Hawaiʻi Attorney General

Attorneys general from more than 20 states have filed a federal lawsuit challenging billions of dollars in cuts made by the Trump administration that would fund everything from crime prevention to food security. The lawsuit filed in Boston is asking a judge to limit the Trump administration from relying on a provision in the federal regulation to cut grants that don't align with its priorities.

HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on the settlement with pharmaceutical companies in the lawsuit over a blood thinner.

Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging cuts to the U.S. Health and Human Services agency. They say the Trump administration’s massive restructuring has destroyed life-saving programs and left states to pick up the bill for mounting health crises.

The federal government has tried to block Hawaiʻi from suing the oil industry with an unprecedented lawsuit. Hawaiʻi is moving forward with its complaint. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.

Trump's executive orders have triggered more than 200 lawsuits. Hawaiʻi has joined other states in at least 14 of the legal challenges. Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez was joined by two of her deputies at a forum this week to talk about the rule of law and the Constitution.

Hawaiʻi's top law officials speak at a UH Law School forum about the state's legal battles against the Trump administration; A march for International Workers' Day rallies support for federal workers

A guardian ad litem is a court-appointed attorney who is there to protect the interests of a person who cannot take care of themselves. But there are only two doing this work for the island of Oʻahu.

Attorneys general are backing a federal judge's decision to extend a block barring the Trump administration from freezing grants and loans potentially totaling trillions of dollars. The judge Thursday granted a request for a preliminary injunction from nearly two dozen Democratic states.

A federal judge was set to hear arguments Friday morning in a challenge by state attorneys general, including Hawaiʻi’s Anne Lopez, over a federal funding freeze that affects everything from projects to prepare for climate change to programs to encourage diversity. The Conversation spoke with her on Thursday about the latest.

The third and final phase of the attorney general’s report on the 2023 Lahaina wildfire outlines top priorities for state and county lawmakers to better prepare and respond to wildfires. HPR’s Ashley Mizuo explores one of the most important aspects of the report — the hiring of a state fire marshal.