Journalism

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.

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.

Kaiser Permanente is expanding its operations on Maui by buying a property next door to its Wailuku clinic. But that purchase will have a direct impact on the Valley Isle's oldest continuously published newspaper. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor-in-Chief Janis Magin.

Journalist Jean Lee is the East-West Center’s inaugural presidential chair and previously covered Korean politics as an Associated Press bureau chief. She was in Seoul covering the presidential election this week.

Senate Democrats warn Trump plan to wipe out public broadcasting funding will shut down stations, eliminate essential services. But House GOP scheduled to vote to clawback $1.1 billion next week.

President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for public broadcasting that Congress approved earlier this year. His request also includes cuts to foreign aid.

Three years ago, a county housing story published by the monthly newsletter Environment Hawaiʻi caught the eye of federal law enforcement agents. An FBI investigation led to indictments of several Hawaiʻi Island residents.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Public Radio, and the Public Broadcasting Service are pushing back on President Donald Trump's executive order to defund public media. HPR's Bill Dorman has more on the impacts of the order.

The online investigative newsroom Capital & Main is launching its DOGE Impact Tracker this week. For the past two months, it's been focusing on writing and aggregating stories that detail the human impact of the drastic cuts.