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 of[...]

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 State[...]

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 provide access[...]

Plaintiffs moved to unseal records marked confidential by the State Department of Education in this lawsuit alleging sexual abuse involving a student.  The Law Center[...]

The Law Center challenged the CDC’s interpretation of a federal statute as the basis for withholding all information regarding an inspection at the University of[...]

Online publication Civil Beat challenged the City Department of Budget & Fiscal Service's denial of access to formal inter-agency memoranda that are part of the[...]

Online publication Civil Beat challenged the State Ethics Commission's decision to withhold financial disclosure statements filed by sitting members of the State's most powerful boards[...]