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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The Honolulu City Council will be implementing better tracking methods to determine whether or not projects they pass in the budget are being followed through. -
HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on the settlement with pharmaceutical companies in the lawsuit over a blood thinner. -
HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization’s most recent forecast. It expects a mild recession largely due to weak tourism numbers, federal worker layoffs and volatile tariffs increasing the price of goods. -
A group of Maui teachers were detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement early Tuesday morning. Several of the teachers are from the Philippines. They had J-1 visas, which allow educators from other countries to teach in the U.S. -
The Honolulu Emergency Services Department is upgrading over half of its 23 ambulance units. The department received six brand-new ambulances and remounted eight. -
Bills are on their way to the governor, and state lawmakers are already looking into the future. The legislative session wrapped up Friday with lawmakers passing the country’s first Green Fee — a tax on tourists to support the climate. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports. -
Lawmakers passed a measure that will give $50 million in grants to nonprofits that have been impacted by federal cuts. Rep. Della Au Belatti raised concerns about transparency because the bill exempts the evaluation committee from having meetings open to the public. -
State lawmakers passed hundreds of bills this week. That’s a lot to keep track of, so with the legislative session over as of Friday evening, HPR is narrowing it down to the important bills we’ve been tracking. -
A bill that would have banned assault rifles in Hawaiʻi stalled on one of the last days of this legislative session. The bill sought to ban the sale and possession of semi-automatic assault rifles beginning in 2026. -
Hawaiʻi lawmakers passed the state budget Wednesday that includes $30 million to complete the planning for a new jail to replace the deteriorating and overpopulated Oʻahu Community Correctional Center.
