Hawaii is mourning Pat Saiki, a trailblazing lawmaker whose six decades of public service left a deep mark on the state.

• Saiki died peacefully at her Honolulu home at age 96.
• She was the first Republican Hawaii ever sent to Congress, winning in 1986 after 18 years in the state legislature.
• In Congress she was central to winning payments for Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants locked up during World War II.
• A former teacher, she started Hawaii's first teachers union and later ran the US Small Business Administration.
• She also helped create a sex abuse treatment center at Kapiolani Medical Center and a Kapiolani Community College campus near Diamond Head.

Outlook: Governor Josh Green has ordered flags to half staff through October 5 as the state marks her legacy.