thursday, June 26It’s Your Money: HPD Spends $240,000 to Record License Plates
May 2014
Thursday, May 8It’s Your Money: Honolulu Pays $50,000 to Bicyclist Hit by Garbage Truck
March 2014
Wednesday, March 5It’s Your Money: Prison Guards Punch Kids, Costs State $180K
February 2014
Tuesday, February 18It’s Your Money: Hawaii Gov Wants $60,700 for Membership Fee
It’s Your Money: Governor’s Office Gets a $475K Tech Upgrade
December 2013
Monday, December 23It’s Your Money: Man Shot By Honolulu Police Gets $150K
November 2013
Thursday, November 14It’s Your Money: Lack of Flood Prevention Costs Honolulu $2.7 Million
April 2013
Friday, April 19It’s Your Money: Rapist Wins $35k From Honolulu After Cops Beat Him Up
Thursday, April 4It’s Your Money: Bumpy Roads, Brain Injury And A $1.7 Million Pothole
March 2013
Saturday, March 30It’s Your Money: Teacher Subs Lawsuit Could Cost Hawaii Taxpayers $75M
Friday, March 1It’s Your Money: Student Trips, State Pays $30K
February 2013
Tuesday, February 26It’s Your Money: Faulty Hose Sends Taxpayers’ Dollars Down the Drain
Thursday, February 21It’s Your Money: Taxpayers Owe $550K After Kids Are Put in ‘House of Horror’
December 2012
Tuesday, December 4It’s Your Money: $300K For Legal Help in HPD Discrimination Case
November 2012
Wednesday, November 21It’s Your Money: Feds Spend Thousands on Fish Management Book
Friday, November 16It’s Your Money: Death By Electrocution Costs Honolulu $550K
Saturday, November 10It’s Your Money: Hawaii’s Election Holiday Cost Taxpayers Millions
October 2012
Tuesday, October 2It’s Your Money: Hawaii Schools Paying Double for Hot Dogs
August 2012
Tuesday, August 28It’s Your Money: HPD’s Free Ride
July 2012
Tuesday, July 3It’s Your Money: Sooey! Honolulu Pig Control Costs $1,400 Per Head
April 2012
Friday, April 20It’s Your Money: Hawaii Owes $3 Million for Hazardous Scenic Lookout
Thursday, April 12It’s Your Money: Council Spends on Travel and TVs
Thursday, April 5It’s Your Money: Hawaii Owes $60,000 in Harassment Suit
March 2012
Thursday, March 29It’s Your Money: State To Pay $210,000 For Fatal Kauai Wreck
Thursday, March 22It’s Your Money: Hawaii Owes $1.2M In Fight Over Voting Machines Contract
Tuesday, March 6It’s Your Money: Hawaii Taxpayers Bitten by Butch the Wild Boar
February 2012
Tuesday, February 28It’s Your Money: Hawaii Owes Nearly $1 Million In Fatal Crash Lawsuit
Saturday, February 25It’s Your Money: Hawaii Residents Expected to Pay for Whistleblower Suit
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Kealoha Cases Are Racking Up ‘Endless’ Taxpayer Legal Bills
The legal fees for one lawsuit alone break down to about 70 cents per Oahu resident.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Honolulu Council OKs Funds To Shield Records Seized By Feds
Two council members who previously supported the funding voted no.
Flickr.com
$3M Settlement After Rock Slide Adds To Taxpayers’ Legal Bill
The tab keeps rising for settlements that the Hawaii Legislature must still approve this session.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Taxpayers Hit With $1.1 Million Tab After State Settles Lawsuits
The bill presented to the Legislature includes the legal fees of religious groups providing pregnancy services that sued the state.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Hawaii Taxpayers Are On The Hook For $18 Million To Settle Claims
Lawsuits filed by airport subcontractors for nonpayment represent $10 million of the total. Gov. David Ige approved the payouts last week.
Department of Environmental Services
Pedestrian Death Could Cost Honolulu Taxpayers $900K
An elderly woman was hit by a garbage truck, and the lawsuit contends the city fails to train and supervise its refuse truck drivers.
PF Bentley/Civil Beat
Potholes, Lost Inmate Property, Falling Ceiling Cost Taxpayers
The state approved nearly $200,000 in small claims to cover a wide range of incidents reported by residents, prisoners and others.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
It’s Your Money: Special Session’s Price Tag At Least $10,000
The Hawaii Legislature met for three days to override the governor’s veto of the Maui hospitals employee bill.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
It’s Your Money: How A Pothole May Cost The City $1.2M
A 2008 motorcycle crash on Kaluanui Road left a man paralyzed, and some say the city still hasn’t done enough to make the road safe.