Dan Nakaso is a Reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, where he serves as the Capitol Bureau chief. With nearly 30 years of experience in journalism, he has focused on a variety of topics including government, politics, and public policy, with a particular emphasis on homeless issues since 2015. Nakaso's work has been featured in prominent outlets such as Yahoo Sports, Governing, and Firehouse Magazine.
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Dan Nakaso's reporting is heavily focused on government and politics, specifically with a local emphasis on Hawaii. His coverage includes legislative issues, economic impact, healthcare, homelessness, and other topics relevant to the region. If you are looking to reach out to him for potential coverage or insights in these areas, consider offering expertise related to local government policies and their impacts on the community in Hawaii. Additionally, if you have knowledge or experience around legislative issues specific to Hawaii or insights into the social and economic dynamics of the state that can provide valuable context for his articles, it might pique his interest.
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By: Dan Nakaso
Hawaii officials say they plan to follow state law requiring mail-in voting this year while lawsuits proceed over President Donald Trump’s executive order that critics say would give the federal government unprecedented control over U.S. elections despite the Constitution’s guarantee that Congress and each state hold that authority.
By: Dan Nakaso
Hawaii’s near-term economic outlook “has worsened noticeably” as the war with Iran continues to push oil and consumer prices higher, according to the latest economic forecast by the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization, released today.
Hawaii's near-term economic outlook “has worsened noticeably” as the war with Iran continues to push oil and consumer prices higher, according to the latest economic forecast by the University of Hawaii
By: Dan Nakaso
Gov. Josh Green has signed into law a measure that aims to restrict campaign spending activity by corporations and other so-called artificial persons, in a legislative victory for the anti-Trump administration group Indivisible Hawaii, which championed the bill.
By: Dan Nakaso
Two Oahu men made their way across two miles of open ocean to get to shore at Kalaupapa National Historical Park this morning after their single engine plane went down west of Molokai’s Kalaupapa Airport, according to Maui fire officials.
Two Oahu men made their way across two miles of open ocean to get to shore at Kalaupapa National Historical Park this morning after their single-engine plane went down west of Molokai’s Kalaupapa Airport, according to Maui fire officials.
By: Dan Nakaso
Five attorneys general from New York to Hawaii on Tuesday pushed back against Vice President JD Vance’s insistence that blue states overlook Medicaid fraud and abuse, saying all 50 states experience abuses.
Hawaii’s 26th homeless kauhale — 20 tiny homes on the makai side of the former Weinberg Village in Waimanalo — was blessed Wednesday in a community that had seen a nearby homeless encampment at Waimanalo Beach Park grow to more than 40 people lining Kalanianaole Highway last year, which has since been cleared.
By: Dan Nakaso
The University of Hawaii’s Board of Regents next week will consider approving UH-Manoa’s interim provost, Vassilis Syrmos, to serve as the new chancellor of UH’s flagship Manoa campus.
By: Dan Nakaso
State Rep. Della Au Belatti’s decision to suspend her run for Congress to jump into the race for lieutenant governor has upended both campaigns and brought new attention to the most high-profile campaigns so far leading up to the Aug. 8 Democratic Party primary.
