Brian Schatz

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz is leading a group of 10 senators to introduce a new resolution that would designate April 2022 as “Preserving and Protecting Local News Month.” The measure recognizes the critical role local media coverage played during the pandemic.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will receive $22.3 million in federal funds through this year's appropriations bill, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz announced.

The Defense Department has ordered that the Navy's underground fuel storage facility at Red Hill must defuel and cease operations. Sen. Brian Schatz shares his thoughts on the closure.

The U.S. Senate approved legislation Thursday to fund the federal government for the next several weeks, avoiding a shutdown. As HPR’s Scott Kim reports, the measure allocates millions of dollars to the Red Hill water contamination crisis.

Hawaiʻi will receive more than $2 million in federal funding to expand the number of electric vehicle charging stations across the state.

Hawaiʻi members of Congress say a new spending bill includes $403 million to address the crisis caused by the leaking of petroleum from a Navy fuel storage tank facility into Pearl Harbor drinking water. The money incorporates $100 million to drain fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz has tested positive for COVID-19 in a breakthrough case, he announced on Thursday.

Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation on Tuesday urged the Navy to comply with an emergency order to remove fuel from the Red Hill storage tanks.

Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation is asking House and Senate leaders to make sure the military spends whatever money it has available to address the contamination of Pearl Harbor drinking water by a Navy fuel storage facility. U.S. Sens. Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono and U.S. Reps. Ed Case and Kaiali’i Kahele signed a letter with the request.

The Hawaiʻi congressional delegation is urging Gov. David Ige to request an emergency declaration from President Joe Biden due to the Navy's contaminated water system near Pearl Harbor.