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A House bill that would authorize victims of sex trafficking to file civil lawsuits against their perpetrators has passed unanimously in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Now, it advances to the full Senate floor for second reading. Voting in favor in committee on Tuesday were committee Chair Karl Rhoads and Sens. Stanley Chang and Joy San […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled for decision-making next week on a House bill that would authorize sex trafficking victims to file civil lawsuits against the perpetrators of what’s been called a “form of modern-day slavery.” House Bill 111 cites a report published in 2018 by Arizona State University and the Hawaiʻi State Commission on […]

Thought of an “intensive care” unit for Hawaiian corals, the ʻĀkoʻakoʻa Coral Restoration Nursery near the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport has been up and running since last spring. Now, the West Hawai‘i facility is the largest outdoor nursery of its type in the Pacific, according to an announcement from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Conservation divers have successfully removed and relocated nearly 11 years’ worth of coral growth from a decommissioned offshore fish farm pipe ring that was towed into Honokōhau Small Boat Harbor last week on Hawai‘i Island.

Astronomy researchers have found new evidence that can help answer one of the biggest mysteries in space: where dark energy comes from. The evidence from their new experiment points to black holes.

Prolific herds of hungry Axis deer continue to wreak havoc in Maui County, damaging farm crops, overgrazing livestock pasture lands, threatening fragile watersheds and even encroaching in heavily urbanized areas like Kahului Airport’s runways and baggage claim areas. Without natural predators in the islands, the deer have flourished unchecked. Now, in part due to an initiative funded by Maui County, some deer are falling prey to hungry humans.

Hawai‘i conservation and environmental education nonprofit Kupu is seeking applicants for its 11-month paid Conservation Leadership Development Program, which targets recent high school graduates, college graduates and young professionals looking to establish a career in conservation. Priority deadline is June 30, 2021.

Hawaiʻi girls in grades 8-12 are encouraged to apply for the”CompuGirls Hawaiʻi Spring Camp 2021″ program. The free virtual program is aimed to introduce and educate underrepresented Hawaiʻi girls in STEM education, cybersecurity and information technology.

Following the latest mass coral bleaching event in Hawaiian waters last fall, the Department of Land and Natural Resources is now using an equipment rich, aerial platform to map and access the health of reefs along the more than 700 miles of shoreline in the Main Hawaiian Islands.