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The Conversation: Hawaiʻi House Finance Chair on State of the State; Tobacco's toll on our keiki

By Catherine Cruz,

Savannah Harriman-Pote, Russell Subiono

Published January 25, 2022 at 12:49 PM HST

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State Representative and House Finance Chair Sylvia Luke

State Representative and House Finance Committee Chair Sylvia Luke discusses what Gov. David Ige left unsaid during his recent State of the State address, and what's become a little gold mine for funding the improvement of parks and natural resources | Full Article
Claire Sullivan, the CEO of Farm Link Hawaii, talks about its new meat program and eliminating food deserts in Hawaiʻi | Full Article
Honolulu Civil Beat politics and opinion editor Chad Blair dives deeper into why some are saying the future of Hawaiʻi's farming is sheep in today's Reality Check | Full Article
Scott Stensrud, the Statewide Youth Coordinator for the Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute, and Josh Ching, a senior at Kamehameha Schools Kapalama and a member of The Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaiʻi Youth Council, share why the 21,000 slippers they're collecting represent the amount of Hawaiʻi youth expected to die from tobacco use | Full Segment

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Catherine Cruz

Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Originally from Guam, she spent more than 30 years at KITV, covering beats from government to education. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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Savannah Harriman-Pote

Savannah Harriman-Pote is the energy and climate change reporter. She is also the lead producer of HPR's "This Is Our Hawaiʻi" podcast. Contact her at sharrimanpote@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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Russell Subiono

Born in Honolulu and raised on Hawaiʻi Island, Russell Subiono has spent the last decade working in local film, television and radio. He was previously the executive producer of The Conversation and host of HPR's This Is Our Hawaiʻi podcast. Contact him at rsubiono@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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