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Saturday, September 14, 2019 |
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Why Flushing the "Clean Water Rule" Was the Right Thing to Do
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:44 PM :: 5269 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Agriculture
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...The Trump administration announced that it had finalized its repeal of President Barack Obama’s infamous 2015 Clean Water Rule....
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Monday, September 9, 2019 |
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Lahaina Injection Wells: Maui Mayor Scores Council for Refusing to Consider County's Settlement Offer
By News Release @ 2:26 AM :: 4989 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Cost of Living
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...The effects of the Ninth Circuit Court’s expansion of the Clean Water Act on our already tight housing market could be severe....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019 |
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LGBT activist: Kamehameha School girls should change in nurse’s station if they don’t like boy in locker room
By News Release @ 9:35 PM :: 7277 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Family
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...meanwhile at public schools girls don't have locker rooms for trannies to push their way in to....
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Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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Maui Officer Arrested After Sex Harassment Complaints
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 5038 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Police
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...He has been charged with attempted perjury, attempted hindering prosecution in the first degree, and tampering with a witness....
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Saturday, August 24, 2019 |
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Oahu Traffic 4th Worst in USA
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 5531 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Hawaii Statistics
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...The average Oahu driver spends 64 hours in congestion each year....
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Tuesday, August 6, 2019 |
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840 Maui Hospital Workers Liberated from HGEA—UPW Next?
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 5955 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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...By joining more than 32,000 sisters and brothers at UNAC/UHCP, the Maui Health System members gain significant strength in dealing with Kaiser Permanente....
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Friday, May 24, 2019 |
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Let’s get smart about government spending
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:29 AM :: 7352 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County, Taxes
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...Kauai is looking at a budget increase of 10.7%; Honolulu, 8.6%; Maui 8.1%; and Hawaii County 12.7%....
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Friday, April 19, 2019 |
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Are Hawaii officials paid too much or too little?
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:19 PM :: 5834 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Hawaii Statistics
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...Steve Frates, a Pepperdine University professor and president of the Center for Government Analysis, discusses how the salaries of Hawaii officials compare with officials across the nation....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019 |
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Lahaina Injection Wells: EPA won't regulate pollution that moves through groundwater
By Selected News Articles @ 5:14 PM :: 5230 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...the memo contradicts arguments EPA and the Department of Justice made on the same case three years ago....
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Saturday, April 13, 2019 |
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JSC Seeks Nominees for Maui Circuit Court
By News Release @ 3:12 PM :: 5730 Views :: Maui County, Judiciary
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...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019 |
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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Relax Maui zoning to allow more urban dwellings
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:28 AM :: 6633 Views :: Maui County, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...For many Maui families, purchasing a home is a pipe dream. However, there may be an opportunity for them to realize that dream, if county residents would be open to reforming local housing regulations....
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Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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Kiss of Death: OHA Endorses Amended Water Bill Just Before Senate Committee Kills It
By News Release @ 4:29 AM :: 6146 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Agriculture
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...Killing this bill sends $62M from A&B to Mahi Pono which has its staff larded up with anti-GMO activists....
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Thursday, April 4, 2019 |
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Full Text: MCCC Officers Tell Riot Story, Slam 'Upper Echelons' of PSD
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 5192 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement
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...Right before the riots took place there were (214) inmates housed in the Modules, all playing " pretend lockdown", fully capable of breaching their cell doors at will....
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 |
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Maui Mayor Proposes $869.5M Budget
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 6849 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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...tax increases would affect commercial, up by 14 cents per $1,000 of valuation; industrial, up by 3 cents per thousand; hotel and resort, up by 23 cents per thousand; and short-term rental, up by 27 cents per thousand....
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Friday, March 15, 2019 |
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Seeking Applications for Independent Grand Jury Counsel – Second Circuit
By News Release @ 5:09 AM :: 4651 Views :: Maui County, Judiciary
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...The Circuit Court of the Second Circuit (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai) is seeking applications for independent grand jury counsel for 2019 to 2020....
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019 |
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WOTUS: Lahaina Injection Wells Case to be Heard by US Supreme Court
By Selected News Articles @ 1:15 PM :: 5920 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...Maui’s attorneys argue the Ninth Circuit’s “radical expansion of point source permitting” goes beyond the CWA’s scope....
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Monday, February 11, 2019 |
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Hearing: Should Auwahi Windfarm Be Allowed to Kill 140 Bats?
