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Governor signs bills into law, including laws aimed at license plate safety, regulation on corporate donations

Governor Josh Green on Thursday signed several bills into law including legislation aimed at license plate safety and regulation of artificial persons.

Hawaiʻi’s 5-cent beverage deposit program plagued by fraud and ‘honor system’ failure, State Auditor says

For two decades, Hawaiʻi’s Deposit Beverage Container program has been run as an “honor system,” reliant on unverified self-reported data and plagued by alleged fraud, State Auditor Les Kondo told a state Senate committee during an informational meeting Thursday.