Les Kondo blames a decision by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees to withhold information. But two trustees say he is “playing politics.”

Public Safety Director Nolan Espinda also says the final report on the Maui jail riot isn’t quite finished yet.

A recently passed “red flag law” is expected to help keep Hawaii’s per capita rates of gun deaths one of the lowest in the country.

Sen. Russell Ruderman, who owns health foods stores, was the only lawmaker to report more than $1 million in outside income last year. Several of his colleagues reported no income beyond their legislative salaries.

Common Cause Hawaii and the League of Women Voters of Hawaii decry gut and replace bill.

The bill to allow interisland transport of the medicine would have been especially helpful for patients on Molokai and Lanai, which have no dispensaries.

State officials are fine-tuning proposals that aim to mitigate the effects of climate change in the state.

The new law will make possession of 3 grams or less of pot punishable by a $130 fine.

UPDATED: The governor also killed tax proposals approved by the Legislature for vacation rentals and real estate investment trusts.

Senate and House leaders had considered reconvening to try to enact some of the measures that Gov. David Ige says he’s likely to reject.