Mara Liasson is a national political correspondent for NPR. Her reports can be heard regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazine programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Liasson provides extensive coverage of politics and policy from Washington, DC — focusing on the White House and Congress — and also reports on political trends beyond the Beltway.
Mike Hansen, president of the Hawaii Shippers Council, speaks on President Donald Trump's 90-day extension of the waiver for the Jones Act and how it impacts Hawaiʻi.
Acting Konawaena High School Principal Chelsea Qualey and Ramzi Mansour of the state Department of Accounting and General Services share the progress being made following damages from recent storms.