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Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
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So Many Pools, So Little Truth: Inside Maui’s Water Crisis Theater
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 PM :: 1402 Views :: Maui County, Development, Tourism
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... The only cited support was a comparison of empty non-owner occupied second homes in one phase of the Wailea Palms property to another phase that allows short-term rentals ....
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Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
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Need $600K? Maui County Launches New Federally Funded Fire Recovery Program
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 643 Views :: Maui County
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... Hoʻokumu Hou programs are open to individuals and families who meet eligibility requirements that include income limits and loss of property during the 2023 Maui wildfires. ...
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Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
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Maui County Clears Out Homeless Meth Addicts (again)
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 586 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness, Drugs
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... Work crews encountered unsanitary conditions including rat infestations, feces and maggots ....
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Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
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Green Issues Emergency Proclamation for Wildfire Season
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 405 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Military
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... Hawaiʻi National Guard’s Operation Hoʻopauahi to Improve Emergency Response Time ....
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Friday, July 18, 2025 |
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Maui lawmakers give green light to food trucks and kitchenettes
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:14 PM :: 444 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Development, Small Business
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... the Planning Commission backs a bill that would make it easier for B&Bs destroyed in the 2023 fires to rebuild ....
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Friday, July 18, 2025 |
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Two Indicted for Fraudulent FEMA Claims for Lahaina Fire
By News Release @ 1:35 AM :: 704 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... Daylyn Harris, 34, and Chelsea Johnson, 32, of Honolulu, Hawaii, were arrested on July 15, 2025 ....
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Thursday, July 17, 2025 |
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Insurance Companies Dumping Single-Wall Homes
By Selected News Articles @ 12:21 PM :: 1776 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... single-wall construction is considered structurally inferior in hurricane-prone areas ....
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Thursday, July 17, 2025 |
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Scott Saiki Appointed Insurance Commissioner
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 577 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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... As Speaker, Saiki Co-chaired the Governor’s Executive and Legislative Condo and Property Insurance Task Force ....
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025 |
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Green Signs $4B Lahaina Settlement Bill
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 763 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Development
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... House Bill 1001 (Act 301) establishes the Maui Wildfires Settlement Trust Fund ....
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025 |
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Maui Bill 76: Restore Farmers' Food Truck Rights
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:22 PM :: 512 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Small Business
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... Before the Planning Department’s rule change, Maui County residents could operate food trucks “by right” on their own properties in agricultural districts ....
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025 |
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Maui County Sewer Rates Jump 9%
By News Release @ 7:57 PM :: 446 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living
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... sewer user fees have increased by an overall average of 9% for Fiscal Year 2026, which started on July 1, 2025 ....
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Saturday, July 5, 2025 |
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Testimony: Bill 9 Debunked by Former AG David Louie
By Video @ 3:14 AM :: 2760 Views :: Maui County, Development, Small Business, Tourism
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... short-term rentals have been lawful, residential uses in these districts for decades ....
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Monday, June 30, 2025 |
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Maui Police Launch Digital Firearms Registration System
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 699 Views :: Maui County, Second Amendment
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... individuals can apply for firearm purchase permits, carry licenses, and register locally-acquired firearms —all through a secure, user-friendly digital platform ....
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Sunday, June 29, 2025 |
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Ethics Complaint Exposes Ties Between Maui Councilmembers, Lahaina Charity Fraud, and Lobbyists
By News Release @ 7:49 PM :: 4739 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Tourism, Drugs
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... the organization has a history of threatening and attempting to intimidate anyone who speaks out against them ....
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Friday, June 27, 2025 |
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Lahaina Maui HI - DRONE Update - June 2025 - Is there ANY Progress ???
By Video @ 3:51 PM :: 947 Views :: Maui County, Development
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Lahaina Maui HI - DRONE Update - June 2025 - Is there ANY Progress ???
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Thursday, June 26, 2025 |
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Inflexible policies continue to hinder Lahaina wildfire recovery
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:38 PM :: 829 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... almost two years after the fires, fewer than two dozen homes have been rebuilt ....
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025 |
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Lahaina fire rebuild will be complete in 2038 at current pace
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 PM :: 899 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... Maui is averaging just under 21 approved permits per month ....
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Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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County of Maui, HUD sign $1.6B grant agreement for disaster relief
By News Release @ 3:09 PM :: 754 Views :: Maui County
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... the County recommends that residents who lost homes in the fires or renters who were displaced by the fires begin preparing to apply ....
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Friday, June 20, 2025 |
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AG Terminates Lahaina Investigation
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 768 Views :: Maui County
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... Attorney General Lopez also announced the official transition of future wildfire analysis, mitigation and coordination efforts to the new state fire marshal and the Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO) ....
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Monday, June 9, 2025 |
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Lahaina: Hotel Unions, HSTA Join with Meth Gang to Demand Seizure of Vacation Rentals
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 1784 Views :: Maui County, Development, Tourism
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... The Lahaina fire is an opportunity to exploit. The hotel unions and the hotels want the TVR business all for themselves ....
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Sunday, June 8, 2025 |
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Maui Council approves tax-rate hikes
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:00 PM :: 785 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... overall, Maui taxpayers will still see their tax bills go up in 2026 because of a combination of higher tax rates and assessments ....
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Saturday, June 7, 2025 |
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"Diversified ag" rhetoric doesn't match reality
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:19 PM :: 1090 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Small Business, Tourism
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... Two bills that would relax some of these regulations passed out of a Maui County Council committee just this week ....
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Saturday, May 31, 2025 |
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Next Tulsi? Mrs Kaniela Ing Finally makes the Big Time--with the Trump Administration!
