On Jan. 5, 929 Hawaii residents submitted a petition entitled “Restore Public Trust — Investigate the Unknown Hawaii Legislator” to the Hawaii Legislature. Invoking Hawaii Revised Statutes 21-3, the petition asked the Legislature to convene an investigative committee to examine what occurred i n 2022, when an unknown but influential legislator accepted $35,000 in a paper bag. The Legislature opened Jan. 21 and closes May 8. ...read more read less