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Office of Gov. Josh GreenThe state’s Green Fee on hotels and cruise ships to pay for climate resilience projects will go into effect in the new year. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on the court ruling largely dismissing a lawsuit by the cruise ship industry challenging the policy. -
Chief Petty Officer David Mosley/U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District/DVIDSIn a 2020 survey, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the state found that shipping costs are farmers’ third-leading barrier to growing their operations.
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Gov. Josh Green's budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2026, attempts to balance federal funding uncertainty for programs like Medicaid and SNAP. -
Esther Yoo and Pilar Kam of the University of Hawaʻi at Mānoa Refugee & Immigration Law Clinic spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about its Deportation Defense Hotline. -
Condo building insurance rates are stabilizing five months after the state’s Hurricane Relief Fund began issuing policies to buildings that couldn't secure coverage on the traditional market. -
Gov. Josh Green spoke to HPR's Bill Dorman about his plan to use $16.5 million in state money to continue health care subsidies in the short term. -
A city task force presented a report with recommendations on how to address the Honolulu Police Department’s chronic staffing shortage — and now it’s up to the Honolulu Police Commission to choose how to move forward. -
ICE has been transferring detained immigrants from the continental U.S. to the Honolulu Federal Detention Center since this summer. Local immigration attorneys are facing unprecedented case loads. -
Honolulu attorney Mark Davis and Punahou School's Pam Sakamoto spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the Davis Democracy Initiative. -
The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation wants the state Legislature to loosen a law that sets stronger regulations on the use of solitary confinement on incarcerated individuals. -
Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs' Perry Arrasmith and Cameron Deptula spoke to The Conversation’s Catherine Cruz about the possibility of making amendments through a constitutional convention. -
In grocery stores across the state, it's generally easier to find locally grown beef than pork or goat. But there's an effort to improve local production for these other types of meat.
