Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has taken another eye- opening stance by introducing bills to ban late-term abortions and “protect born-alive survivors of abortions.”Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to continue reading this story.Print subscriber but without online access? Activate your Digital Account now.U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has taken another eye- opening stance by introducing bills to...…Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has taken another eye- opening stance by introducing bills to ban late-term abortions and “protect born-alive survivors of abortions.”Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to continue reading this story.Print subscriber but without online access? Activate your Digital Account now.U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has taken another eye- opening stance by introducing bills to...WW…

Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!In one of her final acts representing Hawaii in Congress, U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has introduced a bill that would bar transgender women from participating in Title IX sports, saying they have an unfair biological advantage.Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to continue reading this story.Print subscriber but without online access? Activate your Digital Account now.In one of her final...…Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!In one of her final acts representing Hawaii in Congress, U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has introduced a bill that would bar transgender women from participating in Title IX sports, saying they have an unfair biological advantage.Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to continue reading this story.Print subscriber but without online access? Activate your Digital Account now.In one of her final...WW…

Related Photo Gallery:[ AD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS STORY ]UPDATE 2:55 p.m.:Former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in one of the worst public corruption scandals in Hawaii history.Chief U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright handed down the sentence this afternoon just a few hours after sentencing Kealoha’s estranged wife, former Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, to 13 years in prison for masterminding the scheme that bilked her grandmother out of her home, and framed her uncle for a crime he did not commit.Louis Kealoha will be...…Related Photo Gallery:[ AD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS STORY ]UPDATE 2:55 p.m.:Former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in one of the worst public corruption scandals in Hawaii history.Chief U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright handed down the sentence this afternoon just a few hours after sentencing Kealoha’s estranged wife, former Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, to 13 years in prison for masterminding the scheme that bilked her grandmother out of her home, and framed her uncle for a crime he did not commit.Louis Kealoha will be...WW…

State elections officials are urging Hawaii voters to get their mail-in ballots into the hands of the U.S. Postal Service at least a week ahead of the Nov. 3 general election in order for their votes to count after postal officials warned of potential delays this year.In a letter dated July 31 and received Aug. 3, Thomas J. Marshall, general counsel and executive vice president of the U.S. Postal Service, wrote to Hawaii’s chief election officer, Scott Nago, that “the vast majority of your voters should have sufficient time to receive, complete, and return their ballots by the state’s...…State elections officials are urging Hawaii voters to get their mail-in ballots into the hands of the U.S. Postal Service at least a week ahead of the Nov. 3 general election in order for their votes to count after postal officials warned of potential delays this year.In a letter dated July 31 and received Aug. 3, Thomas J. Marshall, general counsel and executive vice president of the U.S. Postal Service, wrote to Hawaii’s chief election officer, Scott Nago, that “the vast majority of your voters should have sufficient time to receive, complete, and return their ballots by the state’s...WW…

|Skeptics of Hawaii’s first large-scale effort at mail-in voting were proven wrong when island voters Saturday night destroyed all previous records for the number of ballots cast in a primary election.Hawaii voters crushed the record for the number of votes cast in a primary election — 380,152, shattering the previous statehood-era best of 309,700 primary votes set in 1994.Honolulu voters also set an Oahu record for votes cast in a primary election — 256,344. The previous Honolulu record for a primary election of 225,406 votes cast was recorded in 1994.PHOTOS:“I’m a skeptic and I’m...…|Skeptics of Hawaii’s first large-scale effort at mail-in voting were proven wrong when island voters Saturday night destroyed all previous records for the number of ballots cast in a primary election.Hawaii voters crushed the record for the number of votes cast in a primary election — 380,152, shattering the previous statehood-era best of 309,700 primary votes set in 1994.Honolulu voters also set an Oahu record for votes cast in a primary election — 256,344. The previous Honolulu record for a primary election of 225,406 votes cast was recorded in 1994.PHOTOS:“I’m a skeptic and I’m...WW…

Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!The question of halting the city’s troubled rail project at Middle Street — rather than pushing forward to Ala Moana Center — was advocated before the rail board’s directors Friday after members were told that cost-cutting efforts still will leave rail 80% short of plugging its $3.5 billion deficit.Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to continue reading this story.Print subscriber but...…Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!The question of halting the city’s troubled rail project at Middle Street — rather than pushing forward to Ala Moana Center — was advocated before the rail board’s directors Friday after members were told that cost-cutting efforts still will leave rail 80% short of plugging its $3.5 billion deficit.Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to continue reading this story.Print subscriber but...WW…

Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!The rail project’s interim boss apologized to several board members Thursday for not alerting them that the $11 billion project’s deficit has ballooned to $3 billion, but promised more details ahead of next week’s full board meeting.Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to continue reading this story.Print subscriber but without online access? Activate your Digital Account now.The rail...…Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!The rail project’s interim boss apologized to several board members Thursday for not alerting them that the $11 billion project’s deficit has ballooned to $3 billion, but promised more details ahead of next week’s full board meeting.Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to continue reading this story.Print subscriber but without online access? Activate your Digital Account now.The rail...WW…

Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!State Rep. Sharon Har certainly knew the penalties and consequences of drinking and driving when she was arrested the night of Feb. 22 after Honolulu police found her alone in her 2019 Mercedes-Benz, pointed in the head-on direction of one-way traffic traveling on busy South Beretania Street at Piikoi Street.Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to continue reading this story.Print...…Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!State Rep. Sharon Har certainly knew the penalties and consequences of drinking and driving when she was arrested the night of Feb. 22 after Honolulu police found her alone in her 2019 Mercedes-Benz, pointed in the head-on direction of one-way traffic traveling on busy South Beretania Street at Piikoi Street.Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to continue reading this story.Print...WW…

Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!Renewed efforts are underway in the state Senate to allow county first-responders to charge outlaw hikers for the cost of rescuing them — and issue criminal fines as well — at a time when government spending is under stress from the fallout of COVID-19.Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to continue reading this story.Print subscriber but without online access? Activate your Digital...…Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!Renewed efforts are underway in the state Senate to allow county first-responders to charge outlaw hikers for the cost of rescuing them — and issue criminal fines as well — at a time when government spending is under stress from the fallout of COVID-19.Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to continue reading this story.Print subscriber but without online access? Activate your Digital...WW…

Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!Hawaii is no closer to allowing legal gambling after the Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee on Thursday “indefinitely” deferred a bill that would have allowed the Hawaiian Homes Commission to decide whether it wanted to allow a casino, lottery, bingo or even horse racing to bankroll a new way to get Native Hawaiians onto their ancestral lands.Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to...…Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!Hawaii is no closer to allowing legal gambling after the Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee on Thursday “indefinitely” deferred a bill that would have allowed the Hawaiian Homes Commission to decide whether it wanted to allow a casino, lottery, bingo or even horse racing to bankroll a new way to get Native Hawaiians onto their ancestral lands.Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.Already a subscriber? Log in now to...WW…