The Hawaii Attorney General decided there was no conflict with a former state Attorney General representing Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke amid her election year controversies while he is also under contract with the state at $525 an hour to work on a long-standing civil case.

George Ariyoshi, Hawaii’s longest-serving governor and the first Asian-American to serve as governor of any U.S. state, died Sunday night at the age of 100, his family announced Monday. “He was surrounded by his wife Jean,

Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke announced today that she will not seek re-election this year, following months of speculation that she is the subject of a state Attorney General investigation into

Sources said David Louie informed Anne Lopez that he and his firm were representing Luke’s campaign over the possible accounting missteps.

"He was a model for how to live and lead with values and a strength of character that shaped Hawaiʻi for generations."