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Thursday, September 28, 2023
Will HECO be Saved? JSC Unveils Choices for Two Supreme Court Seats
By News Release @ 6:43 AM :: 1862 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Judiciary

... HECO Suits: Two Vacant Hawaii Supreme Court Seats Loom Large ....

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
Blangiardi statement in opposition to ACLU Lawsuit
By News Release @ 6:29 AM :: 1756 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness

"... we cannot ignore the tremendous and ongoing burden being borne by communities who are dealing with those who refuse help ...."

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
HI-EMA Clarifies Siren-Activation Rules
By News Release @ 7:51 PM :: 1574 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government

“...These protocols haven’t changed....”

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
FBI Forensics Lending a Hand in Lahaina
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 1579 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement

... Within days of the fire, FBI resources such as the Evidence Response Team (ERT), forensic identification, and victim services deployed to Lahaina. ...

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Time for Action, Mayor Bissen
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 1855 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Theoretically, Bissen’s proclamation makes it easier to build housing for displaced families.  But there are a couple problems .…

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
HECO Postpones Time-of-Use Rate Hikes
By News Release @ 7:30 PM :: 1736 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Cost of Living

... Bissen asked the Commission and Hawaiian Electric for a temporary suspension of the pilot program for the randomly selected customers on Maui due to the recent wildfires ....

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Lahaina Fires: Where are the students?
By News Release @ 6:57 PM :: 1851 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

... they continue to re-enroll in other options, including other HIDOE schools or distance learning programs, charter schools, private schools or withdraw to homeschool or relocate out of state ....

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Earthjustice Files Lawsuit to Clean Up Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant
By News Release @ 6:08 AM :: 1706 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment

.... treated sewage from the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant flows into Honokōhau Harbor through groundwater ....

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Green Updates Lahaina Emergency Price Controls
By News Release @ 6:02 AM :: 1449 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living

... including rentals of residential dwellings ....

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Saturday, September 23, 2023
Biden Amends Hawaii Disaster Declaration
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 1578 Views :: Maui County

... authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for debris removal and emergency protective measures ....

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Saturday, September 23, 2023
Applications now open for Kapolei City Lights parade
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1771 Views :: Honolulu County, Religion

... Opening night festivities scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 near Kapolei Hale ....

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Saturday, September 23, 2023
DoE: Charter School Enrollment Up, Non-Charter Enrollment Down (again)
By News Release @ 4:02 AM :: 1442 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics

... charters gain 311 students, non-charters lose 1296 students ....

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Saturday, September 23, 2023
Hawaiian Electric begins restoration work in Lahaina
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 1392 Views :: Maui County, Energy

... Temporary equipment to provide safe, reliable power to essential services, surrounding neighborhoods ....

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Friday, September 22, 2023
State Water Commission Holds Marathon 12 Hour Meeting
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 1666 Views :: Maui County, Land Use

... Despite some, who testified during Tuesday’s 12-hour-long meeting, claiming the suspension of the water code during the fire emergency set everything back to before 1987, Chang said that is not accurate ....

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Friday, September 22, 2023
Fire Insurance Claims? Senate Field Hearing Set for Lahaina
By News Release @ 9:07 PM :: 985 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government

... Thursday, September 28, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lahaina Civic Center ....

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Friday, September 22, 2023
Senators Push to Restore Official who Denied Firefighting Water for Lahaina
By News Release @ 1:41 AM :: 3479 Views :: Maui County, Greenmail, Land Use

... Yes.  'Your' legislators are supporting Kaleo Manuel ....

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Friday, September 22, 2023
Census Bureau: Detailed Look at Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Groups
By News Release @ 12:15 AM :: 1615 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... US Census shows majority of Native Hawaiians now live outside of Hawaii .... 

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
Lahaina Residential Reentry Begins Monday
By News Release @ 3:48 AM :: 1537 Views :: Maui County

... To gain access to a re-opened zone, county-issued vehicle passes will be required ....

