With Mayor Rick Blangiardi attending to city business this morning, Rick Hamada welcomes in Dita Holifield, director of the Department of Enterprise Services, and the new director of the Honolulu Zoo John Berry for a great conversation. Dita addresses some of the questions from last week's Ask The Mayor and provides answers, then talks about things happening at the Blaisdell Center, the city golf courses and more. John speaks directly about things happening at the Honolulu Zoo, including the possibility of new exhibits and more!

Rick Hamada quickly checks in Andrew Pereira of the Pacific Resource Partnership this morning because a bill in Congress they were just talking about this past Friday on the PRP hour (find the podcast here on the iHeart app!) has passed both chambers and now awaits President Trump's signature.

Rick Hamada talks to local author Dan Ihara, author of the book "Property Decisions"...a book that looks at family finances and dynamics and offers a faith-based perspective on very common situations you may face in daily life!

Rick Hamada starts Friday morning with a conversation with Chels Chae, veteran and author of the new book "One Life Under God".

In this episode of the PRP Hour, Rick talks story to PRP Director of Public Affairs Andrew Pereira about new NAHB research showing government regulations add $132,000 to the average price of a new home, why Hawai‘i’s burden is likely even higher, and how the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act can cut red tape and boost housing production.

Rick Hamada is once again joined by Chad Blair from Honolulu Civil Beat to talk about stories within the webpages of the site. With the Hawaii legislative session wrapped up, a lot of coverage is turning towards the primary election this coming August....and Chad details Civil Beat's coverage, including candidate forums and more, that you can count on to be an akamai voter.

Rick Hamada welcomes several members of the Hawaii America 250 Commission to the studio to discuss Hawaii's preparations to participate in the 250th birthday celebrations for America on July 4th (and before!).

Rick Hamada reconnects with one of the top online voices in politics in Hawaii...Stan Fichtman from Politics Hawaii

It's the opportunity you have every week--to talk to Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi and others to fix problems *you* see in the City and County of Honolulu. Mayor Blangiardi returns this week, follows-up on previous issues and questions, and takes YOUR questions always! It's this week's edition of Ask the Mayor.

Rick Hamada reacts to yesterday's appearance and sentencing in court of 1 of 2 parents accused of assaulting a Hawaii Department of Education employee after a football game--and the "smirk" the defendent wore in court.