Erin Miller, reporting for West Hawaii Today:

Overwhelming testimony supporting a resolution asking the state to abolish the Public Land Development Corp. preceded the Hawaii County Council’s Planning Committee’s unanimous favorable vote on the measure Tuesday morning.

The community came together Thursday evening to support the work of 808 Urban, spearheaded by John "Prime" Hina.

The US Fish and Wildlife service has added 23 more Oahu species to the list of endangered plants and animals.

The Public Land Development Corporation will meet today at 2:30 pm in the Kalanimoku Building conference room. The agenda includes approval of minutes, a report on the statewide administrative rules hearings, and a PLDC strategic plan.

A team of state officials are investigating a piece of ocean debris found offshore of Kaupo, O‘ahu, which they believe may be tsunami refuse from Japan.

A new Consumer Reports study finds high levels in arsenic in rice. Tom Philpott, food and agriculture blogger for Mother Jones, reports:

What's the takeaway from all of this? To avoid excessive exposure to arsenic, Consumer Reports recommends that adults limit their rice intake to two quarter-cup servings per week; children, they say, should get just 1.25 servings per week. In the long term, Urvashi Rangan, director of safety and sustainability at Consumer Reports, told me, "what we'd really like to see happen is for the FDA to get serious about getting arsenic out of chicken feed."

Romney is handling the "47%" debacle by sticking to his talking points.

Instead of creating a web of dependency, I will pursue policies that grow our economy and lift Americans out of poverty.

Researchers studied one million Toronto residents, and found that less walkable neighborhoods lead to higher rates of diabetes.