Hawaiʻi should consider establishing an independent entity to operate in the space between criminal prosecution and legislative discipline.

Another cloud hangs over the State Capitol. Recent reporting suggests that an unnamed legislator may have accepted $35,000 in campaign contributions during the same federal probe that sent two former lawmakers to prison. Years later, the public still has no answers — and that uncertainty continues to erode trust in our institutions.

Last week the House speaker sent letters to the U.S. attorney and the state attorney general asking whether the federal investigation remains active and whether a state inquiry might proceed without interference. That was the right first step. But based on long-standing practice, if the attorney general decides to review

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