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Saturday, August 19, 2023 |
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Jones Act among protectionist U.S. policies that will drive up cost of rebuilding Lahaina
By Cato Foundation @ 11:09 PM :: 1877 Views :: Maui County, Jones Act
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... protectionist U.S. policies will inflate the cost of the island’s rebuilding effort ....
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Saturday, August 19, 2023 |
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Let's stay focused on helping Lahaina fire victims--Eventually the Facts Will Come Out
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:06 PM :: 1941 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Taxes
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- waiving property taxes for the affected property owners
- clearing the way for out-of-state medical professionals to attend to the needs of those affected by the tragedy
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Saturday, August 19, 2023 |
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DOD, FEMA Fully Engaged in Maui Recovery and Assistance Efforts
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 1727 Views :: Maui County, Military
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... DOD has 691 personnel in Maui who are engaged in planning, synchronizing and coordinating support to FEMA and the state of Hawaii. ...
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Saturday, August 19, 2023 |
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VIDEO: Green Address on Lahaina Fire, Rebuild
By Video @ 5:23 AM :: 1816 Views :: Maui County, Development
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"...The land in Lāhainā is reserved for its people as they return and rebuild...."
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Friday, August 18, 2023 |
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Hawaii’s Green Agenda Primed State for One of the Deadliest Wildfires in History
By Selected News Articles @ 6:22 PM :: 2905 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... it wasn't climate change--it was anti-climate change policies ....
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Friday, August 18, 2023 |
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FBI Helping Collect DNA to Locate and Identify Missing Persons in Lahaina
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 1647 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement
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... asking all immediate family members—parents, siblings, and children—of those who are still missing to provide DNA samples ....
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Friday, August 18, 2023 |
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Sue Big Oil Lawyers: Biden Should Exploit Lahaina Visit to Make us Rich
By News Release @ 3:39 PM :: 2256 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... Biden Has Voiced Support for Similar 'Sue Big Oil' Cases ....
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Thursday, August 17, 2023 |
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VIDEO: Hawaii Official Who Allegedly Withheld Water From Firefighters Says ‘Equity’ Comes First
By Video @ 11:55 PM :: 4991 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Ethics, Higher Education
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... A Hawaiian Studies major, Kaleo prefers a traditional, holistic "One Water" approach where water is revered, not used. Water requires "true conversations about equity" ....
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Thursday, August 17, 2023 |
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DOD Personnel Working With Hawaii, FEMA Officials to Speed Relief to Maui
By News Release @ 10:52 PM :: 1215 Views :: Maui County, Military
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... Almost 700 DOD personnel and 140 Coast Guardsmen are part of the coordinated response to the Maui wildfires ....
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Thursday, August 17, 2023 |
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Andaya Quits: Was at Oahu 'Networking Event' as Lahaina Burned
By News Release @ 10:37 PM :: 2895 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... “It’s a good ol’ boy network. This time it cost lives.” ….
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Thursday, August 17, 2023 |
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Lahaina Fire too Hot to Handle? Attorney General to hire outside firm to review decision-making
By News Release @ 9:00 PM :: 3089 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County
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... The decision not to conduct a criminal investigation is a key element of the strategy to protect HECO from the fate that befell PG&E after the Camp Fire ....
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Thursday, August 17, 2023 |
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Realtors 'Cautioned' on Pressuring Lahaina Property Owners for Sales
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 2095 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Small Business
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... According to sources, these people have been cold-calling landowners in an attempt to purchase properties from those injured and to take advantage of their vulnerable situation ....
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Thursday, August 17, 2023 |
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Maui: Tense Officials Defensive Over Failure to Sound Siren Alert
By Selected News Articles @ 8:35 PM :: 1827 Views :: Maui County
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... tense as city and state officials shot back at questions from reporters over why sirens were not activated ....
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Thursday, August 17, 2023 |
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Bissen: Property Taxes Waived for Maui Fire Victims
By Selected News Articles @ 7:18 PM :: 1797 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... Anyone who has paid their taxes will receive a refund ....
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Thursday, August 17, 2023 |
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State Energy Officials: Hawaiian Electric Prioritized Green-Energy Push over Wildfire Prevention
By Selected News Articles @ 2:01 PM :: 3875 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... Hawaiian Electronic consequently invested less than a quarter-of-a-million dollars on wildfire-related projects ....
