Hawaiʻi Attorney General

The announcement was a reversal from what Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez said earlier this month, declining to investigate the matter because of concerns it would interfere with an ongoing federal investigation.

The Supreme Court seems likely to strike down Hawaiʻi's restrictions on carrying guns in stores in the justices’ latest firearm case since their landmark decision expanding Second Amendment rights.

The department has been able to claw back close to a billion dollars in funds from the federal government and has only spent about $12,000 on those cases.

The rally also focused on an investigation to identify a Hawaiʻi lawmaker who is accused of accepting $35,000 in 2022. The allegation came to light during the federal bribery investigation into former state Rep. Ty Cullen and Sen. Kalani English.

The Hawaiʻi Crime Dashboard displays data on reported crimes from each of the state’s four major counties between 2021 and 2024. It breaks down the total data into graphs, pie charts, and percentages that can be filtered based on year, offense type, and location.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez updated lawmakers on the state's involvement in 27 ongoing lawsuits against the federal government, including cases regarding immigration, employee layoffs, and federal funding freezes and terminations.

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.