Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were both in Hawaiʻi recently. The Conversation talked to Healani Sonoda-Pale with the Red Hill Community Representation Initiative, and Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi Director Wayne Tanaka about the visits.
The Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority wants $1 million for community planning sessions and an infrastructure assessment of Kakaʻako Makai. That includes evaluating residential, hotel and manufacturing development in the area.