Hawaiʻi Attorney General

Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green on his reaction to Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke's target letter and his decision to name Keith Regan, the state comptroller, as acting lieutenant governor.

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke announced that she will take a leave of absence, without pay, indefinitely. Gov. Josh Green has named Keith Regan, the state comptroller, as acting lieutenant governor.

Campaign finance has been a topic of interest this legislative session. HPR’s Ashley Mizuo reports on how allegations of an unknown lawmaker accepting $35,000 in a paper bag have impacted the Legislature.

Senators advanced a measure Tuesday that would allow elected officials to be charged with a misdemeanor if they're found to have failed to report bribery.

HPR talked to Gov. Josh Green soon after a U.S. Supreme Court decision on tariffs, plus his thoughts about the recent headlines involving Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez reaffirmed her position Friday that there is no conflict of interest in her department’s investigation into an “influential lawmaker” who allegedly accepted $35,000 in a paper bag during a January 2022 meeting.

This schedule change comes after Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke became the center of a story this week, involving allegations that an “influential lawmaker” accepted $35,000 in a paper bag during a January 2022 meeting.

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke has become the center of a story involving allegations that an “influential lawmaker” accepted $35,000 in a paper bag during a January 2022 meeting. “I'm not saying I am the 'influential lawmaker' in question,” Luke told HPR on Tuesday.

House Speaker Nadine Nakamura spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about a resolution to expedite the investigation into an alleged $35,000 payment involving a Hawaiʻi lawmaker.

Allegations of a lawmaker accepting $35,000 in a bag in 2022 continue to loom over this legislative session.