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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A law to stop a tactic used by abusive partners to further intimidate domestic abuse survivors through the court system goes into effect on Wednesday. Abusive litigation is when an abusive partner files excessive, and often meritless, legal actions against their partner or former partner. -
Gov. Josh Green’s new budget requests $30 million to plan the new jail to replace the dilapidated Oʻahu Community Correctional Center. The Department of Corrections began working on plans for the new jail over seven years ago. -
A new kauhale called Alana Ola Pono opened in Iwilei, along the edge of Chinatown in Honolulu. Kauhale are tiny home villages that the state hopes will get those experiencing homelessness off the street and into housing. -
The federal government shutdown could happen at midnight as Congress has been unable to come to an agreement on a stopgap spending bill. The bipartisan bill included $1.6 billion that would go directly to Maui County to rebuild homes lost in the 2023 fires. -
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz explained that the $1.6 billion would go directly to Maui County to rebuild homes that were lost in the 2023 fires. -
Gov. Josh Green's next budget will be dominated by housing, including funds for more kauhale villages and affordable housing projects. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on how state funds will be used in the next two years while adjusting to a massive cut in income taxes. -
Hawaiʻi's economy will continue to slowly expand. But President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariff, immigration and budgeting policies create uncertainties. That’s from the newest forecast of the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, or UHERO. -
The Honolulu City Council passed its massive land use bill Wednesday that will impact construction, agriculture, business and housing across the island. The council has been working on the measure for the last two years. It’s over 250 pages and impacts every type of land usage on Oʻahu. HPR's Ashley Mizuo and Mark Ladao bring you this two-part series. -
The new Oʻahu landfill will be placed northwest of Wahiawā on a pineapple field currently owned by Dole Food Company. It will replace Waimanalo Gulch on the leeward coast. At a press conference Tuesday, Mayor Rick Blangiardi acknowledged that there were no universally accepted sites to place the landfill. -
It’s in reaction to a state law that gives counties until 2025 to adopt ordinances allowing commercial-to-residential building conversions, also known as adaptive reuse.
