Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 31 minutes ago

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Read more reporting on the 2025 Hawaiʻi Legislature: civilbeat.org/category/legislature-2025

Mahalo to our guests House Majority Leader Sean Quinlan (D), House Minority Leader Lauren Cheape Matsumoto (R) and Senate Housing Committee Chair Stanley Chang (D) for joining us for this conversation on which bills are moving, which have died and how cuts in federal funding are impacting the session.

This panel was moderated by Civil Beat Politics Editor Chad Blair and reporter Blaze Lovell.