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A state Senate committee killed a bill to have cops explain why they make warrantless arrests for petty misdemeanors and violations.

At last count, homelessness rose in Hawaiʻi after falling for several years. But many in the service community say strong vision and a comprehensive plan can counterbalance high turnover in top positions.

A private school on Maui is restricting transgender students’ access to bathrooms and sports teams. Some advocates are worried that more schools might follow.

Students were more likely to be arrested on a campus with a school resource officer, according to Department of Education data.

Our criminal justice issues are primarily driven by an affordable housing and public health crisis.

Senators voted 12–11 against the decriminalization measure, SB 319, from Sen. Joy San Buenaventura (D) on Friday. There was no discussion or debate prior to the floor vote.

An investigation is underway after an inmate at Oahu Community Correctional Center died early Wednesday morning.

Nearly half of white high school students and more than half of Black students in the state said they’d experienced racism in schools, according to a federal survey recently pulled from the internet by Trump administration orders.

The death of OCCC inmate Eric Scotton is apparently the third homicide in the Hawaiʻi correctional system in less than a year.