The new climate bill’s ripple effect on oceans
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), announced in late July by Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., includes $369 billion in tax incentives to boost wind, solar and other clean energy. Although a step in the right direction, the bill will not by itself be enough to keep global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050. To make bigger gains more quickly, we’ll need to directly remove carbon from the atmosphere.
Moving in with your parents could be good for America
Over the past few years, many students have told me about their frustrations about possibly needing to move back to their hometowns and into their parents’ homes for financial reasons.
Trump says FBI conducted search at his Mar-a-Lago estate
WASHINGTON — The FBI searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence, people familiar with the matter said Monday, a move that represents a dramatic and unprecedented escalation of law enforcement scrutiny of the former president.
In dry California, salty water creeps into key waterways
RIO VISTA, Calif. — Charlie Hamilton hasn’t irrigated his vineyards with water from the Sacramento River since early May, even though it flows just yards from his crop.
Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The white father and son who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood each received a second life prison sentence Monday — for committing federal hate crimes, months after getting their first for murder — at a hearing that brought a close to more than two years of criminal proceedings.
Three vie for Senate District 1
The Democratic primary for state Senate District 1 has two sitting senators facing off against each other and a third candidate who’s a former high-level appointed government executive and union chief.
‘It lasts as long as the money lasts’: Enrollment in discounted broadband program low
A federal program providing discounts for household internet service could serve three times more Hawaii households than are currently enrolled.
Honoring Hiroshima victims with origami
Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin Temple hosted a Hiroshima Peace Memorial Service Saturday morning to honor lives lost due to the first atomic bomb dropped in Japan 77 years ago.
Program rolled out to ease burden on families for school supplies
Monday marked the official roll-out of the school supply subsidy pilot program, designed to cover the cost of supplies for all schools within the state that meet the financial qualifications.
