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Governor Lingle Is Picking the Next Chief Justice of Hawaii and She Wants...
Not on the list. (Photo by: Susan Roberts) Want to select the next Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court? All you’ll need is a time machine and an election team capable of getting you to the...
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Parsing the Judge Leonard Saga
In Which We Wonder If 14 Hawaii Senators Are Really Raving Sexists… Other than Senator Bunker, of course. The strange saga of Judge Katherine Leonard came to a close last week, as the state Senate...
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Challenge Against Council Chair Mateo Moves to State Supreme Court
With the general election less than two months away, a challenge against Council Chair Danny Mateo that argues he’s ineligible to run for reelection because of term limits is moving to the state...
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Former Republican Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle Strikes Back In Bid For U.S....
By Jacob Shafer The moment was so perfect it was almost surreal. St. Paul, Minnesota, September 2008. The Republican National Convention. A giant American flag projected on the wall dissolves into a...
View ArticleHawaii Supreme Court Overturns Medical Cannabis Ruling and Reveals Flaws in...
In 2010, Hawaii resident Geoffrey Woodhall was apprehended at Kona Airport. He held a plastic baggie filled with marijuana and was charged with promoting a detrimental drug in the third degree. He was...
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‘Maui News’ Fumbles Hawaii Supreme Court Ruling On Maui County Council Open...
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but on Aug. 1 The Maui News finally erected a paywall on its website (Mauinews.com). From now on, visitors to the paper’s website will have to pay to read articles that,...
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Earth To Maui Residents: County Council Members Have Long Hated The Sunshine Law
So it looks like open meeting lawsuits against the Maui County Council are becoming a regular thing. On Aug. 19, according to this story (subscription required) in today’s Maui News, some Ka’anapali...
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MauiTime Joins Other Hawaii News Organizations In Calling For Open Court...
Even though the infamous Christopher Deedy trial occurred on Oahu, MauiTime has joined seven other Hawaii news organizations and three media associations in calling for the opening of closed session...
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Hawai Gov. Neil Abercrombie Appoints Jeff Portnoy To UH Regents
So Jeffrey Portnoy–a longtime friend of us reporters in Hawaii–just got himself appointed to the University of Hawaii Board of Regents. The appointment, while not nearly as shocking as, say, Family...
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Governor Lingle Is Picking the Next Chief Justice of Hawaii and She Wants...
Not on the list. (Photo by: Susan Roberts) Want to select the next Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court? All you’ll need is a time machine and an election team capable of getting you to the...
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Parsing the Judge Leonard Saga
In Which We Wonder If 14 Hawaii Senators Are Really Raving Sexists… Other than Senator Bunker, of course. The strange saga of Judge Katherine Leonard came to a close last week, as the state Senate...
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Challenge Against Council Chair Mateo Moves to State Supreme Court
With the general election less than two months away, a challenge against Council Chair Danny Mateo that argues he’s ineligible to run for reelection because of term limits is moving to the state...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Former Republican Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle Strikes Back In Bid For U.S....
By Jacob Shafer The moment was so perfect it was almost surreal. St. Paul, Minnesota, September 2008. The Republican National Convention. A giant American flag projected on the wall dissolves into a...
View ArticleHawaii Supreme Court Overturns Medical Cannabis Ruling and Reveals Flaws in...
In 2010, Hawaii resident Geoffrey Woodhall was apprehended at Kona Airport. He held a plastic baggie filled with marijuana and was charged with promoting a detrimental drug in the third degree. He was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Maui News’ Fumbles Hawaii Supreme Court Ruling On Maui County Council Open...
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but on Aug. 1 The Maui News finally erected a paywall on its website (Mauinews.com). From now on, visitors to the paper’s website will have to pay to read articles that,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Earth To Maui Residents: County Council Members Have Long Hated The Sunshine Law
So it looks like open meeting lawsuits against the Maui County Council are becoming a regular thing. On Aug. 19, according to this story (subscription required) in today’s Maui News, some Ka’anapali...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MauiTime Joins Other Hawaii News Organizations In Calling For Open Court...
Even though the infamous Christopher Deedy trial occurred on Oahu, MauiTime has joined seven other Hawaii news organizations and three media associations in calling for the opening of closed session...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hawai Gov. Neil Abercrombie Appoints Jeff Portnoy To UH Regents
So Jeffrey Portnoy–a longtime friend of us reporters in Hawaii–just got himself appointed to the University of Hawaii Board of Regents. The appointment, while not nearly as shocking as, say, Family...
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Hawaii Supreme Court: At-Risk Parents Now Have Right To Attorney
Indigent parents at risk of having the state terminate their parental rights now have access to legal counsel due to a recent Hawaii Supreme Court decision. In an unanimous opinion, the Court ruled...
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Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie Nominates Michael D. Wilson To Supreme Court
Liberal Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Simeon Acoba is leaving the bench next month because he hit the state’s mandatory retirement age of 70, so Gov. Neil Abercrombie told everyone today that...
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