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WebJudge blocks Trump administration???s???loyalty??? question for job applicants
20+ hour, 35+ min ago (444+ words) A federal judge on Friday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from continuing to ask applicants for civil service jobs throughout the government to respond to what unions described as a partisan “loyalty question.” U.S. District Judge George O’Toole in…...
Judge rules that Trump plan to halve FEMA workforce violated law
20+ hour, 35+ min ago (533+ words) Red Cross worker Kim Stevens, left, chats with FEMA talent recruiter Travis Carter in 2024, during a FEMA job fair in Asheville, N.C. (Matthew Dae Smith / USA Today) A U.S. judge has ruled that the Trump administration broke the law by ordering the…...
Palikapu Dedman, activist and founder of Pele Defense Fund, dies at 80
20+ hour, 35+ min ago (666+ words) Palikapu Dedman, Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner, activist, farmer, environmental advocate and founder of the Pele Defense Fund, died Aug. 22. He was 80. “Palikapu and the Pele Defense Fund, assisted by many others, led the fight against it,” Scheuer noted. “This effort…...
States sue Trump administration for weakening endangered species protections
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (722+ words) Piping plover, who need undisturbed beaches to nest and raise their young, walk along a beach in 2018, in Brigantine, N.J. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times) U.S. states filed two lawsuits on Wednesday accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of illegally weakening the…...
Letters??? your voice??? September 9
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (416+ words) County’s policy regarding private housing must catch up At 112 Haili St., Makamae Holdings’ 39 apartments are keeping approximately 100 people housed, many of them kupuna or people with disabilities. I was born and raised in Hilo. My husband and I are physicians…...
New Mexicans deride Trump???s???New America??? idea
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (403+ words) New Mexicans on Tuesday described President Donald Trump’s suggestion the Democratic-run state be renamed “New America” as an attempt to erase history and culture. The land of deserts, mountains and high plains featured in Native American tales, epic Spanish poems…...
Supreme Court will not reinstate Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (464+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to reinstate a Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri ahead of November’s midterm elections, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump and the party’s odds of maintaining its slim majority in the House of Representatives....
TVR registration takes effect
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (573+ words) A new registration requirement for vacation rentals in Hawaii County went into effect last week as part of the implementation of rules established in June 2025 under Ordinance 25-50, aimed at regulating short-term rental properties on the island. Beginning Sept. 1, 2026, owners of…...
Push to ban data centers continues
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (768+ words) The Windward Planning Commission on Thursday deferred action until October on a bill intended to ban artificial intelligence data centers. Bill 170 was forwarded to Planning Director Jeff Darrow and both the windward and leeward commissions by the Hawaii County Council’s…...
Uncertainty lingers following expiration of county???s lease for Punalu???u park
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (777+ words) A lifeguard stand is shown shuttered at Punalu‘u Black Sand Beach Park, following the lease lapse between Hawaii County and the private landowner. (GRACE INEZ ADAMS/Tribune-Herald) A week after Hawaii County’s lease for Punalu‘u Black Sand Beach…...