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Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke has been leading a project to increase preschool access across the state by 2032. Her goal is to build more classrooms, expand subsidiary access and create a pipeline for educators. The program, Ready Keiki, launched in January. HPR' Sabrina Bodon reports.
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U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono joined The Conversation on Thursday to share the latest about military issues affecting Hawaiʻi and the broader Pacific.
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U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono gives her perspective on military issues affecting Hawaiʻi and the Pacific; AIA Honolulu talks about trends in the building and design landscape; a UH student discusses the difference between learning Hawaiian in the past and today; and the creator of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert shares how he finds new talent for the series
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Hirono, 75, has served in the U.S. Senate since 2013. She currently sits on the Armed Services, Energy and Natural Resources, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs committees.
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According to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, more than two-thirds of sex trafficking victims in Hawaiʻi are Native Hawaiian women and girls.
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Josh Green will serve as Hawaiʻi’s ninth governor and Sylvia Luke will be the next lieutenant governor. The state saw a lower-than-usual election turnout with about 40% of registered voters coming out. HPR’s Sabrina Bodon reports on the election wins and losses.
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Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits federally funded educational institutions from discrimination based on sex, turned 50 on Thursday. To mark the occasion, an official portrait of the late Title IX champion Patsy Mink was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol.
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President Joe Biden has signed a bill creating a commission to study establishing a national museum on the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. The legislation was sponsored by Rep. Grace Meng of New York and Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaiʻi.
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Dealing with the state’s already high cost of living in addition to paying hundreds for medication can be particularly straining on people with diabetes, U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono said.
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U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono and the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee will tour the Red Hill bulk fuel storage facility Tuesday. As HPR’s Scott Kim reports, the visit comes as the Navy prepares to permanently shut down operations at the site.