By Andrew Walden @ 2:36 AM :: 2398 Views :: Maui County, Politicians
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... The report -- larded up with Jabola-Carolus' usual lurid sex claims -- repeatedly cites activists from meth-connected Lahaina Strong to sell the idea that 1-in-6 fire survivors had to trade sex for food ....
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Friday, May 23, 2025 |
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Grassroot Council Testimony: Cutting Red Tape to Build Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:55 PM :: 846 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Maui County, Development, Small Business
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... testimony before Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Kaua‘i and Maui county councils or planning commissions ....
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Saturday, May 17, 2025 |
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UHERO: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Maui’s Immigrant Community
By UHERO @ 2:53 AM :: 799 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living
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... Most participants work in low-wage, non-unionized jobs—often seasonal or gig-based—in sectors like hospitality, domestic work, and landscaping ....
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Friday, May 16, 2025 |
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Hawaii governor defends emergency housing powers at state Supreme Court
By Court House News @ 5:46 AM :: 1497 Views :: Maui County, Development, Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... a case challenging Governor Josh Green's use of emergency powers to address the state's affordable housing crisis ....
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Thursday, May 15, 2025 |
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Missing Meth Money a Conflict of Interest for Bissen Appointee?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 5733 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Drugs
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... when authorities raided the Kiakona compound, a mere $140,000 of cash was seized, along with 2 pounds of crystal meth and multiple firearms. Where are the rest of the millions? ....
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025 |
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UHERO: 75% of Hawaii Households Cannot Afford Mortgage
By UHERO @ 4:21 PM :: 1497 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... The pace of new housing construction remains historically low. Housing permitting times continue to be long, especially in Honolulu and Maui ....
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025 |
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Disasters? Hawaii Still not Ready
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 1206 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii among 13 states ranked low for emergency readiness ....
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025 |
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Legislature Delivers Progress for Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:35 PM :: 905 Views :: Maui County, Development, Taxes
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“I want him to sign the historic review bills, the impact fee bill, the permit bill.”
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Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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Grassroot: Akina gives Legislature a 'B-'
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:18 PM :: 1135 Views :: Maui County, Development, Taxes
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... SB1296 will allow most Lahaina residents in the area’s Special Management Area to rebuild without having to go through the burdensome SMA permitting process ....
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Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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Peeling away regulations that hinder homebuilding
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:06 PM :: 1261 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... rebuilding Lahaina ....
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025 |
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SCR198: Screwed out of Subrogation, Insurers Urged to Serve Legislature's Agenda by Suing Big Oil
By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 1521 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment, Ethics
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"...We kicked your butt and took your subrogation money. Now you work for us and serve our agenda by wasting your time on yet another bogus climate change lawsuit filed by Sher-Edling, of course...."
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Friday, April 25, 2025 |
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Lahaina sewer system 100% restored
By News Release @ 2:14 PM :: 850 Views :: Maui County
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... When County crews began work on sewer repairs in April 2024, approximately 1,822 lots had inactive sewer service ....
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Monday, April 21, 2025 |
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SB1296: Apply rebuilding waivers to all Lahaina fire victims
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:09 PM :: 1099 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... SB1296 seeks to exempt buildings anywhere in Hawaii destroyed by a disaster from needing a Special Management Area permit to rebuild ....
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Friday, April 18, 2025 |
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SB1166: Hawaii Democrats Cooking Up Another Climate Lawfare Scheme
By Selected News Articles @ 4:54 PM :: 1721 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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“...provide a new, specific cause of action...."
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025 |
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025 |
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Court backs mosquito suppression plan to save Hawaii’s rare birds
By Court House News @ 4:02 AM :: 1156 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... mosquito “birth control” in Maui forests ....
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Sunday, April 13, 2025 |
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WSJ: Lahaina's Lessons for Los Angeles
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:03 PM :: 1265 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... how intractable regulations have delayed rebuilding in Lahaina ....
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Friday, April 11, 2025 |
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Kauai, Maui zoning changes would help farmers, food trucks
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:23 PM :: 1380 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Agriculture, Small Business
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... Lawmakers on Kaua‘i and Maui are considering bills that would increase income opportunities for farmers and other small businesses ....
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025 |
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Lahaina Ferry Pier Rebuild Named Best of 2024
By News Release @ 2:46 PM :: 1527 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Maui’s Lahaina Small Boat Harbor Ferry Pier Improvements was named one of the most significant construction projects of 2024 ....
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025 |
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10 reasons Lahaina rebuilding has been so depressingly slow
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:52 PM :: 1492 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... only 341 permits to rebuild have been issued as of the end of March 2025, and only eight homes have been completed ....
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 |
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Maui transient vacation rental phaseout means fewer jobs
By UHERO @ 1:59 PM :: 1099 Views :: Maui County, Land Use, Tourism
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... the policy could also reduce visitor spending by nearly $900 million annually, resulting in job and income losses, declining property values and an estimated $60 million drop in county property tax revenues ....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 |
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Green Appoints Water Commissioner and Circuit Court Judges
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 2073 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Development, Judiciary, Land Use
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... Governor Green has nominated three Circuit Court Judges in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit and Hannah Kihalani Springer to the Commission on Water Resource Management ....
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Sunday, March 30, 2025 |
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New maps improve Hawaiʻi’s wildfire risk warnings
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 1347 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government
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... these maps provide a daily, high-resolution look at the most current fire ignition risks statewide ....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025 |
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Feds Release $2.5M to Reimburse Nonprofit for Shuttered Lahaina Jobs Program
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 1007 Views :: Maui County, Labor
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... temporary jobs focused on cleaning up debris and repairing damage caused by the fires ....
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