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 5816 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... the DOFAW hearing will be held at 7:00 pm on February 15, 2019 at Kula Elementary School, 5000 Kula Highway in Kula ....
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Friday, January 18, 2019 |
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$10 Maui Oceanfront Parcel? Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case
By Robert Thomas @ 1:40 AM :: 5909 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Land Use
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...Would You Pay $10 for Maui Beachfront Land?....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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DoH cites Maui Land & Pineapple for wastewater violations
By News Release @ 4:36 PM :: 4972 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...The company has been ordered to pay a penalty of $230,000 and construct a new wastewater treatment plant....
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Friday, January 4, 2019 |
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US Solicitor General Urges Supreme Court to Hear Maui Injection Wells Case
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 5035 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...the petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 18-260 should be granted, limited to the first question presented ... whether a “discharge of a pollutant” occurs when a pollutant is released from a point source, travels through groundwater, and ultimately migrates to navigable waters....
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Saturday, December 29, 2018 |
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Maui Woke? Hindus urge Hawaii firm to withdraw Lord Ganesha shoes
By News Release @ 4:47 PM :: 6311 Views :: Maui County, Religion
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...Lord Ganesha was highly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to adorn one’s feet for mercantile greed....
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Friday, December 21, 2018 |
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HC&S Land Sold to Real Farmer
By News Release @ 3:08 AM :: 7144 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Land Use
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...All of A&B's existing agricultural personnel will be offered positions with Mahi Pono....
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Monday, December 17, 2018 |
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Maui County Pays Vendors Ripped Off by Anti-GMO Activist
By News Release @ 8:41 PM :: 6193 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, GMOs
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...The Mayor's Office of Economic Development (OED) announced today that its office received a total of $8,730.28 in requests for payments for unpaid invoices for the 250th Celebration of Queen Kaahumanu grant, which was terminated in October....
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Sunday, December 16, 2018 |
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The County Strikes Back (part 4)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5490 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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...We continue with our series about a timeshare association suing Maui County seeking to invalidate its “Time Share” property classification, with the county then striking back....
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Sunday, December 9, 2018 |
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The County Strikes Back (part 3)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5561 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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...We continue with our series about a timeshare association suing the county, with the county then back assessing the association for $10 million....
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Saturday, December 8, 2018 |
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Auwahi Wind Farm Requests Approval to Kill 140 Hoary Bats
By News Release @ 6:10 PM :: 7063 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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...The requested total bat take is 140 bats (119 in addition to the 21 authorized)....
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Monday, December 3, 2018 |
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WOTUS: Supreme Court Asks US Solicitor General to Weigh in on Maui Injection Wells
By News Release @ 1:56 PM :: 4923 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...In its petition for certiorari, Maui calls the 9th Circuit Court ruling a “radical expansion of point source permitting,” poised to carry massive liability for Maui and its taxpayers....
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Sunday, December 2, 2018 |
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The County Strikes Back (part 2)
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5651 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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...Timeshare association sues county; county then back assesses association for $10 million....
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Friday, November 30, 2018 |
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Stream Flow Ruling Cuts off Lahaina Water Supply
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 6027 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Development
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...the County intends to develop a new groundwater source within five years, or sooner, which will eventually provide for the full instream flow standard....
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Friday, November 30, 2018 |
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Wanna Buy a House on Maui? County has $30K to Give You
By News Release @ 2:14 PM :: 4796 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living
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...Public Encouraged to Apply for the County's First-Time Buyer's Program....
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Monday, November 26, 2018 |
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The County Strikes Back (part 1)
By Tom Yamachika @ 2:03 PM :: 5670 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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...a long and hotly litigated property tax case from Maui....
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Saturday, November 17, 2018 |
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Maui rental fines not fine
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:25 AM :: 6423 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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...Renting out your room illegally to someone vacationing on the island for 10 days would mean more than $100,000 in fines....
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018 |
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Applications Being Accepted for Maui County Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 10:38 PM :: 3615 Views :: Maui County
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...Positions are appointed by the Mayor, confirmed by the County Council and have terms lasting two to five years....
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Sunday, November 4, 2018 |
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It’s Real Property Because We Said So!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 6131 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Taxes
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...a case now pending in the Hawaii Supreme Court that may give us some insight on county real property taxes and their limits....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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Did Anti-GMO Activist Rip You Off? Maui County Can Help
By News Release @ 3:00 AM :: 6679 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, GMOs
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...Maui County Office of Economic Development is accepting invoices from vendors who provided goods and services under the recently terminated $100,000 grant awarded to an executive assistant of County Council Member (and anti-GMO activist) Alika Atay....
