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Summer is just around the corner and thousands of parents across the state have been making plans to keep their children busy. UH manoa is offering new programs for high schoolers and the state and counties are continuing their popular options. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa reports.

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outreach.hawaii.edu/summer/

Tra-la it's May and the 2013 legislative session is over. Tonight, Beth-Ann and political anaylyst Neal Milner take one last look at the Lege and how well this session helped to move Hawaii into the future. The good, the bad and the maybe.

It’s Thursday, May 2 –From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

City feet meet complete streets

Dan Burden is the director of innovation and inspiration, of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, the organization he co-founded. He has spent the better part of 40 years advocating, teaching and designing sustainable communities. In 2008, Time magazine called him one of the six most important civic innovators in the world -and he's back in Honolulu this week for a series of community meetings.

Part of Hawaii’s energy future may include natural gas. The idea is still under debate, and the outcome is far from clear. Meanwhile, natural gas deposits off the coast of Africa are drawing interest—and investment—from several Asian countries. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in today’s Asia Minute.

Co-hosts Burt Lum and Ryan Ozawa talk with guests about How technology bills faired through this year’s legislative session. Which bills made it and and which ones died in the process?  And just what does the tech community need to do to plan for next year?

It’s Wednesday, May 1st - From HPR2, it’s The Conversation

A more transparent shade of opaque

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  …

The International Monetary Fund is positive about the economy in a key market for Hawaii's visitors. The IMF says the Asia Pacific region will grow by nearly six-percent this year, but there are also some cautions. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

What if the next time you saw your doctor, no one asked you about your insurance, and you knew what your visit would cost, and that once you left, no bills would come in the mail? Sound impossible? Maybe it is, but this week we will discuss what a single payer system might look like , and how this may be a future step in America's health care.

Any time a land developer in Hawaii digs below the surface, it's necessary to complete a full archaeological inventory survey. The law insures protection and preservation of cultural and historical sites. But a bill making its way through the legislature could change the way future construction projects move forward. HPR's Molly Solomon reports.

A number of Native Hawaiian families on Molokai will be moving into their own homes over the next couple of years. And they'll be doing it thanks to a grant received by Molokai Habitat for Humanity. Catherine Cluett reports from The Molokai Dispatch.

It’s Monday, April 29– From HPR2, it’s The Conversation.

Former inmates take door  number two.

US District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi serves the District of Hawaii  She was an Obama nominee and from 2010-2011, she was the presiding judge of the pilot program for the District of Hawaii’s Reentry Court.  The program's team  - public defender, prosecutor, probation officer and judge - work with high-risk offenders who are reentering the community from federal prison. The goal is to  reduce recidivism, improve public safety, and help offenders lead productive and law-abiding lives.

Thousands of people in Bangladesh are protesting safety conditions for garment workers in the country. More than 200 people were killed this week when a clothing factory collapsed in the nation's capital. The protestor's targets include some western shores. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

It’s Friday, April 26 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation.  

An NRA HRA shoot out

Harvey Gerwig is President of the Hawaii Rifle Association. It was established in 1857. Its goals are the preservation of the Second Amendment and the advancement of sports involving shooting. The HRA  is the State Affiliate of the National Rifle Association...and later today we may see which perspective - the NRAs or the HRAs - persuades  lawmakers about the necessity of SB69.

Due to technical problems, the first three minutes of the show are missing.  We apologize for the problem.  On this show Beth-Ann Kozlovich talks with George Greene, President and CEO of Healthcare Association of Hawaii; Dr. Nadine Tenn Salle, Queens physician and President of the Independent Physicians Association; and Valisa Saunders, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner at Leahi and Maluhia  long term care hospitals. And by phone at the beginning of the show JABSOM physician, researcher, and benchmark study co-author, Kelley Withy.