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The Conversation: Weekdays at 11 a.m. on HPR-1
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Abstract Expressionism emerged in the United States, specifically New York, during the 1940s. It was a way for artists to escape the fear and trauma after World War II. The artwork is recognized by expressive brush strokes and paint flicks on a canvas. Each work captures the emotion the artists are feeling at the time.
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The training sessions are for workers, employers and community members. It includes fundamental workplace protections, practical response protocols and documentation and communication strategies.
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The estimated cost of the damages is about $3.3 million, according to the Hawaiʻi Agricultural Foundation, which oversees about 800 acres of farm land in the Kunia area of Oʻahu. Most of that comes from the value of destroyed specialty crops like breadfruit, mango and banana.
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A group of residents sued the state over Gov. Josh Green's emergency proclamations on affordable housing. The first was issued over two years ago, and it continues to be renewed.
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Lahaina resident Courtney Lazo has found a way to keep the memories of her grandmother's time in Lahaina alive through her clothing company. The brand is named after her youngest son. She found out she was pregnant the same month the wildfires burned her fifth-generation Lahaina home, where she grew up.
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A lot has changed in Waikīkī over the past 100 years as it's grown to become the center of Hawaiʻi tourism. But what hasn't changed is the ownership of land under many hotels. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor-in-Chief Janis Magin.
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Claire Sullivan, CEO of Farm Link Hawaiʻi, and Bahman Sadeghi, the president of Meadow Gold, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about Hawaiʻi's dairy industry.
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Michelle Ankele-Yamashita’s medical saga started almost a year ago, beginning with a bad case of the flu. The Conversation spoke with her and the transplant doctors who saved her life.
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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, 31, was fatally shot in the neck yesterday at Utah Valley University during a speaking event. The Hawaii Republican Party said it's “devastated” about Kirk’s death and spoke against political violence.
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Peter Kannberg, associate researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi spoke to HPR's DW Gibson about the search for fresh water underneath the ocean floor.
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