Hawaiʻi is facing a growing workforce shortage concern for the state’s construction industry. The solution lies in Generation Z — more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor in Chief Janis Magin.

The short film, written and directed by Hawaiʻi-based filmmaker Katrin York, follows a surfing family on Oʻahu's North Shore.

A federal judge in Hawaiʻi has ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration violated the law by imposing restrictions on a medication used for abortions and miscarriage management.

After more than a century, cultural artifacts from Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are being returned to their home islands.

The state is moving forward with two different relief programs to fill the gap left by the suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. Gov. Josh Green shared the latest.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, co-leader of the Māori Party in Aotearoa, or New Zealand, was suspended last year after participating in a haka on the Parliament floor in protest of the Treaty Principles Bill.

Hosted by the Hawaiʻi State Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, the youth-led event brings together lawmakers, environmental specialists, and climate change experts to advance climate change-focused policies.

This recent recovery was the operation’s fifth mission since it began in 2020, and it has recovered more than 40 young people in the past five years.

Gov. Josh Green also announced on Hawaiʻi Public Radio’s The Conversation that the state will provide $250 one-time payments to SNAP recipients on or before Nov. 14.

Dylan Moore of UHERO spoke with HPR about the potential effects of the SNAP benefits pause in the coming days, weeks and months.