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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The Conversation heard from a number of listeners about their SNAP concerns, including one caller who asked to remain anonymous. -
On Friday, about 400 cars lined up to get canned food, bread, fruits and vegetables from a pop-up distribution event in Waipiʻo. Passengers in dozens of cars had to be put on waitlists because they didn’t register online. -
About 160,000 residents are on the verge of losing $60 million in federal food benefits, and local food banks and other nonprofits are gearing up for a spike in demand for their services. -
The County of Maui has downgraded the severity of a historic drought, but local officials are no less concerned about dry conditions. -
The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has voted to let officials gather public input on a proposed set of rules that would allow commercial aquarium fishing in West Hawaiʻi. -
The bill would ban food providers and permittees at County of Hawaiʻi facilities from using disposable polystyrene or plastic containers and utensils. -
Among the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal government are millions of dollars in federal funding to reduce and control tobacco use, shifting the responsibility for continuing that work to states and counties. -
Hundreds attended the Tuesday morning rally in response to a lawsuit filed challenging the private school’s longstanding policy to give preference to Native Hawaiians when considering potential students. -
The BID's budget for its first fiscal year is nearly $2 million, most of which will be funded by fees collected from landowners based on the assessed values of their properties. -
In an informational briefing with state lawmakers Thursday, state officials and nonprofit representatives said the fallout and uncertainty from shifting federal policies make it difficult for farming operations to grow, or even continue.
