Advocates hope the three-year pilot program will prevent more women from being incarcerated and re-entering the criminal justice system.

But the high court’s ruling alters the national landscape regarding privacy laws and puts contraception and same-sex marriage laws at risk in other states.

An appeals court found that parents in three cases should have had court-appointed lawyers throughout. How many other parents were denied this right?

The oral arguments Thursday were the first of three Hawaii's highest court will hear involving renewable energy projects.

One of many issues raised by the closures and delays is whether defendants will get legally required "speedy trials."

The high profile case is now in the hands of the justices, but if the Maui County Council gets its way a decision may never come.

The Hawaii Supreme Court ordered the state to come up with a plan to better manage the land.

The ruling says that the city of Honolulu — as well as many other government agencies — have withheld public records for decades using an excuse that doesn't exist in state law.