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
New Bill from Guam Delegate to Legalize Cockfighting in U.S. Territories
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 1686 Views :: Agriculture, Congressional Delegation, Drugs

... Similar legislation has been introduced by Delegate from Puerto Rico and attracted no support from any sitting U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative from the states ....

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
​UH President Lassner announces plans to retire
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 1514 Views :: Higher Education

... University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner plans to retire at the end of 2024, after what will be more than a decade in the position ....

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Can BJ Penn tap out broken zoning code?
By News Release @ 4:24 PM :: 3278 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

... the EP didn’t and doesn’t create any permanent change in government.  We need our legislature and county councils to do that ....

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Attorney Calls for Three Year Mortgage Deferral and Foreclosure Moratorium for Lahaina Homeowners
By News Release @ 4:17 PM :: 1900 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Federal regulations permit most homeowners a ninety day forbearance on the payment of their mortgages due to natural disaster. After that time, they must begin making payments again and also pay the three months of missed payments ....

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Monday, September 18, 2023
Green Orders 24-Hour Bum Patrol at Uncle Billy's Hotel
By News Release @ 9:12 PM :: 1864 Views :: Hawaii County , Homelessness, Drugs

... Vegetation around the property has been cleared and a perimeter fence has been constructed. However, several breaches of the newly installed fence have already occurred ....

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Monday, September 18, 2023
Turmoil at the Top: HEI Gets Bankruptcy Expert as Temporary New CFO
By News Release @ 8:04 PM :: 2582 Views :: Maui County, Energy

... Scott DeGhetto has been appointed EVP, CFO & treasurer of HEI, effective October 1, 2023 through approximately December 31, 2024. DeGhetto joins HEI from Moelis & Company ....

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Sunday, September 17, 2023
Hawaii Republicans Elect New Party Chair
By News Release @ 9:22 PM :: 1949 Views :: Republican Party

... Tamara McKay Chair, Kaulana Fenton Lee First Vice Chair ....

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Saturday, September 16, 2023
Six House Working Groups Investigate Lahaina Fires
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 1647 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government

... Each working group will produce a preliminary report by November 1 and deliver a final report by December 15, 2023 ....

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Saturday, September 16, 2023
Green Revises Housing Emergency Proclamation--calls it 'affordable'
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 1744 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... Here are some of the highlights:  Adds “affordable” housing to the title ....

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Saturday, September 16, 2023
Lahaina Death Toll Lowered from 115 To 97
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 1495 Views :: Maui County

... FBI released the fourth list of the names of 31 individuals who have been reported unaccounted for ....

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Saturday, September 16, 2023
New 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines offers enhanced protection
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 1568 Views :: COVID-19

... The new vaccines address the XBB-lineages of the Omicron variant that accounts for 99% of COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i ....

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
More than 11% of workers in Maui County file for unemployment after deadly wildfires
By News Release @ 7:21 PM :: 1605 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... There have been 10,448 new claims for unemployment in Maui County in the four weeks since the fires struck ....

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
Maui Fires: US House Committee Sets Oversight Hearing
By News Release @ 4:12 PM :: 1908 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment, Congressional Delegation

... The hearing will take place on September 28, 2023, and the following individuals are expected to testify ....

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
Lawsuit: Green Greed behind Lahaina Deaths
By News Release @ 2:57 PM :: 4495 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Greenmail

... between 2019 and 2022, Hawaiian Electric invested less than $245,000 on wildfire-specific projects on the island. Instead of spending necessary funds to prevent fires caused by its equipment, Hawaiian Electric instead spent millions of dollars towards efforts to achieve a 100 percent renewable energy goal, which earned the Company bonuses that the Company’s executives used to increase their own compensation ....

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
Hawaii: Bothered by Cost of Living?  Wait ‘til you see Cost of Dying
By News Release @ 2:47 PM :: 1711 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... second highest cost of funerals and end-of-life medical care ....

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Can Hawaii Republicans Stop Vexatious Litigants?
By News Release @ 5:43 AM :: 2067 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party

"... Honolulu County Chair Steve Lipscomb, former State Chair candidate Charlotte Rosecrans, and former Vice-Chair and interim State Chair Lohi Goodman  dishonestly presented themselves to party members as candidates for leadership  without disclosing they signed the petition to remove Republicans from the Hawaii ballot...." 

