On July 31, 2017, Civil Beat requested the name, position, and compensation for Honolulu Police Department employees. The City & County of Honolulu planned to[...]

Honolulu Civil Beat challenged the Honolulu Civil Service Commission’s closure of contested case proceedings to the public without following the procedural and substantive First Amendment[...]

The Law Center objected to the closure of the courtroom for a pretrial release hearing in United States v. Uskanli, 17-MJ-563 BMK. After the Government[...]

Honolulu Civil Beat and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser challenged the Honolulu Police Commission's policy to close contested case proceedings to the public without following the procedural[...]

On March 16, 2017, Christian Gutierrez pleaded no contest to five criminal counts related to an incident at the Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve that[...]

On April 14, 2017, Civil Beat made a request to the City Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for basic employment information about Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Katherine Kealoha[...]

An individual who appealed to the Office of Information Practices for assistance on a Sunshine Law issue, but then disagreed with OIP’s decision, sued OIP[...]

The Law Center challenged the Honolulu Police Commission’s interpretation that the Sunshine Law required closure of a public meeting concerning the “Status of the Chief[...]

Peter Fritz challenged the Department of Taxation’s refusal to disclose its communications with the State Legislature, during the 2016 legislative session, lobbying for changes to[...]

Online publication Civil Beat challenged denial of access to the Department of the Attorney General’s report concerning the State Auditor’s Office. The AG refused to[...]