Today Honolulu Civil Beat posted an in-depth look at how state Senator Clayton Hee, D-Kaneohe–who recently warped a bill seeking to make permanent Hawaii's media shield law into perverse anti-reporter junk and contributed more to destroying our state's legal protections for journalists than anyone else in the Legislature–is also no fan of state ethics laws or Hawaii Ethics … [Read more...] about Turns Out State Senator Clayton Hee Dislikes Hawaii Ethics Laws As Much As Media
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Hawaii Legislative Ineptitude, Contempt For Press Dooms Media Shield Law
Well, that whole experiment with granting honest people in Hawaii who wanted to expose graft and incompetence in our state's powerful organizations and corporations with very generous legal protections that allowed them to speak anonymously to investigative reporters was fun while it lasted. Such individuals, who risk termination and retribution by openly speaking out against … [Read more...] about Hawaii Legislative Ineptitude, Contempt For Press Dooms Media Shield Law
If The Hawaii Legislature Continues To Screw Up HB622, Then The State Reporter Shield Law Should Just Die
For the last five years, journalists and those who provide them information have enjoyed one of the strongest legal protections in the nation. Of the 40 or so states in the U.S. that have so-called Shield Laws, Hawaii had one of the best–it said writers and reporters for newspapers, magazines, online news sites and blogs could do their work without having to worry that … [Read more...] about If The Hawaii Legislature Continues To Screw Up HB622, Then The State Reporter Shield Law Should Just Die
This Tuesday, April 2: New Hawaii Reporter Shield Law Hearing In Senate JDL Committee
Damn, the state Senate Judiciary and Labor (JDL) Committee is really dragging out the discussion on HB622, a new bill dealing with Hawaii’s Reporter Shield Law. First the bill sat for a few weeks in the committee for a few weeks while journalists around the state sweated over the possibility that it would die there, which in turn would allow the shield law itself to expire at … [Read more...] about This Tuesday, April 2: New Hawaii Reporter Shield Law Hearing In Senate JDL Committee