Hawaii Gov. David Ige last week signed legislation that approves the testing of autonomous vehicles on state roads through at least 2023.

Researchers will install technology that tracks cars, bicyclists and pedestrians in a five-mile stretch of Honolulu as part of a study of the future of mobility.

The state's been confronted with a series of troubled IT projects, and now lawmakers are eager to review how the state's been spending its money.

The state's Department of Transportation is locked in a lengthy legal dispute with IT firm Ciber Inc. over a project's troubled development.