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
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Would You Pay $10 for Maui Beachfront Land?
By Robert Thomas @ 3:51 PM :: 5601 Views :: Maui County, Land Use
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...Welcome to newspeak, takings edition....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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Lawsuit Challenges 'Illegal' Maui Council Frankenbill
By News Release @ 8:41 PM :: 6263 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development
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...changing of the ordinance to benefit of private developers, at the expense of the residents, was never publicly noticed as required under the State of Hawai’i Sunshine Laws, and, that it violated adopted Council Rules....
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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Process Begins for Maui County to Acquire a Portion of Wailuku Water Company
By News Release @ 8:08 PM :: 4924 Views :: Maui County, Land Use
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...the county to obtain approximately 8,764 acres of WWC land in the West Maui watershed area along with its water conveyance system. The proposed acquisition price is $9.5 million....
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court to Decide if Land Can be Stolen from Owners Without Compensation?
By Robert Thomas @ 2:51 AM :: 5703 Views :: Maui County, Land Use
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...The land was zoned for single-family residences, but the County of Maui decided it should be used as a public park. Instead of buying the land, however, the County wielded its regulatory authority to prevent the Leones from developing their property in any way....
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Friday, August 31, 2018 |
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Former Maui Police Department Officer Sentenced For Stealing Money And Conspiring To Bribe Witness
By News Release @ 2:33 PM :: 6454 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Police
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...Former Maui police officer Anthony Maldonado stole $1,800 from a motorist because he thought the motorist was a drug dealer, had stolen drugs and money from drug dealers before, gave some of the drugs to his mistress and sold steroids to at least one other officer....
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Thursday, August 30, 2018 |
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“It’s not me, it’s us.” Tupola finds receptive audience on Maui
By Selected News Articles @ 2:27 PM :: 6250 Views :: Maui County, Republican Party
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...“I’m here to change your mind,” said Andria Tupola, Republican nominee for Hawaii governor....
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Sunday, August 19, 2018 |
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Maui County Community Budget Meetings Announced
By News Release @ 12:15 AM :: 3411 Views :: Maui County
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...Mayor Alan Arakawa and his administration will host a series of community meetings in September and October to receive comments and suggestions from the public regarding the proposed budget for the Fiscal Year 2019-2020....
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Thursday, August 16, 2018 |
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Fast-Track Process Helps Two Affordable Housing Projects
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 6386 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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...Mayor Alan Arakawa instructed all departments to give priority to processing permits for affordable housing projects....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018 |
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Another Hawaii Hi-Tech Scam Busted
By News Release @ 1:50 PM :: 5518 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement
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...Also named in the lawsuit is Maui-based artist and sculptor Spar Street, who the SEC says received investor money as commissions for indentifying and recruiting new investors....
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Friday, June 29, 2018 |
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Hawaii Sierra Club Leader Hit With $1000 per day SMA Fines
By Andrew Walden @ 12:07 PM :: 10863 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Greenmail, Land Use
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... Fines in excess of $236,000—still accruing at $1000 a day—and a lawsuit--are forcing into the open a 13-year battle over alleged violations of numerous State and County permitting and land use laws on a Huelo, Maui shoreline property owned by Hawaii Sierra Club Vice Chair and Maui Tomorrow President Lucienne De Naie ....
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018 |
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Maui Planning Department Finalizes Short-Term Occupancy List
By News Release @ 9:45 PM :: 8080 Views :: Maui County, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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...The list can be used by the public, property owners, realtors and the County for a quick determination about whether short-term occupancy – defined by the county as fewer than 180 days – is allowed without a permit....
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Friday, May 25, 2018 |
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FEMA Rewards Maui With Lower Flood Insurance Rates
By News Release @ 3:29 AM :: 5768 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Cost of Living
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...Maui County was upgraded from Class 8, which has a 10 percent discount on flood insurance premiums, to Class 7, which allows a 15 percent discount. This means the average premium will drop from $763 to $721....
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Friday, May 18, 2018 |
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Good Intentions Pave Road to Hawaii Housing Crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:28 PM :: 7551 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness, Land Use
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...Regulating Paradise: Land Use Controls in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, May 1, 2018 |
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Hawaii Recycling is Polluting China--But No More as of May 1
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 5392 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...In an effort to clean its environment, China has restricted recyclable commodities and set strict contamination limits. The E-Cycling program cites this shift in the worldwide recycling commodities market for local restrictions....
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