By now, you’ve likely read or heard about the Federal Appeals Court in D.C. blasting the Hawaii Tribune-Herald’s union busting actions in a decision issued on Friday. The ruling came on an appeal by T-H owner, Stephens Media LLC, of a prior scathing ruling of the National Labor Relations Board which found the newspaper had [...]
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It sounds like former Civil Beat editor John Temple arrived at the Washington Post at a very tough time, described in this column by the newspaper’s ombudsman (“The Post fails a young blogger“). The Post just had a rough few days. It was shut out of the 2012 Pulitzer Prizes, which were announced Monday. On [...]
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A column by Andrew Lee in the UH Manoa campus newspaper, Ka Leo, caught my eye this week by expressing a contrarian view of the Dalai Lama’s appearance in Hawaii (“The Dalai Lama isn’t a rock star“). The commentary was aimed at the Pillars of Peace Hawaii event. The primary issue I had with the [...]
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[Note: The original version of this entry, posted a couple of days ago, was apparently corrupted in some way. Even after my hosting service addressed the problem with comments, this particular post continued to trigger errors. So I deleted the original, and am reposting its content here. Update: No go! Even after deleting the original [...]
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It would be useful for some lawyers to chime in with answers to that question–what the heck does “palpably erroneous” mean in legal terms? On the scale of legal standards, where does this one rank? The question is important in assessing a pending bill to change Hawaii’s public records law to allow agencies to challenge [...]
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Civil Beat spent a lot of time and put a good deal of resources into the State Integrity Investigation done in cooperation with several national groups, including the Center for Public Integrity. I was one of those consulted along the way about several areas of investigation, and I came away from the experience doubtful about [...]
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Did you catch the story in the Maui News earlier this week announcing a new contract that includes pay cuts, higher medical premiums, and layoffs? The story, which ran without a byline, reports 14-18 positions at the newspaper will be eliminated through “voluntary” departures or layoffs. That’s got to be a big chunk of the [...]
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Did you notice the difference in handling of the latest foreclosure statistics by the Star-Advertiser and Pacific Business News? The S-A continued its full court press in favor of more foreclosures without court supervision, bending the news to reflect its editorial viewpoint. Foreclosures fell off in March Statewide filings declined 13 percent ?from a year [...]
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