Hawaii's Senator Brian Schatz is pushing a federal bill to keep young kids off social media, while also working to pull in disaster money after Hurricane Lala — good news for parents worried about screens, and for storm-hit communities waiting on federal help.

• The bill would ban social media for children under 13 outright.
• For teens 13 to 18, the apps stay open but the recommendation algorithm gets switched off — feeds would show only accounts you chose to follow, more like early Facebook.
• The argument behind it is blunt: there is no good reason for a nine-year-old to be on TikTok.
• Separately, Hawaii's leaders are lining up federal disaster aid after Hurricane Lala, with damage still being counted before Governor Josh Green files the formal request.
• The storms are being treated as proof the weather is getting worse more often, which means moving some highways and roads away from the coast — work already underway on West Maui and likely to cost billions.

Outlook: The aid request goes to Washington once damage numbers are final, while the social media bill faces a much longer fight against the tech industry.