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Aimed at strengthening oversight, transparency and accountability of immigration enforcement,the Visible Identification Standards for Immigration-Based Law Enforcement, or VISIBLE, Act of 2025 would require immigration enforcement officers to display clearly visible identification during public enforcement actions.

“Today, we are re-envisioning the path forward in the roadmap of wildfire prevention and recovery,” Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green said. “We are taking action from both ends of the wildfire spectrum — building a more robust fire prevention framework within the state and enacting historic legislation that will aid in timely access to compensation following disaster.”

It will be the third observatory decommissioned under University of Hawaiʻi’s Maunakea Comprehensive Management Plan, following Caltech Submillimeter Observatory and University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo’s Hōkū Keʻa Observatory, both completed in 2024.

The state is inspecting local stores to ensure that the recalled products are no longer available for sale.

Message boards are posted along Kaumualiʻi Highway in both directions to remind motorists about the closure.

Agudong, born and raised on Kaua‘i, plays Nani, the older sister and guardian to the adorable and mischievous girl Lilo, who befriends a runaway alien.

As the U.S. Department of the Interior’s comment deadline approaches on July 16, American Samoa and environmental advocates oppose seabed mining, citing potential threats to marine life, fishing zones and the cultural heritage of the coast.

Gov. Josh Green has signed pivotal legislation to tackle Hawaii’s housing crisis, with Senate Bill 1044 (Act 296) to address rising property insurance premiums and House Bill 613 (Act 297) to support homeless youth through the permanent Safe Places for Youth program.

Awardees — which include several from Kaua’i — were honored for their commitment to energy and water efficiency, waste reduction, cultural and natural resource preservation, plus more.

Cascade of changes groundwater triggers in coastal ecosystem described by university researchers as a ‘Goldilocks scenario,’ when too much is not good but ‘just right’ is beneficial.

Newly identified object, suspected to be a comet, should show increasing activity as it gets closer to the sun, but it will never get warm enough to be seen by the naked eye. And it poses no risk of hitting Earth.

The new law prohibits the use of certain words and misleading Hawaiian imagery, place names and motifs on the label of a consumer package that says it contains or includes tea or dried leaves from Hawai‘i māmaki plants, Pipturus albidus, unless 100% of the tea or dried leaves from the māmaki is actually grown in Hawai‘i.

The subsidy program provides services statewide to families sending their children to a licensed preschool during the 2 school years prior to them entering kindergarten. Its goal of is to promote school readiness, focusing on meeting the needs of the child.

The department allocated nearly $40 million to affordable housing initiatives last fiscal year using funds from the federal block grant program. It has built, purchased or rehabilitated 769 affordable homes; improved nearly 700 lots with infrastructure to support construction of new housing units; and rehabilitated three community centers, plus more, during the past 23 years since it was first awarded the block grant funding.

University of Hawaiʻi’s 2.2-meter telescope at the summit of the Big Island’s Mauna Kea — dedicated in 1970 — was recently recognized by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for its role in shaping astronomical research, technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity worldwide.

Multi-faceted approach includes exploring legislative options to offset federal funding reductions, expanding state programs and fostering public-private partnerships, as well as raising awareness of resources and legal rights.

“This plan is the catalyst for creating a future that all people can thrive in,” said Hawaiʻi Youth Transportation Council Member Kawika Pegram. “Through this plan, we can harness the power of local industry, create meaningful jobs and invest in public infrastructure like never before.”

Green struck down bills relating to tax credits, transportation, the state’s Major Disaster Fund, property, stadium facility and convention center naming rights and others. Leadership of the Hawai‘i Legislature said a special legislative session to attempt their override is not necessary.

Essentially, gas pistoning is a shallow, degassing-driven rise and fall of a lava surface. Pistons often occur in narrow conduits, although they can happen in larger lava lakes and even in lava channels — and in bunches, as part of a series.

Hawaiʻi’s leadership is mobilizing to mitigate the effects of a newly passed Republican tax bill that will strip health care and food assistance from thousands of vulnerable residents.