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Monday, September 11, 2023
Bribery: Last DPP Criminal Sentenced
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 2400 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development

... employees of the DPP took bribes in exchange for performing official acts at DPP .... 

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Sunday, September 10, 2023
Hawaii Republicans set Presidential Caucus for Tuesday March 12, 2024
By News Release @ 7:22 PM :: 3072 Views :: Republican Party

... VOTE: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 -- 6pm to 8pm ....

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Sunday, September 10, 2023
HELP: Student Loans to be repaid for Medical Professionals who Commit to Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:29 PM :: 2185 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education

... $30 million in educational loan debt repayment to health professionals licensed or otherwise certified to practice in and provide care to patients in Hawai‘i ....

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Sunday, September 10, 2023
Lahaina Fire: MedQuest Stops Terminations
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 1725 Views :: Maui County, Health Care

... coverage will continue through at least the end of this year without interruption except for those who voluntarily ask Med-QUEST to end their coverage, those who have moved out of state or those who are deceased ....

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Friday, September 8, 2023
DoE Employee Convicted of Theft
By News Release @ 5:58 AM :: 2084 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics

... falsifying DOE mileage and parking forms and using DOE purchase orders and a “P-Card” to steal more than $7,000 from the DOE ....

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Friday, September 8, 2023
Kunia Woman Arraigned on Scheme to Defraud Pandemic Unemployment Recipients
By News Release @ 5:55 AM :: 1841 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement, COVID-19

... Vakameilalo allegedly changed the bank account she previously had designated to receive the PUA unemployment benefit payments from the claimant’s bank account to her own ....

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Friday, September 8, 2023
Medeiros Resigns: Governor Blames Threats from BJ Penn
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 3895 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use, Republican Party

"...Threats have been made against me, loved ones who don’t even work for the government, and even children...."

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
Lahaina Fires: House Forms Working Groups
By News Release @ 12:00 AM :: 1679 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government

... to formulate recommendations for the upcoming session, which begins January 17, 2024 ....

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Soft on Crime: Hirono, Schatz Nominate Public Defender for Federal Bench
By News Release @ 10:15 PM :: 1743 Views :: Judiciary

... nearly two decades as a public defender—Judge Shanlyn A.S. Park ....

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Next Tech Fail: State Signs Giant Procurement Revamp Contract
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 1554 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Hawaii signs a multi-year agreement to use mdf commerce's advanced procurement technology suite to digitize and streamline its end-to-end procurement process ....

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Lawyers: "Bishop Estate Caused Lahaina Fire"
By News Release @ 2:45 PM :: 3355 Views :: Maui County, Land Use

... landowners knew how dangerous it was to have that huge volume of dry grass next to subdivisions, and could have saved hundreds of lives at cost of less than $1,000 per acre to cut the brush ....

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Lahaina: Former Rentals available to replace burned cars
By News Release @ 3:07 AM :: 1748 Views :: Maui County, Tourism

... If you have comprehensive coverage (also known as “other than collision”) on your automobile insurance policy, submit a claim ....

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Lahaina: Insurance Companies to Pay Out to Coverage Limits?
By News Release @ 2:49 AM :: 1725 Views :: Maui County

... Maui Attorney Lance D. Collins has formally requested that Hawai'i Insurance Commissioner Gordon Ito call upon property insurance companies to pay out 100% of coverage limits ....

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
CNHA Buys Another Apartment Building--No New Affordable Units Created
By News Release @ 4:28 AM :: 2051 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, COVID-19

... “Our goal is to build equity and acquire more properties"  ....

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Monday, September 4, 2023
Lahaina: Those who Labor are Heavy Laden
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 1541 Views :: Maui County, Labor

... deploying with the Red Cross from Big Island to Maui to serve displaced residents ....

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Monday, September 4, 2023
DBEDT: Visitor Recovery continues Thru July
By News Release @ 8:17 PM :: 1496 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... 932,713 visitors arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in July 2023, an increase of 1.5 percent from July 2022 ....

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