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For a lot of students, the end of the school year means more food insecurity as they lose access to school meals. The Happy Bento is a lunch service program that serves 27 different Oʻahu campuses throughout the school year.
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The Trump administration says it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific island of American Samoa. It's a potential first step in a wider industry push to allow deep-sea mining that environmentalists oppose because they say it could irreparably harm marine ecosystems.
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One small business isn't backing down from letting its customers know how tariffs are affecting pricing. HPR spoke to Adam Kurtz and Mitchell Kuga of Small Kine Gift in Kaimukī.
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Jack Sinanaj, the owner of Empire Steak House Hawaii in Waikīkī, is concerned about a 24% tariff on A-5 Wagyu beef from Japan.
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Sweeping research cuts in President Donald Trump's proposed budget would target an ocean-monitoring system that scientists say is crucial to predicting tsunami escape routes and hurricane intensity and helping ships navigate dangerous harbors safely.
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Bruce Albrecht, director of operations at Hawaii Explosives & Pyrotechnics, Inc., spoke to The Conversation’s Catherine Cruz about uncertainty around the tariff on China and what the threat of a 145% hike means for fireworks importers.
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U.S. Rep. for Hawaiʻi Jill Tokuda said a proposed $313 billion cut from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program over the next decade will hurt working families, rural communities and millions of people across the country.
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The firework industry is seeking an exemption to Trump's tariffs on China; Two-time Olympian Marion Jones prepares for the Honolulu Triathlon
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The Archive for Health, Arts, and Spirit provides trauma-informed, arts-based gatherings for Maui fire survivors. The nonprofit was able to do that work with a $100,000 grant from the White House Initiative on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders.
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University of Hawaiʻi students are getting ready to graduate this week, but as immigration crackdowns continue throughout the nation, undocumented UH students are left wrestling with what new immigration policies mean for their families and future. HPR's Emma Caires reports on the uncertain immigration landscape.