FILE - Hawaii Gov. Josh Green speaks at the 2024 summer meeting of the National Governors Association on Thursday, July 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. The parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year’s Maui wildfires have reached a $4 billion global settlement, a court filing said Friday, Aug. 2. The agreement comes nearly one year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed 102 people and destroyed the historic downtown area of Lahaina on Maui. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) FILE PHOTO
