Maui County

... the climate litigation campaign has proven unsuccessful and is counterproductive .... 

...Hawaii County's median listing price decreased by 10%....

...SB2140 relating to taxation, extending the period in which a county may adopt a surcharge on state GE Tax ... to June 30, 2021....

...here's what happens when the police are allowed to enforce the law....

...Maui burglar sentenced to 46 months of prison after pleading guilty to possession of stolen firearms....

...Maui Electric purchased the assets of the Lanai City power plant in 1988....

...a civil fine of $20,000 plus $10,000 per day for each day the unlawful operation persists....

...District Family Judge, Second Circuit and District Judge, District Court of the Second Circuit....

...On an idle Wednesday this last week, a thunderclap of a bulletin came across the 5:00 p.m. local news....

...Kaheawa Wind Power II increases incidental take for the Hawaiian hoary bat from 11 to 38 adults (345% increase), and for the Hawaiian goose from 30 to 44 adults (147% increase) during the remaining 20-year permit....

...the government agreed to dismiss two felony charges for unlawfully transporting and storing hazardous waste at locations on Maui and Moloka’i....

...Who’s going to pay all these attorneys? They don’t work for free....

...It all turns on the language of the Clean Water Act, and what does the term "from" mean....

“...There are more than 500,000 similar underground injection wells in the country and nearly 6,000 in Hawaii alone....”

...The community event, called E Ola I Ka Wai: Elevating Advocacy to Protect Our Precious Waters, is a partnership between OHA and the Waiwai Collective....

..."Their questions were insightful, and I felt that they truly understood the complexity of the issues in this case and the potential effects of the expansion of the Clean Water Act on governmental entities and private properties.”....

...Chumbley said vandalism has occurred on Wailuku Water Co. land before, typically during “periods of high emotions and reactions"....

...there’s only one problem, the bonds have already expired.... 

... If this were federal court with its Article III case and controversy standing requirements, we'd bet the court might have a difficult time finding standing. But this is a Hawaii court applying Hawaii law, and anyone who might be able to allege even "butterfly effect" linkage to the desired outcome has a very good argument for standing ....

...Mayor Victorino Announces Planned Lawsuit....

...SCOTUS Oral Argument Hinges On Internal Dispute Over Who Can Settle....

...The Trump administration announced that it had finalized its repeal of President Barack Obama’s infamous 2015 Clean Water Rule....

...The effects of the Ninth Circuit Court’s expansion of the Clean Water Act on our already tight housing market could be severe....

...meanwhile at public schools girls don't have locker rooms for trannies to push their way in to....

...He has been charged with attempted perjury, attempted hindering prosecution in the first degree, and tampering with a witness....

...The average Oahu driver spends 64 hours in congestion each year....

...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....

...Kauai is looking at a budget increase of 10.7%; Honolulu, 8.6%; Maui 8.1%; and Hawaii County 12.7%....

...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....

...the memo contradicts arguments EPA and the Department of Justice made on the same case three years ago....

...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy....

...Madame Pele shows the way to solve homelessness--APPLY MORE FORCE....

...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....

...Killing this bill sends $62M from A&B to Mahi Pono which has its staff larded up with anti-GMO activists....

...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....

...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....

...The Circuit Court of the Second Circuit (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai) is seeking applications for independent grand jury counsel for 2019 to 2020....

...Maui’s attorneys argue the Ninth Circuit’s “radical expansion of point source permitting” goes beyond the CWA’s scope....

... the DOFAW hearing will be held at 7:00 pm on February 15, 2019 at Kula Elementary School, 5000 Kula Highway in Kula ....

...Would You Pay $10 for Maui Beachfront Land?....

...The company has been ordered to pay a penalty of $230,000 and construct a new wastewater treatment plant....

...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....

...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....

...All of A&B's existing agricultural personnel will be offered positions with Mahi Pono....

...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....

...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.... 

...We continue with our series about a timeshare association suing the county, with the county then back assessing the association for $10 million.... 

...The requested total bat take is 140 bats (119 in addition to the 21 authorized).... 

...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....

...Timeshare association sues county; county then back assesses association for $10 million....