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Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and Hawaiʻi Rep. Jill Tokuda speak before a crowd protesting cuts to DEI programs at an Allies in Resistance rally; Eric-Preston Hamren shares what the loss of his job means for conservation efforts on Hawaiʻi Island -
Today on The Conversation, we revisit some of our favorite interviews about 'Ōlelo Hawaiʻi to celebrate Hawaiian Language Month! -
Gov. Josh Green responds to the recent federal firings by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency; Composer Māhealani Uchiyama shares the untold stories of people of African descent who shaped Hawaiʻi's history in new album -
New Zealand geothermal consultant Gavin Murphy meets with state lawmakers and researchers about Hawaiʻi's geothermal potential; Researchers Leah Bremer and Kawika Winter map the carbon storage potential of transforming Hawaiʻi's fallow agricultural lands into agroforests -
The Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture announces the rollout of long-awaited digital ag declaration forms; The Hawaiian and Indigenous Future Imaginaries Lab charts a path in the AI world -
Avi Soifer, former dean of the University of Hawaiʻi William Richardson School of Law, talks about the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive orders; Department of Land and Natural Resources survey entomologist Karl Magnacca shares how a new native bee species was discovered on Molokai
