Justice Clarence Thomas decried the state of Fifth Amendment land-taking precedent in a brief dissent Monday after the Supreme Court refused to hear a Hawaii zoning dispute.
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The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has erupted, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Read moreThe Hawaii Supreme Court dismissed a complaint challenging all the results of federal, state and county races in the Aug. 8 primary election and the Nov. 3 general election, finding the plaintiffs lacked standing and could prove “not set of facts in support of their claims.”
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About 8,000 people landed in Hawaii on the first day of a pre-travel testing program that allowed travelers to come to the islands without quarantining for two weeks if they could produce a negative coronavirus test.
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The U.S. surgeon general was cited for being in a closed Hawaii park in August while in the islands helping with surge testing amid a spike in coronavirus cases, according to a criminal complaint filed in court.
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When big wave surfer Doug Falter lost his board in a wipeout in Hawaii, his best hope was for a local fisherman to pick it up. He never imagined it would be found more than 5,000 miles away in the southern Philippines.
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Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Wednesday that starting Oct. 15, travelers arriving from out of state may bypass a 14-day quarantine requirement if they test negative for Covid-19.
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An American consultant has been charged in an illicit lobbying effort to get the Trump administration to drop an investigation into the multibillion-dollar looting of a Malaysian state investment fund, and to arrange for the return of a Chinese dissident living in the U.S.
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The National Science Foundation has launched an informal outreach to Hawaii about possible funding efforts for the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope project.
Read moreHawaii geared up on Saturday to face a hurricane that threatened to pummel the islands with dangerous surf, strong winds and flash floods even as residents grappled with escalating numbers of coronavirus cases.
Read moreIn light of the challenges surrounding sitting for a bar exam during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Hawaii Supreme Court ordered that applicants may obtain provisional licensing to practice law under the supervision of a licensed attorney without passing the bar.
Read moreA federal court in Hawaii denied several individuals’ application for a temporary restraining order to enjoin the state from enforcing a 14-day quarantine on people arriving from out-of-state, finding “the desires of a few cannot override the community’s interest in preserving its health and well-being.”
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Hawaii authorities are cracking down on rogue tourists who are visiting beaches, riding personal watercraft, shopping and generally flouting strict requirements that they quarantine for 14 days after arriving.
Read moreThe Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest asked Honolulu Federal Court to unseal the sentencing memoranda for a former Honolulu police chief, a senior deputy prosecuting attorney for the City and County of Honolulu, and two police officers, who were convicted of “conspiring to obstruct justice by framing a man for a crime that he did not commit.”
Read moreThe Supreme Court ordered a new hearing in a case that says Hawaii’s Maui County polluted the Pacific by releasing treated sewage without a permit.
Read moreThe Hawaii Supreme Court overturned a ruling in favor of the state’s attorney general in a public records dispute brought by the Honolulu Civil Beat relating to a report of an investigation of the Office of the Legislative Auditor.
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