In an effort to combat the ongoing issue of illegal fireworks in Hawaii, lawmakers are advancing several bills aimed at curbing the problem.

An Oʻahu fireworks company got a federal license to import tons of fireworks even though it didn’t have a state license to ...

Daniel Young, 51, pleaded no contest to two felony charges related to possessing and selling illegal fireworks to an ...

Massachusetts is the only state in the U.S. where it is illegal to sell, use, or possess fireworks of any kind as a private citizen, according to Mass.gov. There have been over 500 fires and ...

Email 28141 Sign Up By clicking to sign up ... SB 302 also would make it illegal to sell fireworks more than five calendar days before a permitted cultural use. The Committee on Public Safety ...

House Bill 1005 and Senate Bill 1324 would make selling illegal fireworks ... in the commission of the illegal use or sale of consumer fireworks. Email 28141 Sign Up By clicking to sign up ...

Police determined there was no threat to the public after fireworks were set of illegally in the Holyoke Mall parking lot.

Together, the measures represent the most significant steps to crack down on illegal ... fireworks users. But the bill was opposed by retailers who say the ban would impact small businesses that ...

Young’s case is one of only two felony prosecutions stemming from the Department of Law Enforcement’s Illegal Fireworks Task Force since its creation in 2023. Young was selling two dozen Gold ...

The Home Office has announced jail terms for those selling knives to under-18s will be ramped up from six months to two years. These can be applied to workers who process illegal sales as well as ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has vowed to 'take back our town centres from anti-social behaviour, thugs and thieves' in one ...