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Feb. 13—A Senate bill before the state Legislature addresses the primary point of contention between unionized nurses at the Kapi 'olani Medical Center for Women & Children and hospital management.
Stop and identify statutes. "Stop and identify" statutes are laws in several U.S. states that authorize police [ 1] to lawfully order people whom they reasonably suspect of committing a crime to state their name. If there is not reasonable suspicion that a person has committed a crime, is committing a crime, or is about to commit a crime, the ...
Abortion in Hawaii is legal. 66% of adults in Hawaii said in a poll by the Pew Research Center that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. [ 1] Hawaii began allowing elective abortion care de jure in 1970, the first state to do so. State law enacted at that time stated said, "the State shall not deny or interfere with a female's right ...
Pennsylvania State University ( MD) Joshua Booth Green (born February 11, 1970) is an American politician and physician who has served since 2022 as the ninth governor of Hawaii. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 15th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2018 to 2022, a member of the Hawaii Senate from 2008 to 2018, and a member ...
The Adult Survivors Act ( ASA) is New York State legislation enacted in May 2022 which amends state law to allow alleged victims of sexual offenses for which the statute of limitations has lapsed to file civil suits for a one-year period, from November 24, 2022, to November 24, 2023. The act thus expands the ability of plaintiffs to sue for ...
Under Hawaii Revised Statutes section 712-1200, both the buying and selling of sex are illegal, and also related activities such as soliciting, promoting prostitution and allowing premises to be used for prostitution, are prohibited. The penalty is a fine of up to US$500 and/or up to 30 days imprisonment. [ 1][ 3]
Hawaii’s state primaries will conclude Saturday, with polls closing at 7 p.m. local time (1 a.m. EDT Sunday). Registered voters can participate in any party’s primary, and results are expected ...
BOCES owes its origin to a state legislative enactment authorizing the formation of intermediate school districts. Passed in 1948, the act was aimed at enabling small rural school districts to combine their resources to provide services that otherwise would have been uneconomical, inefficient, or unavailable. BOCES was to be the temporary means ...