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Hawaii's reciprocal beneficiary status is recognized by other jurisdictions as being notably weaker than other same-sex union laws. The state of New Jersey, for example, recognizes reciprocal beneficiary status as equivalent only to domestic partnerships, not civil unions in New Jersey.
In March 2019, Hawaii criminal defense attorney Rustam Barbee (who was then representing Louis Kealoha, a former Honolulu Police Chief on trial for federal conspiracy and public corruption) sent a letter to Avi Soifer requesting that Lawson be prevented from commenting to the media on the Kealoha trial as well as the related trial of his wife ...
On November 5, 2024, Hawaii held a referendum to repeal that 1998 anti-gay amendment in which voters passed by 55.9%. [21] Hawaii established reciprocal beneficiary relationships, a limited form of civil unions, for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples in 1997. Numerous legislative attempts to enact fuller civil unions equivalent with other ...
In the United States, certification and licensure requirements for law enforcement officers vary significantly from state to state. [1] [2] Policing in the United States is highly fragmented, [1] and there are no national minimum standards for licensing police officers in the U.S. [3] Researchers say police are given far more training on use of firearms than on de-escalating provocative ...
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In 1893, pro-American elements in Hawaii overthrew the monarchy and formed the Republic of Hawaii, which the U.S. annexed in 1898. [6] In 1921, in order to make amends for injustices associated with the overthrow and annexation, the US created the Hawaiian Homes Commissions Act which set aside 200,000 acres of land for the use of homelands for Native Hawaiians of 50% blood quantum or more.
A Texas judge has ruled a woman can bypass state law and obtain an emergency abortion after doctors gave the fetus a fatal diagnosis. State District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble granted Kate Cox a ...
Feb. 21—Hawaii is now a "trauma-informed state." Under an executive order signed Tuesday by Gov. Josh Green, the state will now rely on understanding the life experiences of workers, families ...