Today’s Front Page: “EPA to cancel $20B in grants. Surfer denied bail in domestic abuse case.”
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Today’s Front PageEPA to cancel $20B in grantsBy CLAIRE BROWN NYTimes News Service The Environmental Protection Agency said that it was canceling $20 billion in grants for climate and clean energy programs that have been frozen for weeks, a movethat was labeled illegal by nonprofit groups that were supposed to receive the funds. The money has been caught in an escalating controversy involving the EPA, the Justice Department, the FBI and Citibank, where thefunds are being held and are now frozen, prompting lawsuits from three nonprofit…Read more Surfer denied bail in domestic abuse caseBy JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald A big-wave surfer accused of domestic violence against his girlfriendwill remain in jailwhile he awaits trial. Hilo Circuit Judge Henry Nakamoto on Wednesday ordered 46-year-old Kealiiwainui “Kealii” Mamala of Keaau to be held without bail at Hawaii Community Correctional Center. Mamala – who was invited to the 2025 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational and who competed in the2023 Eddie – faces 25 charges, including unlawful imprisonment, three counts…Read more US DOE to cut half of its staffBy TIMOTHY GARDNER, TIM REID, ALEXANDRA ALPER and MARISA TAYLORReuters WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education said on Tuesday it would lay off nearly half its staff, a possible precursor to closing altogether, as government agencies scrambled to meet President Donald Trump’s deadline to submit plans for a second round of mass layoffs. The terminations are part of the department’s “final mission,” it said in a press release, alluding to Trump’s vow to eliminate the department,…Read more Download the Hawaii Tribune Herald App
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