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Democrats Gain Ground With AAPI Adults As Trust In GOP Fades, Poll Finds Chad Blair/Civil Beat/2025

Democrats Gain Ground With AAPI Adults As Trust In GOP Fades, Poll Finds

Only 2 in 10 AAPI adults approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, which most see as a top issue in the upcoming election.

Residents Near Maui Wildfires Show Elevated Metals Linked To Impacted Lung Health, Study Says Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

Residents Near Maui Wildfires Show Elevated Metals Linked To Impacted Lung Health, Study Says

A study of 1,400 adults found higher internal metal levels associated with respiratory harm up to a year and a half after the fires.

Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Use Revamped Federal Voter Database AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Use Revamped Federal Voter Database

The ruling is unlikely to affect Hawaiʻi, since state use of the federal SAVE program is voluntary. But voting rights advocates here voiced disappointment.

Hawaiʻi Voting Groups Cheer As High Court Rejects Trump Mail Ballot Restrictions AP Photo/Jenny Kane

Hawaiʻi Voting Groups Cheer As High Court Rejects Trump Mail Ballot Restrictions

The decision allows Hawaiʻi and other states to continue sending mail ballots under existing processes. Trump wanted restrictions before the November elections. 

Americans’ School Satisfaction Is At A Low Point, National Poll Shows Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Americans’ School Satisfaction Is At A Low Point, National Poll Shows

A new poll shows that only 32% of Americans are satisfied with the quality of K-12 education in the country. 

Gender-Based Bullying Data Removed From Federal Survey AP

Gender-Based Bullying Data Removed From Federal Survey

To comply with a Trump executive order, the federal government deleted data collected from the nation’s schools

Trump Administration Aims To Strip Tax Status Of Private Schools With DEI Policies AP Photo/Steven Senne

Trump Administration Aims To Strip Tax Status Of Private Schools With DEI Policies

Kamehameha and other Hawaiʻi schools are tracking the proposal, which would remove the tax-exempt status of private schools and colleges that provide scholarships or admission benefits to students based on their race.

CDC Has Zombie Programs. Congress Funds Them, But Few People Are Left To Work  AP Photo/Brynn Anderson

CDC Has Zombie Programs. Congress Funds Them, But Few People Are Left To Work 

Programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address Alzheimer’s, drowning and rape prevention lack the staff needed to function. Democrats say what’s happening is illegal.

Nonprofit Sues To Block Auction Of American Samoa Waters For Deep-Sea Mining Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2019

Nonprofit Sues To Block Auction Of American Samoa Waters For Deep-Sea Mining

The lawsuit was filed by Earthjustice against the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service.