All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 4 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to add several local agency owners in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and Hawaii in 2014.Allstate’s plan is to recruit 51 new exclusive agents, 13 financial specialists and the company...
Jul 24 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to add several local agency owners in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and Hawaii in 2014.Allstate’s plan is to recruit 51 new exclusive agents, 13 financial specialists and the company...
Jul 21 2014 // A $1.1 million settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit involving the death of a 26-year-old pedestrian.The settlement came in a civil lawsuit against Robert Wayne Yount, 83, and the civil case will be...
Jul 21 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the United States as a whole ticked up...
Jul 21 2014 // The family of a woman who died in a crash with a man suspected of driving while intoxicated is suing a Kaneohe, Hawaii bar claiming the establishment improperly served him alcohol.The crash on June 30, 2012, killed Rene...
Jul 7 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the U.S. as a whole ticked up from 37. 5...
Jul 2 2014 // The family of a woman who died in a crash with a man suspected of driving while intoxicated is suing a Kaneohe bar, claiming the establishment improperly served him alcohol.The crash on June 30, 2012, killed Rene Nihipali...
Jun 26 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the U.S. as a whole ticked up from 37.5...
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Jun 4 2014 // Hawaii is ahead most other states in accomplishing President Barack Obama’s goals to cut carbon levels.The Obama administration announced a plan Monday to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants nationwide by...
May 28 2014 // FirstComp, a division of Markel Service, Inc., has launched a new small business owner policy, FirstComp EssentialBOP, for FirstComp-appointed independent agents writing business in Hawaii. The BOP product is also...
May 14 2014 // A lawsuit alleges a Hilo, Hawaii elementary school student was assaulted by a school employee.The lawsuit was filed last week by the boy’s father. The lawsuit alleges Hilo Union School Student Activities Coordinated...
Apr 23 2014 // A partially paralyzed Maui man who claimed airline workers forced him to crawl on and off flights in 2012 has settled his lawsuit against Delta Air Lines, his lawyer said Monday.Baraka Kanaan sued Delta last year after he...
Apr 15 2014 // A federal judge is not inclined to dismiss a lawsuit alleging Hawaii discriminates against those with limited English skills by making it difficult for them to obtain a driver’s license.U.S. District Judge Susan Oki...
Apr 9 2014 // Another lawsuit against the Catholic Church in Hawaii claims that a former Bishop sexually abused a boy who went to him to report he had been abused by another priest. Attorneys for the 59-year-old Honolulu man filed the...
Apr 2 2014 // U.S. officials say they’ve found no imminent threat of a tsunami along the coasts of Hawaii, Alaska, California, Oregon or Washington after a major earthquake near Chile.Paul Whitmore, the director of the National...
Apr 1 2014 // A tsunami warning could be issued for Hawaii due to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck on Tuesday off the coast of Chile, U.S. officials said.If tsunami waves reach Hawaii they would strike at 3:24 a.m. (9:24 a.m. ET)...
Mar 31 2014 // The U.S. Department of Justice is supporting a lawsuit alleging Hawaii discriminates against those who struggle with English because of challenges they face in obtaining a driver’s license. The Justice Department on...
Feb 18 2014 // Even though Hawaiian is one of the official languages of the state, Hawaii residents won’t be able to take driver’s license exams in the language until next month.The state Department of Transportation is...
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