Jill Tokuda

U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda is coming off a busy week in Congress and has a busy schedule working here at home. Tokuda sits on the committees on Agriculture and Armed Services, which just concluded back-to-back marathon sessions.

U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda of Hawaiʻi updates us on the Farm Bill and other Hawaiʻi issues; Neal Milner discusses the impact the Gen Z gender gap could have on the upcoming election; CyberHawaii talks about kūpuna with STEM expertise mentoring the next generation; and an ʻIolani student shares the research that won him a $10,000 prize

U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda, the newest member of the Hawaiʻi congressional delegation, covers non-urban Oʻahu and all the neighbor islands. To mark Tokuda's first year in office, The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke with her about housing Maui fire survivors, her rural health care caucus and more.

Officials have recovered the flight data recorder from a U.S. Navy airplane that overshot the runway in Kāneʻohe on Nov. 20. The Navy says it's still investigating the cause and is working on a plan to recover the large plane from the water.

Over the weekend, U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda and her office had planned a Town Hall to hear from local residents on the West Side of Maui about their concerns. When it became clear that the basic needs of many residents were unmet, Tokuda pivoted. The Town Hall was converted to a federal resource fair. Tokuda called the public’s response "overwhelming."

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is investing $3.1 billion in the continuum of care programs. Whether or not some of that money can go to Hawaiʻi is yet to be determined. HPR's Sabrina Bodon has more.

Hawaiʻi Rep. Jill Tokuda hopes to highlight the state with the advent of the Congressional Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus. The caucus is in its recruiting phase now, a large step considering the group was last active about a decade ago.

The widely debated state abortion bill passed its final committee hearing in the Senate on Wednesday, with major advocates such as U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda in attendance. Senate Bill 1 seeks to codify an existing state order that protects doctors who perform abortions in Hawaiʻi from legal repercussions for giving care to out-of-state patients.

Hawaiʻi's congressional delegation has asked the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to correct the tax liability of families affected by the leak from the Navy Red Hill fuel storage facility in 2021.

U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda is back warming up at home after a break in session at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The first-term lawmaker has just been named to key House committees: Armed Services, Agriculture, and the latest, a Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.