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An EPA grant will help assess and clean up brownfield sites on Maui. The EPA selected Maui United Way to receive and allocate the funds.

Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the funding, which is meant to prevent exposure to lead in drinking water. The money comes from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

This week, a high-profile Japanese visitor will be spending time in Washington, D.C. On Thursday, he'll become the second Japanese leader to address a joint session of Congress. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

Hawaiʻi Republicans will hold caucuses Tuesday to cast votes in a presidential nomination contest in which former incumbent Donald Trump is the only remaining major candidate competing.

President Joe Biden won the Democratic caucuses in Hawaiʻi on Wednesday, propelling him closer to winning his party’s nomination again after romping through the Super Tuesday contests earlier this week.

Hawaiʻi Democrats will hold a presidential preference vote on Wednesday as President Joe Biden moves closer to securing the delegates needed to clinch the nomination for a second term in the White House. The event takes place in the wake of Super Tuesday, the largest day of voting on the presidential primary calendar with 15 states and American Samoa holding contests.

The Hawaiʻi cut is part of over $50 billion in water investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Greenpeace activists are engaged in a sit-in protest on a deep-sea mining ship in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaiʻi. They say the boat is conducting exploration which will be used to justify destroying marine.

Indonesia's president asked President Biden to support a cease-fire in Gaza during a White House meeting on Monday. Biden did not react publicly to that, but he instead stressed a new strategic partnership with Indonesia. And he put some of the focus on energy. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

It's not yet official, but President Biden is widely expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week in San Francisco. The talks are expected to take place as part of the meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.