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The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke to Vassilis Syrmos, vice president for research and innovation at the University of Hawaiʻi, about the president's proposed budget cuts affecting the university.

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.

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa interim provost Vassilis Syrmos explains how proposed cuts to federal funding would affect research; Grammy-nominated jazz harpist Brandee Younger is recognized by the Doris Duke Foundation

Austin Haleyalpiy is part of an advocacy organization group for Micronesian immigrants called COFA CAN. He spoke to The Conversation's DW Gibson about making sure COFA communities stay informed and prepared amid shifting immigration policies.

In a narrow vote, House lawmakers voted along party lines to cut federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. HPR's Bill Dorman shares the latest.

U.S. House lawmakers have voted to cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Advocate Austin Haleyalpiy with COFA CAN discusses concerns in the COFA community about immigration raids

The U.S. House voted Thursday on a rescission bill to claw back money for foreign aid programs, along with the next two years of funding for the public media system. The measure now goes to the Senate.

In Washington, D.C., the future of public media funding was the topic of conversation Tuesday morning. HPR News Director Bill Dorman monitored the House Rules Committee hearing and shared some key moments.

HPR's Bill Dorman breaks down the brewing fight over public media funding; A Yale professor digs into her family history after she unexpectedly inherits kuleana lands

A criminal case in Alaska involving nearly a dozen people born in American Samoa is highlighting concerns about birthright citizenship and voting by people who are not U.S. citizens, issues that have been prominent in the early months of President Donald Trump’s second term. American Samoa is the only U.S. territory where residents are not automatically granted citizenship by virtue of having been born on American soil.