Following his third State of the State address on Tuesday, Gov. John Green offered new details on his ideas for tackling two ...

The only thing more reliable in Hawaii than the annual explosions lighting up the New Year’s Eve sky has been the failure of ...

State lawmakers already have announced their intentions to introduce nearly 500 bills ahead of today’s start of the legislative session, but only one so far addresses the high-profile issue of how to ...

Six survivors with horrendous injuries are fighting for their lives following a fatal New Year's Eve fireworks explosion in ...

Right now, lighting up illegal fireworks or possession of them, is a misdemeanor. That would change to a non-criminal civil ...

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Monday proposed a range of new ... New Year's is a particularly active time for contraband ...

In response to the deadly New Year's Eve explosion, the state Department of Law Enforcement said it collected more than 500 ...

On New Year's Eve, illegal fireworks blew up in a house near Salt Lake, Aliamanu area of Honolulu. The first responders revealed they received a call at midnight as videos of a huge explosion went ...

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green agrees that actions need to be taken, including increasing penalties for possession of fireworks over 50 pounds to a Class C felony. “Let us put on firework displays in ...

At least four new Hawaii laws have been enacted ... what has been set off by residents since aerial fireworks other than professional, licensed displays were banned statewide in 2000.

Trying to combat illegal fireworks has been an annual tradition for Hawaii lawmakers in recent years as household use of ...

HONOLULU — In recent years, occasions large and small — parties, Super Bowls, mixed martial arts fights, even Thanksgiving — have provided a reason for residents across Hawaii to set off illegal ...