Editorial: Bring fraud probe to quick, clear end

The tangled web of insider politics in Hawaii can be as intriguing as it is damaging. Currently, what began as questions about $35,000 in a paper bag accepted by “an influential state legislator” is mushrooming into a scandalous cloud engulfing at least three top-level officials: Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, now on unpaid leave; Human Services Director Ryan Yamane, who abruptly retired last week, at the governor’s insistence; and former Public Utilities Commission chairman Leo Asuncio...