County Council Chair Mel Rapozo is raising and spending more money than his council colleague Bernard Carvalho Jr. in their bid to be Kauaʻi's next mayor.

🪲 A destructive pest is threatening Kaua‘i’s trees and way of life. Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle infestations have been spotted around the island since it was first detected near Līhuʻe Airport in 2023. Now, farmers and residents say it’ll take everyone to stop it.

Barriers to land access are holding back small farms on Kaua‘i. But new efforts—from nonprofit ag parks to free-use land from major ag companies—are helping to change the landscape for local growers.

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The growing network of community land trusts seek to provide permanently affordable homes for Hawai‘i’s people and redefine the narrative on housing in paradise to emphasize collective, rather than individual, wellbeing By @noellefujii.bsky.social of Overstory and co-published with @nextcity.org.

The committee was designed to reduce barriers to care for people of color, LGBTQ+ people and rural Americans. A new executive order deemed it "unnecessary."

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NEW: Explore our interactive map of federal infrastructure and climate projects aimed at reshaping communities. However, Trump's funding freeze threatens the future of many of these initiatives. Search by zip code: grist.org/accountabili...

"There is a direct response from that executive order… It absolutely is affecting us in our little corner of the world," said Toni Bissen, the executive director of the Pūʻā Foundation. www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...

Some advocates believe this approach is a “dead end” within the wider national conversation surrounding family and medical leave.

Trump wants Greenland. But what does Greenland want? grist.org/global-indig... #Trump #Denmark #Greenland #Indigenous #Greensky

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women has removed from its website all information on current funding opportunities and directs visitors not to finalize any applications.

Rice paddies, like cows, spew methane. A new variety makes them a lot less gassy. By @mrmattsimon.bsky.social grist.org/food-and-agr... #Methane #Climate #Environment #greensky

President Trump has insisted that his tariffs on U.S.'s largest trading partners will not increase prices for Americans. But a review of how tariffs work suggests that is not the case. Here’s what to know.

Maui’s post-wildfire housing crisis offers a warning for Los Angeles. After wildfires devastated the island, homelessness spiked. Advocates fear L.A. could face a similar fate without strong renter protections — and enforcement. grist.org/wildfires/ma... #Maui #LA #CA #HI #Wildfires