A delegation of Hawaii lawmakers and officials recently returned from a more than $50,000 visit to New Zealand seeking ways the state could better shield itself from invasive species – advice it failed to heed almost two decades ago.
The South Pacific nation had originally offered...
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green last week slashed $10 million from the Department of Agriculture’s budget aimed at limiting the spread of invasive species.
Green said the agency likely couldn’t spend the money before it lapsed because the agency didn’t have the staffing to effectively...
