A U.S. Senate Committee hearing was convened today to focus on domestic violence involving the military stationed in Hawai’i. 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.
After 12 hours of deliberation and public testimony at a state Commission on Water Resource Management meeting, it was clear that regaining public trust could be an uphill battle for Commission Chair Dawn Chang and Gov. Josh Green. The commission's job is to ensure enough water is in the streams to meet public trust purposes, while also considering agriculture or development. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi continues to cover this story.
Gov. Josh Green just returned from a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals summit in New York where he spoke about the challenges of climate change and recovering from the Maui fires.