Since the early 1900s, the U.S. Marine Corps has used the Puʻuloa Range Training Facility in Leeward Oʻahu. This session, state lawmakers are urging the Marines to relocate the facility. HPR's Sabrina Bodon has more.
Nearly 6,000 Californians died from fentanyl overdose in 2021, but some Democratic lawmakers are hesitant to raise criminal penalties and repeat policies of the war on drugs.
The confirmation hearing for Tommy Johnson, tapped to head the Hawaii Department of Public Safety (PSD), has exposed deeper problems with staffing, including the astonishing fact that the “average” adult correctional officer (ACO) works only seven months out of a year in terms of days on the job.
The confirmation hearing for Tommy Johnson to lead the state Department of Public Safety revealed a deep and complex rift between guards and the department over chronic staff shortages, absences and overtime.