Ashley Mizuo
Government ReporterAshley Mizuo is Hawaiʻi Public Radio’s government reporter. She previously worked at Crooked Media producing two podcasts: "Pod Save the World" and "Strict Scrutiny." Before that, she was the City Hall reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and a general assignment reporter at HPR.
Born and raised on O’ahu, she's a graduate of ‘Iolani School and has a bachelor's in journalism and political science from Loyola University Chicago and a master's in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield.
When she's not reporting she can be found running, surfing (badly), consuming excessive amounts of coffee and obsessing over Taylor Swift.
Contact her at amizuo@hawaiipublicradio.org or on X, formerly known as Twitter, @ashleymizuo.
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Protecting domestic abuse survivors, preventing human trafficking and safeguarding reproductive care are the focus of the bipartisan Women’s Legislative Caucus this session. -
About 100 people gathered at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol rotunda, many placing lei and flowers on pictures of Alex Pretti and Renée Good, another American citizen killed earlier this month by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. -
Gov. Josh Green is proposing a pause to the historic income tax cut that was implemented last year. The pause is expected to bring back $1.8 billion in tax revenue. -
Hundreds of people lined Ala Moana Boulevard in Honolulu on Sunday to protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti over the weekend in Minneapolis. -
Gov. Josh Green delivers his State of the State address; Oʻahu residents gathered to protest over the weekend in response to the second killing of a U.S. citizen by federal agents in Minnesota -
ACLU President Deborah Archer spoke with HPR’s Ashley Mizuo about how the organization's work has changed during the second Trump administration. -
ACLU President Deborah Archer discusses how the work of the organization has changed under the second Trump administration; Chef Jason Peel discusses his decision to close Nami Kaze at Pier 38 and his next culinary venture -
The state Legislature is back in session, and its focus this year will be on federal funding impacts and addressing the cost of living in Hawaiʻi. Federal actions over the first year of this Trump administration have led to impacts on the state level, and that will likely be the case going forward. -
The 2026 legislative session is officially in full swing. HPR spent the day hearing from attendees on what they hope this session will bring. Here's a glimpse of what we saw. -
The announcement was a reversal from what Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez said earlier this month, declining to investigate the matter because of concerns it would interfere with an ongoing federal investigation.