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Thursday, August 17, 2023 |
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DLNR 'Reassigns' Hawaiian Activist Who Delayed Water Resupply for Lahaina Fire
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 5145 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Greenmail, Land Use, OHA
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... 'Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner' at DLNR is transferred to new job after allegedly prioritizing taro patch over Lahaina firefighting ....
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Wednesday, August 16, 2023 |
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Wednesday, August 16, 2023 |
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Green: "Its going to be a very long time before any housing can be built"
By News Release @ 2:50 PM :: 2612 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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"We’ll also invest state resources to preserve and protect this land for our people; not for any development"
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Wednesday, August 16, 2023 |
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County releases first confirmed identifications of Maui Wildfire Disaster victims
By News Release @ 2:07 AM :: 1698 Views :: Maui County
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- Total fatalities: 106
- Identified and notified: Two individuals of 106
- Identified and not notified: Three individuals of 106
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Tuesday, August 15, 2023 |
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Federal Resource Fair for Those Impacted by Maui Fires
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 1803 Views :: Maui County, Congressional Delegation
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... Maui Economic Development Board’s Malcolm Center, Kihei, Saturday, August 19, 2023 -- 1:00pm to 5:00pm ....
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Tuesday, August 15, 2023 |
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Lahaina: Rise with Grace
By Joni Kamiya @ 8:55 PM :: 1920 Views :: Maui County, GMOs
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... We can’t be shattered and split by opinions and savvy social media posts with catchy slogans but focused on working as one to build a better and more resilient community ....
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Tuesday, August 15, 2023 |
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HECO Suits: Two Vacant Hawaii Supreme Court Seats Loom Large
By Robert Thomas @ 8:38 PM :: 3254 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... Hawaii certainly has not adopted the California model of inverse condemnation liability for wildfires. So this will be a case of first impression ....
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Tuesday, August 15, 2023 |
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Just the Beginning: S&P Downgrades Hawaiian Electric to Junk
By News Release @ 4:18 PM :: 2209 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... CreditWatch placement with negative implications reflects the potential for additional downgrades of one or more notches within the coming months ....
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Tuesday, August 15, 2023 |
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Lawsuit: HECO Should Have Depowered Lines
By Selected News Articles @ 12:45 PM :: 2120 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... Hawaiian Electric’s stock plunged 34% following the suits ....
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Tuesday, August 15, 2023 |
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"We would probably see a mass exodus from Maui."
By Selected News Articles @ 12:40 PM :: 2440 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Tourism
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... "It would be potentially catastrophic if no one traveled to the island," Green said ....
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Monday, August 14, 2023 |
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Housing task force created for Maui victims as death toll climbs
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 1910 Views :: Maui County
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... Green said a temporary housing task force is working to secure housing for Maui victims and rescue workers ....
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Sunday, August 13, 2023 |
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Maui Crisis: A Time to Help
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:26 PM :: 2102 Views :: Maui County, OHA
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... the outpouring of compassion that we are witnessing from the people of Hawai‘i is the silver lining through the dark cloud of despair ....
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Sunday, August 13, 2023 |
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Lahaina Fires Red Cross and FEMA: Where to Volunteer, How to get Help
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 7495 Views :: Maui County
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... More than 220 trained American Red Cross disaster workers — from Maui, other Hawaiian islands and all corners of the country — are helping now with more on their way ....
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Sunday, August 13, 2023 |
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Lahaina Search only 3% Done--death toll stands at 93
By Video @ 1:35 AM :: 2316 Views :: Maui County
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... Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said cadaver dogs have searched just 3% of the hardest-hit areas, and asked those with missing loved ones to provide DNA samples ....
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Saturday, August 12, 2023 |
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FEMA: 2,207 Structures Damaged in Lahaina Fire
By News Release @ 8:55 PM :: 2259 Views :: Maui County
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... the Lahaina Fire resulted in an estimated total of 2,719 structures exposed; 2,207 structures damaged or destroyed; and 2,170 acres burned. 86 percent of buildings exposed to the fire were classified as residential ....
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Saturday, August 12, 2023 |
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Saturday, August 12, 2023 |
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Maui wildfire search and rescue continues as community decries government response
By Court House News @ 2:21 PM :: 1704 Views :: Maui County
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... Hawaii officials are facing criticism, and a review, of their handling of wildfires on Maui that have become the deadliest natural disaster in the Hawaii history ....
