Jet fuel plays an outsized role in Hawaiʻi's total carbon emissions. Sustainable aviation fuels could help. But as HPR Savannah Harriman-Pote reports, the state’s still taking a wait-and-see approach.
Hawaiʻi Public Radio is tracking the latest news inside the Hawaiʻi State Capitol.
The Conversation: Weekdays at 11 a.m. on HPR-1
-
Gov. Josh Green says some 3,000 people displaced by Lahaina’s wildfires are still living in hotels more than seven months after the August blaze. But he told a news conference that between 25 and 30 of them are moving to longer-term housing each day.
-
Senate Ways and Means Committee Chair Donovan Dela Cruz said they passed the budget, along with the One ʻOhana Trust Fund and a Maui disaster relief fund to show a full picture of the requests from the governor's administration.
-
Investigations are continuing into the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore — and that includes an international connection to Asia.
-
The $105,000 grant came from the nonprofit ACE Scholarships.
-
His proposed budget is $153 million more than last year’s operating budget, mostly due to wildfire-related departmental spending. The Maui County Council will now review and approve Bissen’s budget.
-
Gov. Josh Green has appointed former state lawmaker Roy Takumi to replace Warren Haruki as Board of Education chair. This is the BOE's third major leadership change in the past two years.
-
The popularity of pickleball is evident just about everywhere in Hawaiʻi. The Conversation talked with Parks and Recreation Director Laura Thielen about the challenge of getting players to share court space and the need to revamp court rules.
HPR Talk Shows
-
Hosted by Catherine Cruz
-
Hosted by Kathy Kozak
-
Hosted by Burt Lum
HPR Music Shows
-
Hosted by Gene Schiller
-
-
Hosted by Craig DeSilva
-
Hosted by Charles Husson
-
Hosted by Nick Yee (dj mr.nick)
HPR Features
-
Hosted by Leilani Poliʻahu
-
Hosted by Patrick Hart
-
Hosted by Dave Lawrence
Check the status of our transmitter network.