The Hawaii Supreme Court rejected a bid to overturn results from the closest race in Hawaii’s Nov. 5 general election.

Former House Speaker Scott Saiki has returned to state government service following his 2024 election defeat — this time to help consumers obtain and afford homeowner’s insurance.

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Evan Weber, left, CEO of Our Hawai ‘i, commended state Rep. Della Au Belatti, right, during a news conference Thursday at the state Capitol. Belatti is heading a bipartisan Good Government Caucus.

Hawaii, questioned Pam Bondi during her confirmation hearing about her not directly acknowledging President Biden defeated President-elect Trump during the 2020 election.

A new round of bills have been introduced — or are pending introduction — at the newly convened state Legislature, with the goal of continuing to crack down on government corruption ever since the federal guilty pleas of the former Senate majority leader and the then-vice chair of the House Finance Committee on bribery charges in the early weeks of the 2022 legislative session.