In a statement emailed to The Independent, the Senatorial candidate says he returned the materials later, but has no excuse for his behavior.

Hanabusa's public relations firm says the candidate does not support the NextEra takeover of Hawaiʻi’s energy portfolio despite the Florida company dumping money into her campaign.

The governor claims to have eliminated favoritism and pay-to-play cronyism in state government.

The congresswoman's introduction of a bill that would expand the Pōhakuloa Training Area ignores Native Hawaiian and environmental concerns in pursuit of defense industry dollars.