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The Attorney General Partners With Dea and Law Enforcement Agencies on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
The Hawaiʻi Department of the Attorney General is partnering with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Hawaiʻi Department of Law Enforcement (DLE), Narcotics Enforcement Division; and local law enforcement agencies to participate in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. -
Attorney General Lopez Urges Federal Judge to Order the Fda to Review Its Restrictions on Abortion Medication Mifepristone
Attorney General Anne Lopez is urging a federal judge in Spokane, Washington, to rule that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s restrictions on the abortion medication mifepristone are inconsistent with the Administrative Procedure Act. -
Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez Announces Results of Lahaina Fire Investigation Analysis: No Single Factor, but Complex Interaction of Factors, Led to Maui Fire Devastation
Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez announced the results of the Lahaina Fire Incident Analysis Report, the second report of the three-part evidencebased investigation into how state and county governments responded during the Maui wildfires. -
Attorney General Anne Lopez Joins Multistate Coalition Urging Surgeon General Warning on Social Media Platforms
Attorney General Anne Lopez and 41 other attorneys general jointly called on congressional lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. Surgeon General warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. -
Sex Offender Who Failed to Register Location Arrested
Convicted sex offender Ricardo Blenman was arrested by Honolulu Police on a $15,000 warrant, obtained by special agents assigned to the Attorney General’s Investigations Division – Sex Offender Registration Team. -
Attorney General Anne Lopez Shares Resources Available to Consumers Following the Change Healthcare (Unitedhealth Group) Cyberattack
Attorney General Anne Lopez is sharing consumer protection reminders and raising awareness about the availability of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services following Change Healthcare’s February data breach. -
Eleven Endangered Missing Children and Youth Safely Recovered On Oʻahu During Multiagency Operation Shine the Light
The Hawai'i Department of the Attorney General and the Hawai'i Department of Human Services today announced the results of a multiagency child recovery operation conducted over the past weekend, known as Operation Shine the Light. -
Jury Convicts Oʻahu Man of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of a Minor
A First Circuit Court jury found Jefferson Manuales Ibalio, 35, guilty of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. -
Maui Court Upholds Governor Green’s Emergency Proclamation On Affordable Housing
Second Circuit Court Judge Peter T. Cahill issued judgment in favor of Governor Josh Green, M.D., and the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC), in a lawsuit that sought to, among other things, invalidate Governor Green’s emergency proclamation on affordable housing. -
Hawaiʻi Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Honored With Top Pentagon Award for Military Partnership Combating Child Sex Trafficking Crimes
The Department of the Army presented the prestigious 2023 Army Community Partnership Award to the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Pacific Field Office, in partnership with the Department of the Attorney General’s Criminal Justice Division - Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, the Honolulu Police Department and the Susannah Wesley Community Center. -
Attorney General Lopez Takes Action to Defend Protections for Pregnant Workers
Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general defending a proposed rule issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. -
Attorney General Lopez Announces Winner of Hawai‘i Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest
Attorney General Anne Lopez, the Hawai‘i Department of the Attorney General’s Missing Child Center - Hawai‘i (MCCH) and Hawai‘i Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force are pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 Hawaiʻi Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest for National Missing Children’s Day (May 25): Kiana Kon, a fifth grader of Nānākuli Hawai‘i. -
Woman Criminally Charged for Alleged Theft and Embezzlement Of More Than $44,000 in Union Members’ Dues Payments
Attorney General Anne Lopez announced that Lilinoe Smith was criminally charged for allegedly embezzling approximately $44,367 in union dues from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union 1186. -
Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez Releases First Phase Objective, Science-based Facts Related to the Maui Fire Investigation
Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez announced Phase One of the three-part investigation into how state and county governments responded during the Maui wildfires. -
Attorney General Lopez Joins Coalition Defending Voting Rights Act From Attack in Georgia Redistricing Case
Attorney General Lopez joined a group of 19 attorneys general defending Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act—a key protection against racial discrimination in elections. -
Scam Alert: Scammers Impersonating Attorney General Investigators in Attempt to Steal Money
The Department of the Attorney General is issuing a warning to the public to beware of people impersonating Attorney General’s investigators. -
Attorney General Lopez Joins Multistate Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Fix Hemp Language in U.S. Farm Bill
Attorney General Anne Lopez is joining a coalition of 20 other state attorneys general on a bipartisan letter asking Congress to fix language in the 2018 Farm Bill that bad actors have used to flood the market with unregulated, intoxicating hemp. -
State of Hawaiʻi Prevails on Appeal in Multimillion Dollar Lawsuit Concerning Portlock Accreted Land
The State of Hawaiʻi, as represented by the Department of the Attorney General, has prevailed in an inverse-condemnation lawsuit brought by beachfront landowners in the Portlock neighborhood of Hawaiʻi Kai who sought millions of dollars in compensation and unsuccessfully sought to certify a class action for monetary damages. -
Attorney General Lopez Calls on Fda to Protect Children From Lead and Other Toxic Metals in Baby Food
Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take urgent action to protect babies and young children nationwide from lead and other toxic metals in baby food. -
Attorney General Lopez Announces Multimillion Dollar Settlement With National Marketing Firm Publicis Over Role in Opioid Epidemic
Attorney General Anne Lopez announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis.