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The announcement came after a $17.1 billion settlement between the tech giant Meta and the states that had sued over social media’s effects on children. This marks one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements in the 1990s.

A grand jury indicted Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and four others on felony bribery charges stemming from an alleged 2022 incident.

HPR speaks with Hawaii Firearms Coalition attorney Kevin O’Grady about the recent Supreme Court decision striking down restrictions on carrying firearms on private properties.

Hawai’i Attorney General Anne Lopez continues to push back against allegations that the state is allowing Medicaid fraud, but acknowledges that progress needs to be made in its enforcement efforts.

Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green on his reaction to Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke's target letter and his decision to name Keith Regan, the state comptroller, as acting lieutenant governor.

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke announced that she will take a leave of absence, without pay, indefinitely. Gov. Josh Green has named Keith Regan, the state comptroller, as acting lieutenant governor.

Campaign finance has been a topic of interest this legislative session. HPR’s Ashley Mizuo reports on how allegations of an unknown lawmaker accepting $35,000 in a paper bag have impacted the Legislature.

Senators advanced a measure Tuesday that would allow elected officials to be charged with a misdemeanor if they're found to have failed to report bribery.

HPR talked to Gov. Josh Green soon after a U.S. Supreme Court decision on tariffs, plus his thoughts about the recent headlines involving Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez reaffirmed her position Friday that there is no conflict of interest in her department’s investigation into an “influential lawmaker” who allegedly accepted $35,000 in a paper bag during a January 2022 meeting.