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01/14/2019: Hawaii Secures Injunction Halting Trump Administration’s
Attempt to Limit Birth Control Access

HONOLULU – Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following statement after a coalition of fourteen Attorneys General secured a preliminary injunction in State of California, et al v. Alex Azar, II, et al. Read More

12/21/2018: Attorney General Joins Multistate Amicus Brief to Protect DACA Recipients Against Unlawful Termination 

Honolulu — Attorney General Russell A. Suzuki today joined a multistate coalition in filing an amicus brief opposing the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) unlawful practice of automatically terminating Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status for some recipients without due process and against its own written policies. Read More

12/21/2018: Attorney General Adds Findings of National Climate Assessment to Rulemaking Record on Rollback of Clean Car Standards and the Clean Power Plan

HONOLULU – Attorney General Russell A. Suzuki today, as part of a coalition of 29 states and local governments, moved the “Fourth National Climate Assessment” into the rulemaking records for the Trump Administration’s proposed rollbacks of the Clean Car Standards and Clean Power Plan. Read More