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Hawai`i Primed to Revive Agriculture
Hawaii Business
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August 20, 2025
Conditions may finally be ripe for a rebound in diversified agriculture Making agriculture a viable industry in today’s Hawai‘i is a daunting task. Biosecurity, agricultural crimes, infrastructure, land availability, an aging workforce, limited...
19 states sue the Energy Department over new funding caps on sustainable energy projects
Government Executive
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August 19, 2025
The attorneys general and governors of 19 states are suing federal energy officials over a new policy meant to cut funding for staff who work on sustainable energy and energy efficiency projects across the country. The states filed their lawsuit...
Best, worst states for construction permit red tape
Construction Dive
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August 19, 2025
Dive Brief: Tennessee ranks first for construction permitting efficiency in the United States, according to the Red Tape Index from regulatory intelligence firm Labrynth. The measure tracks how quickly and effectively states process building...
New Hawaii Tourism Authority on track to look a lot like the old HTA
Hawaii Reporter
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August 19, 2025
By Keli‘i Akina Some bad ideas just won’t go away. Even when everyone agrees that there are serious problems to be addressed, a hope persists that this time we can make it work. Today’s example is the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Earlier this week,...
Snack food company to close another U.S. manufacturing facility
SI Live - New York
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August 19, 2025
Utz Quality Foods is closing another factory. The snack maker filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification with the state of Michigan. The company informed the state that it is closing the Utz manufacturing facility at 219 Canton St., SW,...
Phase II of 156-Unit Affordable Housing Community Begins Construction in Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i for Low-Income Families
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - West Virginia
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LĪHU‘E, Hawaii--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 19, 2025-- Hunt Capital Partners, in partnership with Mark Development and ʻIkenākea Development, announced the closing of Uahi Ridge Phase II, a three-story garden-style affordable housing community in Līhu‘e,...
18 states sue DOE over new funding caps on sustainable energy projects
Renewable Energy World
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August 19, 2025
by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and the attorneys general and governors of 18 other states are suing federal energy officials over a new policy meant to cut funding for staff who work on sustainable...
Hawaii researchers look for fresh water beneath seafloor off Big Island
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 19, 2025
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII UH researchers attempt to find fresh water hidden deep beneath the seafloor. A scientific expedition off the west coast of Hawaii island recently concluded a two-week offshore imaging survey aimed at confirming the existence...
ENR West Industry News for August 2025
Engineering News Record
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August 18, 2025
Athletics’ $1.75B Stadium Launches in Las Vegas Work on the $1.75-billion stadium for Major League Baseball’s Athletics began in June with a groundbreaking ceremony at the former site of the Tropicana on the Las Vegas Strip. Joint venture...
Honolulu rail project lane closures begin on Nimitz Highway
KITV - Hawaii
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DOWNTOWN HONOLULU (Island News) -- There are cones closing off one lane on each side of Nimitz Highway in downtown Honolulu, marking the start of construction of a major piece of Honolulu's rail project. "The roads are already crazy congested...
Drought conditions called ‘crisis’ for some Hawaii island areas
The Garden Island - Hawaii
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August 19, 2025
Drought conditions are becoming “a crisis” in some areas of Hawaii island, a state senator says. Tina Stall, a National Weather Service hydrologist in Honolulu, said the driest areas are in the Kau and Hamakua districts, as well as the leeward...
End of EPA solar program to affect thousands in Hawaii
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 19, 2025
MARCO GARCIA / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Bouvey Bradbury, a recipient of one of the first Solar For All loans, stood Friday on the roof of his house next to his solar panels. The termination of Solar for All, a federal program designed to...
Xcel Energy’s building boom, search for profits may send Colorado electricity bills soaring
The Colorado Sun
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August 19, 2025
Xcel Energy customers are facing the risk of their electricity rates doubling or even tripling as the company launches an unprecedented spending plan to build new generation and transmission and feed power-hungry data centers. The company, the...
‘Necessary evil’: Rail construction to close downtown Nimitz Highway lanes for five years
Hawaii News Now
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August 19, 2025
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A heads up for drivers: Nimitz Highway will have extended lane closures 24/7 for the next five years. After watching other neighborhoods go through headaches from rail construction traffic, it’s now downtown Honolulu’s...
Pa., 18 states sue federal energy agency over new funding caps on sustainable energy projects
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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August 19, 2025
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and the attorneys general and governors of 18 other states, including Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, are suing federal energy officials over a new policy meant to cut funding for staff who work on sustainable...
‘Necessary evil’: Rail construction to close downtown Nimitz Highway lanes for five years
Hawaii News Now
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August 19, 2025
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A heads up for drivers: Nimitz Highway will have extended lane closures 24/7 for the next five years. After watching other neighborhoods go through headaches from rail construction traffic, it’s now downtown Honolulu’s...
Public urged to use caution near lava lands in coastal areas on Hawaii Island
Hawaii News Now
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August 19, 2025
HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Department of Land and Natural Resources is urging the public to use caution near lava lands in coastal areas on Hawaii Island. Newly formed lands from the 2018 Kilauea volcano lava flows, known as lava deltas, are...
Shooting death on Navy property declared a homicide by Honolulu medical examiner
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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The Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific in Wahiawa, Hawaii, is pictured on April 16, 2016. (Denise Baumeister/U.S. Navy) The shooting death of a 23-year-old man on Navy property on Oahu this month has been declared a...
Oregon, 18 states sue federal energy agency over new funding caps on sustainable energy projects
Oregon Capital Chronicle
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August 18, 2025
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and the attorneys general and governors of 18 other states are suing federal energy officials over a new policy meant to cut funding for staff who work on sustainable energy and energy efficiency projects...
Nessel sues to stop federal cuts that threaten state energy programs
Michigan Lawyers Weekly
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August 18, 2025
Detroit DDOT superintendent fired after OIG complaint Appeals court says retaliation claim under WPA can proceed Evidence suggests employer’s reasons may have been pretextual Concurring opinion questions burden-shifting framework Attorney General...