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 Honolulu Police Commission has picked Deputy Chief Rade K. Vanic to serve as interim chief, replacing outgoing Chief Joe Logan until a permanent chief is named. -
The Honolulu City Council voted to shake up its leadership team in a tense meeting that some say is good for council operations, but others are convinced is “political retaliation.” The circumstances around the proposed reorganization did lead to concerns from the public, including several who said it was a response to the council's recent sewer fee vote. -
The new chair of the House Committee on Agriculture and Food Systems said his focus will be on legislation addressing biosecurity and food security in the state. Rep. Cory Chun was appointed as the committee chair following recent changes in House leadership. -
Agents from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have stepped up arrests of immigrant workers around the country in an effort to fulfill one of the president’s campaign promises. -
The Mālama Da Farmer Grants represent the island’s first grant program, which was funded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act to provide relief from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Following an outcry from local farmers, Gov. Josh Green announced his intention to veto a labeling bill that would have affected māmaki sold in Hawaiʻi. As part of a broader, years-long trend to protect local farmers, consumers and the “Hawai'i-grown” label, state lawmakers introduced House Bill 496 and let it sail through this year’s legislative session. -
A University of Hawaiʻi program that works with about 15,000 people a year is at risk after federal funding cuts. In a news release, UH says the program will end on Sept. 30 if Congress doesn't restore its funding. -
The crews will be injecting about 800 trees with an insecticide, and those trees will serve as a barrier to protect the dense groves of palm trees in urban Honolulu. -
On Monday, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, who's serving as acting governor, signed House Bill 934 to create a Hawaiʻi State Broadband Office within the state Department of Accounting and General Services. -
Bill 47 is a partial revival of a set of measures that failed last year that would have overhauled zoning and operational laws on “transient vacation rentals” in the County of Hawaiʻi.
