State legislators have introduced a new round of fireworks-related bills in the aftermath of the New Year’s fireworks ...

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Monday proposed a range of new penalties to crack down on those who flout the state's fireworks ...

Some wounds suffered by six Hawaii residents flown to Arizona for medical treatment after a deadly illegal fireworks ...

State lawmakers already have announced their intentions to introduce nearly 500 bills ahead of today’s start of the ...

The six victims are in their 20s and 30s, and all have extensive burns, according to Dr. Kevin Foster, director of the ...

Hawaii authorities are asking lawmakers for money to hire eight people and pay for a $2 million expansion of a forensic lab ...

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

GEORGE F. LEE / JAN. 1, 2022 Hawaii lawmakers are expected to focus on clamping down on illegal fireworks in the 2025 legislature session after the deaths of five people during New Year’s celebrations ...

COURTESY STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT Approximately 24 tons of fireworks were seized in a shipping container by the Illegal Fireworks Task Force in February 2023. The seizure consisted of ...

State officials have released information on an upcoming illegal fireworks amnesty program. Officials from the State ...

After the disaster, Hawaii's leaders intensified their oft-repeated calls to crack down on the state's vast illegal fireworks trade with stepped-up enforcement and greater penalties. The six taken ...