The State Legislature unanimously approved the Executive Operating and Construction Budgets today … which will drive spending for 2014 and 2015. HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka reports …
Wayne Yoshioka is an award-winning journalist who has worked in television, print and radio in Hawaiʻi. He also has been on both sides of politics as a state departmental appointee and political/government reporter. He covered Hurricane Iwa (1982) as a TV reporter; was the State Department of Defense/Civil Defense spokesperson for Hurricane Iniki (1992); and, commanded a public affairs detachment in Afghanistan (2006). He has a master's degree in Communication from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and is a decorated combat veteran (Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and 22 other commendation/service medals). He resides in Honolulu.
Gov. Josh Green's budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2026, attempts to balance federal funding uncertainty for programs like Medicaid and SNAP.
Esther Yoo and Pilar Kam of the University of Hawaʻi at Mānoa Refugee & Immigration Law Clinic spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about its Deportation Defense Hotline.