Attorney General Jeff Sessions—an elf with the distinct honor of being Rumpelstiltskin’s most racist descendent—doesn’t understand the fuss over his reference to Hawaii as “an island in the Pacific.” After all, he’s just a good ol’ boy who likes to make jokes about people of color.
On Wednesday US District Court Judge Derrick Watson granted the state of Hawaii’s request to extend the order halting President Donald Trump’s revised Muslim ban executive order.
Beth Fukumoto, once a rising star in Hawaii’s Republican state legislature, has officially resigned from the Republican party and seeks to join the Democrats. Her resignation comes nearly two months after her Republican colleagues ousted her for condemning sexist and racist statements and policies made by Donald Trump.
Less than six hours before President Donald Trump’s new-and-improved-but-still-shitty travel and refugee bans were set to go into effect, a federal judge in Hawaii has issued a temporary nationwide restraining order.
On Monday, Donald Trump signed a newer, shinier version of the travel ban that prevents people from six Muslim-majority countries from getting visas for 90 days and suspends the refugee program in the United States for 120 days: On Tuesday, Hawaii filed a suit against the new travel ban, in the hopes of it being…
State Rep. Beth Fukumoto has been the house minority leader in Hawaii since 2012 and is looking to possibly switch to the other side after her colleagues voted to remove her from her as minority leader for participating in the women’s march in protest of Donald Trump.
After several weeks of stories about Kanye West’s declining mental health, he has “resurfaced” in Los Angeles at a Rick Owens furniture exhibition in West Hollywood. (Is there anything in the art world more calming than a furniture exhibit?) Page Six reports he “appeared to be in good health,” and provided a…
Earlier this week, Alison Dadow was charged with murder in the death of her twin sister Ann after the two drove off a cliff on a winding highway in Hawaii. It was the tragic end to a bizarre tale of yoga, assumed names and alleged scams. On Wednesday, a judge dropped the murder charges against Dadow, but reports say…
A 37-year-old woman has been charged in the death of her twin sister after the two drove off a cliff on a winding mountain highway in Hawaii. Alison and Ann Dadow ran yoga studios together in South Florida and then Utah, fielding accusations of being “scammers” in both places before abruptly vanishing. They reappeared…
A lesbian couple arrested last year for holding hands and kissing in a grocery store in Honolulu, Hawaii has been awarded $80,000 in damages.
Both American Samoa and Hawaii have taken official measures to curb potential Zika virus outbreaks, which are among the first meaningful efforts at combatting the mosquito-borne virus in the United States.
Hawaii's Governor Neil Abercrombie is claiming he lost his re-election bid in the state's Democratic primary due to crossover Republican voters trying to punish him because of his administration's decision to support and pass same-sex marriage in the state.
A Hawaiian woman recently adopted a 10-year-old Jack Russell terrier named Sallie Mae from her local humane society shelter. Yay! But about an hour after leaving the shelter, she posted the pup for sale on Craigslist—asking more than double the original adoption fee. Boo!
You would think that in a state with the 12th worst chlamydia rate, where nearly one in ten girls aged 15-19 becomes pregnant, and where slightly more than half of high school students reported using a condom the last time they had sexual intercourse, sex ed would be pretty fucking valuable. Thanks to one…
Jack Johnson, whom you might remember from lazy summer days at the beach circa 2002, is still knocking around, rambling from sunny outdoor venue to sunny outdoor venue with a guitar slung over his back. And he wants you able to live the Jack Johnson lifestyle, as well. Hence the announcement of his own line of…
Oh good; at least some law enforcement officials are coming to their senses about the world's stupidest law ever.
Following public outcry and a steady stream of testimony in the state Senate on Friday, lawmakers in Hawaii vowed to end an exemption which allows police officers to engage in sexual acts with prostitutes while in the course of their duties.
Debate is raging in Hawaii over a controversial law that permits undercover officers to have sex with sex workers during police operations.
A lot of people have a (generally) unwarranted fear of going to the dentist, because opening one's mouth under a bright light so a relative stranger can fiddle with one's teeth is a fairly daunting prospect. It's gross, nerve-wracking, and occasionally painful, but it should never, as it was recently for a…
Early Monday morning, a group of same sex couples were the first to get married in Hawaii in a group wedding celebration. Gay marriage was legalized in the state in November, making Hawaii the 15th such state to do so in the United States.
