The new funding from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program will be used to help build and improve broadband infrastructure across Hawai‘i.
The bipartisan legislation would improve veterans’ access to information about higher education and allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to restore benefits that veterans use at schools subject to civil enforcement.
The Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act creates a temporary, five-year safe harbor protection for veterans who use medical marijuana, and directs the VA to research how medical marijuana could help veterans better manage chronic pain and reduce opioid abuse.