Intermediate Court of Appeals

The Board of Land and Natural Resources’ ongoing practice of issuing temporary permits to divert water from East Maui streams was upheld in a decision by the Hawaiʻi appeals court. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.

Court interpreters play a critical role in the Administration of Justice, said the state judiciary's equality and access coordinator Debie Tulang-De Silva.

A new leadership program at the University of Hawai'i William S. Richardson School of Law aims to increase diversity, inclusion, and representation among Hawaiʻi’s legal professionals. This comes at a time when some have called for more diversity on Hawaiʻi’s courts. As HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports, others maintain the lack of representation is a pipeline issue.

Hawaiʻi joins a handful of states that have rolled out TurboCourt to try and ease the process of filing small claims disputes. Angela Min, chief innovation officer for the Hawaiʻi State Judiciary, shared how the pilot program makes life a little bit easier for the public — and for court staff.

The state Senate confirmed Friday Sonja McCullen, Gov. David Ige's latest nomination, to the state appeals court.

The Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee is recommending confirmation of Gov. David Ige’s latest nomination to the state appeals court.

The Chief of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at University Health Partners of Hawaii, details COVID's effects when contracted by pregnant women; Honolulu Civil Beat on tech problems leading to an undercount of Hawaii coronavirus cases; the Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii on an uptick of tourists being targets of crime; the Waimea Hawaiian Homestead Association talks about community response and recovery efforts due to the Mana Road fire; and HPR's Ku'uwehi Hiraishi reviews Governor Ige's recent nominee to the Intermediate Court of Appeals.

Gov. David Ige has appointed a Native Hawaiian prosecutor and former high school teacher for an appeals court judge vacancy.

The state Senate formally rejected Gov. David Ige's appointment of Daniel Gluck to the Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals after Gluck expressed his desire to withdraw from the process.

University of Hawai'i Urban and Regional Planning Professor and the Executive Director of the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center Karl Kim on lessons learned from COVID-19 and planning for the next pandemic; the director of the Department of Planning and Permitting Dean Uchida on the first violations against rental car companies operating in neighborhoods; and reporter Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi on the judicial appointment of Ethics Commission Director Daniel Gluck.