Trump Administration

In response to the federal government shutdown and its effects on SNAP food benefits, the state is setting aside $100 million to help eligible families with housing and utility payments.

NPR is accusing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in federal court of reneging on a contract to appease the White House.

Among the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal government are millions of dollars in federal funding to reduce and control tobacco use, shifting the responsibility for continuing that work to states and counties.

People who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act will be shopping for new policies on Nov. 1 — and the price tag will likely be much higher. HPR’s Ashley Mizuo reports on the impacts on Hawaiʻi residents.

UH has been able to pay them with internal funds, but it costs more than $20 million a pay period — every two weeks — for the system to match their salaries.

Protesters demonstrating against the policies of President Donald Trump gathered across the state on Saturday, joining the national day of “No Kings” rallies. Outside the Hawaiʻi State Capitol in Honolulu, HPR spoke with several people about why they came out to protest.

HPR speaks to protestors at Honolulu's 'No Kings' rally; Ben Jones, director of ocean science and technology for the UH Applied Research Laboratory, shows off the building blocks of a new artificial reef system

Hawaiʻi is joining over 2,000 other “No Dictators” or “No Kings” demonstrations scheduled around the country on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump and his administration.

In an informational briefing with state lawmakers Thursday, state officials and nonprofit representatives said the fallout and uncertainty from shifting federal policies make it difficult for farming operations to grow, or even continue.

National Park Service spots across the country are weighing the risks and costs of staying open while the federal government is shut down, but local partners are stepping up to keep Hawaiʻi's Pearl Harbor National Memorial open.