Sam Gringlas is a journalist at NPR's All Things Considered. In 2020, he helped cover the presidential election with NPR's Washington Desk and has also reported for NPR's business desk covering the workforce. He's produced and reported with NPR from across the country, as well as China and Mexico, covering topics like politics, trade, the environment, immigration and breaking news. He started as an intern at All Things Considered after graduating with a public policy degree from the University of Michigan, where he was the managing news editor at The Michigan Daily. He's a native Michigander.
Keith Vieira of the tourism consulting firm KV & Associates spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the government shutdown impacting Hawaiʻi's tourism industry.
Rear Adm. Alma Mei Oi Lau Grocki is the first woman from Hawaiʻi to graduate from the United States Naval Academy. HPR spoke with Grocki about how growing up in Hawaii prepared her for the academy.