Hawaiʻi Attorney General

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.

The Fire Safety Research Institute compiled a list of 140 recommendations in its September report commissioned by Attorney General Anne Lopez. This week, FSRI Program Manager Derek Alkonis presented the top 10 priorities that state House lawmakers should take away from the findings.

A new report on the 2023 Maui wildfires includes over 100 recommendations for the state, county, utility companies and general public to better prepare and respond to the threat of wildfires. HPR's Ashley Mizuo explores the impact the report could have across Hawaiʻi.

The report describes a series of policy mishaps regarding vegetation management, congested roadways, a lack of planning from key agencies, and communication breakdowns between stakeholders. It does not, however, determine the cause of the Lahaina fire. HPR's Ashley Mizuo has the latest.

A U.S. appeals court ruling says Hawaiʻi can enforce a law banning firearms on its world-famous beaches, but not at other so-called sensitive places, including banks.

A judge is forcing the Hawaiʻi attorney general’s office to turn over documents, interviews and data on last summer's Maui wildfires to lawyers involved in the hundreds of lawsuits over the disaster.

The statement released by Maui County provided clarifications on various details including when Mayor Richard Bissen issued a county emergency proclamation. The county says it produced hundreds of pages of documents to investigators. State Attorney General Anne Lopez says she welcomes the county supplementing the facts.