Mark Ladao
News ProducerMark Ladao moved to Hawaiʻi as a teenager and graduated from Moanalua High School. He graduated from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa with a bachelor's in biology and, later, in journalism. He was a general assignment reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser for four years before coming to Hawaiʻi Public Radio as a news producer in 2023. He usually spends his free time rewatching Amélie.
Contact him at mladao@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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Current Honolulu City Council Chair Tommy Waters was recently disqualified from a potential third term, meaning the council will lose a member and its presiding officer. -
Some local groups and lawmakers are opposing federal legislation meant to protect oil companies. -
The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority is launching a marketing campaign aimed at reviving Kauaʻi's visitor industry following Hurricane Lowell. -
Former Honolulu City Councilmember Trevor Ozawa and political newcomer Tara Malia Gregory face off in the general election for District 4. -
For the first time this year, the three candidates vying for the state Senate's District 18 are on the ballot for voters — guaranteeing a new face in the seat long held by Sen. Michelle Kidani. -
There's pushback against a request to use taxpayer funds to help the recovery effort for Aloun Farms and Kauaʻi Shrimp following the recent storms that struck the state. -
The Honolulu Police Department's new five-year strategic plan revolves around improvements to officers' wellbeing, public trust and technology — all issues he's been focused on already during his first few months leading the department. -
The Trump administration is moving forward with allowing deep-sea mining in the waters near American Samoa, and legal efforts are already underway to block that effort. -
Aloun Kauaʻi Farming is making the request to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for the three-year recovery package. It would help AKF with more than 530 acres of land used for farming, and about 140 acres for the Kauaʻi Shrimp farm.
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The question will be posed to residents as immigration raids and arrests have increased around the country — including in Hawaiʻi — during the Trump administration.