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Saturday, August 12, 2023 |
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City to temporarily suspend short-term vacation rental laws in response to Maui wildfires
By News Release @ 3:39 AM :: 2268 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Blangiardi directed DPP to suspend the short-term vacation rental 30–day minimum rental period requirement to increase the availability of temporary housing on Oʻahu ....
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Friday, August 11, 2023 |
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'All of Lahaina Gone': 89 Dead, 100s Missing, 1,700 Buildings Destroyed
By Video @ 11:59 PM :: 4318 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... Green described Lahaina as “total devastation,” estimating that about 80% of the town was destroyed, with hundreds of families displaced. He added that the damage to property will be in the “billions of dollars.” ....
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Friday, August 11, 2023 |
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OHA: Lahaina Fires Caused by 'Western Forces'
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 2783 Views :: Maui County, OHA
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... The fires are in part due to the climate crisis, a history of colonialism in our islands, and the loss of our right to steward our ʻāina and wai. ....
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Friday, August 11, 2023 |
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Lahaina Fire Recovery: How You Can Help
By News Release @ 9:00 PM :: 2168 Views :: Maui County
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... donate to Hawaii Community Foundation “Maui Strong Fund” and the Hawaii Red Cross ....
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Friday, August 11, 2023 |
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Maui, Oahu COVID Hospitalizations Up
By News Release @ 3:06 PM :: 2283 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, COVID-19
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... the hospital admission rate for Honolulu and Maui counties increased to 10.4 new COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people ....
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Thursday, August 10, 2023 |
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VIDEO: Hawaii National Guard Fights Fires, Biden Declares Disaster
By News Release @ 6:15 PM :: 2290 Views :: Maui County, Military
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... The National Guard has activated 134 troops — including 99 Army National Guard personnel and 35 Air National Guard personnel — to assist in the in the ongoing local and federal wildfire response efforts ....
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Thursday, August 10, 2023 |
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Historic Maui town in ruins after wildfires
By Court House News @ 6:00 AM :: 1785 Views :: Maui County
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... Officials have confirmed 53 fatalities in the devastating wildfires that destroyed Lahaina and have yet to be fully contained ....
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Wednesday, August 9, 2023 |
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53 Dead: People Jump in Water as Fire Burns Thru Historic Lahaina Town
By Video @ 12:48 PM :: 4391 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... Much of historic Lahaina town destroyed as huge wildfire sends people fleeing into water ....
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Thursday, August 3, 2023 |
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Maui Leads Statewide Push for counties to increase their TAT surcharges
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:15 PM :: 2574 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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... approving for inclusion in the 2024 Hawaii State Association of Counties legislative package a state bill relating to the county transient accommodations tax ....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2023 |
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Healthcare Crisis on the Island of Molokaʻi
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:00 PM :: 2517 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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... Imagine an island with no doctors permanently living there, where patients must travel by air to access specialized medical care ....
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Sunday, July 30, 2023 |
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Getting Kids to School in Kihei
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2399 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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... In early 2020, when DoE approached Maui County for permits, it said that the design of the pedestrian overpass was already started and projected for it to be built in 2022 and 2023 ....
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Wednesday, July 19, 2023 |
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Bill 49: Maui GET surcharge could eliminate jobs, reduce growth
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:20 AM :: 1990 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... 0.5% county surcharge to the state’s 4% general excise tax for the purpose of funding “housing infrastructure” ....
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023 |
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Maui GE Tax increase guaranteed to hurt poorer residents
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:17 PM :: 1480 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... increase the tax burden, risk losing nearly 300 jobs for residents and lower economic output in the county by $49 million a year ....
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023 |
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Feds Back Hawaii Sterile Mosquito Plan
By News Release @ 5:59 PM :: 2091 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Environment
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... Implementing cutting-edge strategies to control and eradicate invasive mosquitoes that spread avian malaria, which has ravaged Hawaiian forest bird populations ....
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Monday, June 26, 2023 |
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Grassroot Institute urges Maui Council to reject higher tax burden
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:40 PM :: 2182 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... A proposed 0.5% county surcharge added to the state's 4% rate would jack up the cost of living, cost jobs and harm productivity ....
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023 |
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Oil Spills: EPA Hammers Pacific Biodiesel
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 2176 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... Failure to implement measures required by the SPCC Rule can threaten public health or the welfare of fish and other wildlife ....
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023 |
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Maui Mayor accepting applications to Independent Nomination Board
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 1870 Views :: Maui County
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... The application deadline is 4:30 p.m. June 29 ....
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