Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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We reported that it’s been three years since the FBI listened in while a Hawaiʻi lawmaker was handed $35,000. But we still don’t know who this person is.

Publicly, legislators have little to say about it. The silence is deafening to government reform advocates who are calling for top politicos to take a firmer stance against this kind of behavior.

So what can Hawaiʻi do? Hear the ideas of people pushing for transparency and accountability: civilbeat.org/2025/04/revelations-renew-calls-for-government-accountability