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The Hawaiʻi Attorney General Office's report on the first phase of its fire investigation contains over 12,000 data points on how the deadly blaze spread through the town of Lahaina. It does not include the cause of the fire.
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The report indicates that environmental and geographic factors combined with preparedness and response conditions enabled the Lahaina fire to rapidly intensify in August 2023. In the coming days, the HPR news team will bring you stories about how the report impacts local government, Hawaiʻi's main electric utility, and the community.
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The state Legislature is still working on measures addressing marijuana this session — not legalization, but increasing the amount covered by decriminalization. The attention to the regulation of the substance has raised questions about clearing criminal records for marijuana convictions under old laws. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports.
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Some lawmakers say it's crucial that the Public Utilities Commission open a public docket to protect the independence of the fire investigation. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.
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Investigators have needed to issue eight additional subpoenas for documents and 53 additional subpoenas for interviews about the Aug. 8 fire that killed at least 101 people. The first phase of the report had been expected this month, but will now come out on April 17.
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There is a push this legislative session to improve the criminal record expungement process. HPR's Ashley Mizuo explains the details of two proposals facing lawmakers.
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It's been about a month since the city and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement announced a plan to bring back a free hula show at the Waikiki Shell Amphitheater. But the Kapiolani Park Preservation Society has raised concerns that the event is a prelude to a commercial lūʻau show.
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A youth-led climate change lawsuit against the state Department of Transportation is scheduled to go to trial this summer. The state is asking lawmakers for more than $2 million to fight it. Sen. Karl Rhoads said he would rather see that money go toward implementing policies that reduce emissions. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.
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The four inmates allegedly killed another inmate at the O‘ahu Community Correctional Center in July 2023.
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Deputy Attorney General Amanda Leonard and Sharon Young, a mother whose three children were abducted by their father and taken to Mexico in the 1990s, joined The Conversation to discuss complicated custody cases in Hawaiʻi.