Jennifer Walsh is the senior vice president of strategic initiatives and chief strategy officer for Hawaiʻi Pacific University. HPR talked to her about what this means for students who can apply for grants to ease the tuition burden over the next five years.

Starting this month, families seeking to enroll their keiki in a Hawaiian immersion program must apply under a new process. Officials say the portal has already received nearly 300 applications since it opened two weeks ago.

The di Baris have been together for 20 years and married for 15. They met in New York, where Michele ran 10 restaurants and Qiana managed musical talent, including A Tribe Called Quest and Q-Tip. HPR asked them about their love story.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez reaffirmed her position Friday that there is no conflict of interest in her department’s investigation into an “influential lawmaker” who allegedly accepted $35,000 in a paper bag during a January 2022 meeting.

With the park slated to re-open next week following renovations, some Ward Village residents are frustrated with the recent policy change. They say they were promised a pet-friendly neighborhood before they bought their units.

The Green Fee is expected to bring in about $100 million a year to go toward three general groups of projects: environmental stewardship, climate resilience, and sustainable tourism.

As we celebrate Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or Hawaiian language month, HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol takes us to Molokaʻi, where the language is in good hands with haumāna at the island's elementary school language immersion program.

The approved policy completely prohibits the use of phones at elementary and middle schools. High schools have some leeway, with exceptions for noninstructional times, including lunch breaks, before and after school, and during free periods.

The military is one of Hawaiʻi's largest economic boosters, with billions of dollars in contract awards each year. The apparent rise in defense contract work in recent years is set to provide the state with economic stability in the near future. We get more on thatstory from Pacific Business News Editor in Chief Janis Magin.

Author Scott T. Miller spoke to HPR's Jason Ubay about his new novel "The Below."