The Governor hosted an Education Summit over the weekend with more than one-thousand teachers, parents, students and policy makers in attendance. HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka reports.
Wayne Yoshioka is an award-winning journalist who has worked in television, print and radio in Hawaiʻi. He also has been on both sides of politics as a state departmental appointee and political/government reporter. He covered Hurricane Iwa (1982) as a TV reporter; was the State Department of Defense/Civil Defense spokesperson for Hurricane Iniki (1992); and, commanded a public affairs detachment in Afghanistan (2006). He has a master's degree in Communication from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and is a decorated combat veteran (Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and 22 other commendation/service medals). He resides in Honolulu.
A new University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization report identified $126 million in federal funding for Hawaiʻi nonprofits as politically vulnerable. The 74 grants in jeopardy account for over 50 nonprofits. HPR's Ashley Mizuo has more.
The Supreme Court says it'll take up its latest gun rights case and consider striking down strict regulations on where people can carry firearms in Hawaiʻi. President Donald Trump's Republican administration had urged the justices to take the case, arguing the law violates the court's 2022 ruling that found people have a right to carry firearms in public under the Second Amendment. The Hawaiʻi law bans guns on private property unless the owner has specifically allowed them.