Bills are advancing to prohibit face coverings, protect the right to record police and limit state cooperation.

The Senate wants to add a seventh position to the ICA. Court officials say it’s not needed.

Unlike in 2025, a potpourri of bills to protect immigrants and limit local cooperation with ICE are advancing through the Legislature.

Alvin Jardine fought for nearly a decade to be paid under the state’s wrongful conviction compensation law. He died before receiving payment.

More financial support for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and tackling federal immigration and customs enforcement are top priorities for the chairs of the judiciary committees in the Hawaiʻi Legislature.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez says the state won’t pursue an investigation, but lawmakers are facing pressure to launch their own probe.

States are leading the way to regulate AI, but a national report finds the Aloha State comes up short.

Advocates seek to limit cooperation with ICE and to rein in the agency’s actions amid a major increase in immigration arrests locally.

Committee chairs and legislative veterans have the best track record, a review of the data shows. But even they only get a fraction of what they introduce through.