Fortunately, it appears a legal fight to preserve the Institute of Museum and Library Services has succeeded.

Amid the persvasive fog of partisan rhetoric, it’s often hard to know what’s really happening in Washington, D.C.

But one cheering piece of news appears to be emerging through the haze: The Institute of Museum and Library Services , targeted for eradication by budget-crunchers in the Trump administration eight months ago, appears to be on the glide path to survival.

The small federal agency has funded a raft of projects in Hawaiʻi, including literacy-boosting on-line learning initiatives conducted all around the islands by the Hawaiʻi state library system, eye-opening exhibits at places like Bishop Museum and Waimea Valley and a host of programs that have boosted cultural stew

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