Tovia Smith is an award-winning NPR National Correspondent based in Boston, who's spent more than three decades covering news around New England and beyond.
Inside: The Punahou Carnival, Lagwagon at Republik, Mariachi across the islands, Waiʻanae film fest, Molokaʻi's Me Ke Aloha, Cherry Blossoms on Hawai'i Island, E Kanikapilla Kākou in Līhuʻe, and more. This week, we hear from the HPR news team's Jason Ubay.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Karl Rhoads has introduced two bills that explore a new legal approach aimed at effectively barring corporations from donating to Hawaiʻi political campaigns at the local, state and federal levels.