The unexpected selection of Pope Leo XIV from the heartland of America will be celebrated tonight by Bishop Larry Silva, bishop of the Honolulu Diocese, in a Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus in Kalihi. Longtime journalist Mary Adamski worked for 50 years at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, and for the last decade there, she covered religion.

The Conversation’s Maddie Bender spoke to Steven Bond-Smith, an assistant professor at UHERO about local impacts of ongoing tariff uncertainty, and what a mild recession will mean for Hawaiʻi.

Honolulu attorneys Becky Gardner and Will Tungol pointed out that judges of Filipino ancestry are underrepresented on the bench. The Conversation spoke to them about why they think Hawaiʻi needs more Filipino judges.

As the federal government moves to end a decades-old energy efficiency program and tariffs threaten higher prices for home goods, a Hawaiʻi energy conservation group is suggesting residents replace their old appliances now.

HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization’s most recent forecast. It expects a mild recession largely due to weak tourism numbers, federal worker layoffs and volatile tariffs increasing the price of goods.

A group of Maui teachers were detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement early Tuesday morning. Several of the teachers are from the Philippines. They had J-1 visas, which allow educators from other countries to teach in the U.S.

A federal judge has awarded a total of more than $680,000 to 17 families who say they were sickened by 2021 jet fuel leak into a Navy drinking water system in Hawaiʻi. The bellwether cases set the legal tone for another 7,500 military family members, civilians and service members whose lawsuits are awaiting resolution.