Hawaiʻi State Judiciary

Bill Darrah and Tracey Wiltgen spoke with HPR’s DW Gibson about the Divorce Law in Hawaiʻi seminar program, which recently hit a milestone of 300 seminars.

Mother Jones senior reporter Samantha Michaels spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about Hawaiʻi's celebrated program to keep girls out of prison.

Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again after a judge in Hawaiʻi sided with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections.

Gov. Josh Green has signed into law several bills related to the state Judiciary, including a $400 million budget and a permanent program to help rehabilitate women in the criminal justice system.

Mohala Wahine, an alternative to incarceration for women, held its first commencement. Also known as Women's Court, this program guides women through a trauma-based approach to get them ready to return to society.

HPR's government reporter Ashley Mizuo spoke with Chief Justice Recktenwald about these judicial wins and his retirement.

This legislative session was one of the most successful for the Judiciary: better compensation, more judge positions and more diversion programs. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on why that branch of government was able to get most of its legislative package passed.

A guardian ad litem is a court-appointed attorney who is there to protect the interests of a person who cannot take care of themselves. But there are only two doing this work for the island of Oʻahu.

Lawmakers advanced a bill that would pay jurors $50 each day they spend in court. They currently receive $30.

President Trump’s recent executive order declared English as the official language of the country for the first time. The Hawaiʻi State Judiciary says the order does impact the state.