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  • 2 weeks ago | civilbeat.org | Kevin Dayton |Cassie Ordonio |Blaze Lovell |Tom Hasslinger

    The 2019 protests helped convince Hawaii’s leaders they needed a new approach to managing Mauna Kea, which would be the site of the TMT. The National Science Foundation also said it plans to host four meetings on the Big Island in August as it decides on whether to fund the project.

  • 4 weeks ago | civilbeat.org | Alani Calderon |Blaze Lovell

    With the loss of productions came a decline in film jobs and spending in the state. After wrapping work on “Lilo & Stitch” last March, Jason Fitzgerald packed up his life in Hawai‘i and moved to Atlanta – not by choice, but out of necessity. With no new productions coming up and his savings rapidly being depleted, the longtime lighting technician said staying in the islands became impossible for his family.

  • 4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Blaze Lovell

    6 hours agoThe 'Late Show' host wasn't having any of it. Taylor Swift has become the latest celebrity for Donald Trump to have a tantrum about, and Stephen Colbert isn't having any of it. During Monday's Late Show, the host brought up a recent Truth Social post in which the President of the United States wrote …

  • 4 weeks ago | civilbeat.org | Blaze Lovell

    Leased lands the military proposes turning back over to the state have mostly been used for aviation training. The U.S. Army signaled its intent to return to the state the vast majority of lands on Oʻahu it currently leases for training, according to recently submitted environmental documents.

  • 1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Blaze Lovell |Thomas Heaton

    The state’s rejection of the U.S. Army’s environmental assessment of impacts of its training may foreshadow the future, one some Native Hawaiians say won’t be smooth sailing. Longtime Hawaiian activist Walter Ritte beamed with pride last week while watching throngs of people tear into the U.S. Army’s latest bid to retain use of a large swath of the Big Island known as the Pōhakuloa Training Area.

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