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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There’s a renewed interest in managing one of Hawaiʻi’s most ubiquitous pests — fruit flies. -
Oʻahu farmers still reeling from the Kona low storms didn’t get the funding assistance they asked for from the Honolulu City Council, so city support for them may be sparse. -
The Honolulu City Council just passed a $5 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, with cuts that some have argued against and could lead to line-item vetoes from the mayor. -
A handful of bills that passed through the Legislature this year focus on reforming Hawaiʻi's permitting processes to speed up housing construction, including shoring up a shortage of permitting staff. -
While money was tight at the state Legislature this year, it was still another successful year for local agriculture and food security. -
An 83-year-old Oʻahu woman is fighting $600,000 in fines from the City and County of Honolulu for an online advertisement of an illegal short-term rental. -
Hawai’i Attorney General Anne Lopez continues to push back against allegations that the state is allowing Medicaid fraud, but acknowledges that progress needs to be made in its enforcement efforts. -
A Honolulu program to incentivize affordable workforce housing hasn’t lived up to its expectations, a recent report has found. -
The number of people experiencing homelessness on Oʻahu has remained virtually the same, but more families are struggling with housing. -
The state may bring in more tax revenue this year than it was initially expecting, but predictions for the future are still marked by uncertainty.
