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MEDIA RELEASE In a massive coordinated information-seeking campaign, 34 American Civil Liberties Union affiliates across the nation today are sending requests to 379 law enforcement agencies, large and small, demanding to know when, why and how they are using cell phone location data to track Americans. The campaign is one of the largest coordinated information […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii (ACLU) and Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing have announced they have dismissed their lawsuit against the state, following Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s signing civil unions into law last month. The Hawaii Senate gave final approval to the bill, SB232, which allows same- and different-sex unmarried […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed a bill that legalizes civil unions for same-sex couples. The bill stops short of granting same-sex couples the freedom to marry, but grants committed same and different-sex couples the rights, responsibilities, benefits and protections that Hawaii law provides to married couples The following can be attributed to Laurie […]

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