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03/19/2019: Hawaii Attorney General Defends Evidence Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

HONOLULU – Today, a coalition of 21 Attorneys General filed an amicus brief supporting Planned Parenthood in their legal challenge against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ change to the funding structure of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) grant program. Read More

03/19/2019: Hawaii Attorney General Opposes CFPB Effort to Delay Protections from Payday Lenders

HONOLULU – Attorney General Clare E. Connors today urged the CFPB to take immediate action to protect consumers from abuses in payday lending, vehicle title lending, and other types of high-cost exploitative consumer lending. Read More

03/13/2019: Four Additional Attorneys General Join Lawsuit Challenging President Trump’s Unfounded Declaration of a National Emergency

HONOLULU – Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today welcomed Attorneys General from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin to the coalition of 20 states challenging President Trump’s unfounded declaration of a national emergency and his attempt to divert funding appropriated by Congress for other purposes. Read More