DHHL

... In June 2022, the State Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) designated the Lahaina Aquifer Sector Area as both a ground and surface water management area ....

"...government-to-sovereign consultations between the Department and the Native Hawaiian Community, to include Native Hawaiian Organizations...."

... The project will cost $155 million to develop ....

... Event Marks the Department’s Largest Agricultural Offering in Nearly 40 Years ....

... Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Director Kali Watson signs first-of-its-kind building permit ....

“yet another attempt at serial litigation by the Hee enterprises”

... starting Friday, July 19, 2024 at 3 p.m. .....

... Al Hee was convicted was criminal tax fraud in 2016, which resulted in the FCC and HPUC stripping SIC’s ability to receive USF subsidies ....

... An SIC service outage would also affect DHHL’s phone service...the department has established an interim call center for lessees ....

...At a May 20, 2024, US Marshall’s Auction on the steps of the Honolulu Federal Courthouse, Hawaiian Tel won ownership of the former assets of Sandwich Isles Communications....

...the homestead associations he championed in his first decade of service were multi-ethnic groups seeking the fee-simple ownership of land promised in the Hawaii Organic Act....

... 100 years later, only 9,800 homesteads have been opened and 28,000 Native Hawaiians remain on a waitlist ....

... working group to oversee DHHL's execution of funds pursuant to Act 279 ....

... This partnership between OHA and DHHL is a positive start, but there are other possibilities worth exploring such as ....

... Schatz-Authored Provision Of Inflation Reduction Act Funds New Kapapahuliau Climate Resilience Program ....

... One of the longest running court cases in modern history is Kalima v. State ....

... fully and finally resolving all outstanding challenges in the Kalima litigation ....

"...Sixty lots have been acquired so far....”

... Governor Josh Green, M.D., has announced several appointees to state boards and commissions ....

... They need to spend money.  Quickly ....

... Subsistence agricultural lots are also slated for development in Honokōwai, Maui, Anahola, Kauaʻi and Honomū on Hawaiʻi Island ....

... funding may be used to provide rental assistance to Native Hawaiians living on or off the Hawaiian Home Lands ....

... All proposals must but be submitted by July 31, 2023 ....

... The latest leftist fad has already become a 'deeply held cultural belief' ....

... $101.7 million investment in the Hawaiʻi Subsea Middle Mile Program to address the subsea cable infrastructure needed to provide high-speed internet access to the islands ....

“...egregiously long, unnecessarily complex, and confusing....”

... an average of $15K each to 8,625 households ....

... Big Island lawyers facing the possibility of Federal Penitentiary after allegedly scamming Hawaii County Affordable Housing credits may have one question on their mind ....

... From 1995 to 1998, Watson coordinated the development of more than 3,100 residential lots on Hawaiian Home Lands, as well as legislative funding and approval of the (previous) $600 million settlement between the state and DHHL ....

... remember Al Hee?  The first in the current wave of Hawaii corruption cases, Hee's indictment was handed down on the exact second anniversary of Dan Inouye's death ....

... CNHA: Josh Green will Give us Tourism Contract ....

... Na Po’e Kokua failed to show it represents individuals seeking to recover loan funding meant for Native Hawaiian homelands ....

... “His misrepresentation of the commission’s viewpoints on the $600 million plan significantly influenced my decision.” ....

... On Oct. 19, 2022, the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) announced that it would host its first-ever consultation policy with the Native Hawaiian community. ...

... to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives no later than twenty days prior to the commencement of the Regular Session of 2024 ....

... a Maui-based 'nonprofit' filed a complaint seeking the funds ....

... Otherwise, the money goes back to the general fund ....

... Act 279 required DHHL to submit a strategic plan, including findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation, to the legislature by December 10, 2022 ....

... Governor Green recently announced the appointments of key cabinet and executive staff leadership roles, signaling the most expeditious assembling of a gubernatorial administration in the state’s history (behind a Carpenters Union chief of Staff) ....

"...this project is no longer financially viable under its current terms in the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) due to changing supply chain/market conditions, regulatory delays and final interconnection costs...."

“The Interior Department is committed to working with the Native Hawaiian Community on a government-to-sovereign basis to address concerns related to self-governance, Native Hawaiian trust resources, and other Native Hawaiian rights,” said Secretary Deb Haaland.

... On June 30, 2025, any of this money not contractually committed will drop back into our state general fund ....

... A summary of the 10 included proposals ....

... DHHL’s General Plan, updated every 20 years, establishes statewide policies that guide land management and programs over the next two decades ....

"...We’ve been renters all our lives...."

... In September 2021, the Hawaiian Homes Commission approved ten legislative proposals ....

... These hearings --Chaired by Sen Schatz-- were not announced anywhere.  Not by OHA, DHHL, CNHA, nor by any member of the Congressional delegation, nor by any news release from the Senate Indian Affairs Committee ....

... There are many success stories of Native Hawaiians benefiting from financial capital through the NHRLF ....

... Housing bills that will be sent to the Governor for his signature include ....

... The bill also includes a three (3) year lapse date, subject to reporting and evaluation of progress by the Legislature ....