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Saturday, November 2, 2024 |
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Aloha Stadium Contractor Selected from list of ... one
By News Release @ 3:04 AM :: 2116 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Higher Education, Tourism
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... Department of Accounting and General Services and the Stadium Authority announced the approval of Aloha Halawa District Partners (AHDP) as the preferred offeror for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District (NASED) ....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024 |
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Green Appoints Water Commissioner, Salary Commissioners
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 1677 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Development, OHA
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... appointment of V.R. Hinano Rodrigues to the Commission on Water Resource Management -- enviros call for Senate to reject nomination ....
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024 |
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Seven low-cost ways to speed up permitting in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:22 PM :: 1506 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii proposals are intended to help speed up permitting and relieve the Aloha State’s housing crisis ....
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Sunday, October 27, 2024 |
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‘Guest House’ bill accords with Kauai General Plan
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:53 AM :: 1537 Views :: Kauai County, Development
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“How to facilitate more homebuilding in Hawaii”
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Sunday, October 27, 2024 |
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Restoring old Lahaina won’t be possible without zoning changes
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:44 AM :: 1259 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Grassroot Institute of Hawaii supports Bill 105 (2024), which would modify how nonconforming structures and uses can be rebuilt or restored after being destroyed by a natural disaster ....
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Saturday, October 26, 2024 |
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Discussion: How to reduce permit delays
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:15 AM :: 2968 Views :: Development
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... In Hilo and Honolulu, experts will discuss Grassroot’s upcoming report detailing ways to speed up permitting and homebuilding ....
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Saturday, October 26, 2024 |
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Lahaina: FEMA Is Working To Place Temporary Housing Units on Privately Owned Vacant Lots
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 1262 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... FEMA is seeking to lease vacant lots from property owners who do not intend to rebuild on them within the next two to three years ....
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024 |
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Hawaii Bar: 'Property Rights & Regulatory Takings'
By Robert Thomas @ 8:44 PM :: 1469 Views :: Development, Judiciary, Land Use
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... Links And Materials From Hawaii Bar Association Takings Program ....
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Monday, October 21, 2024 |
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Maui County Releases Draft of Lahaina Long-Term Recovery Plan
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 1410 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... open houses to be held Oct. 23 and 26 ....
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Sunday, October 20, 2024 |
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Emergency: Stop Amending Building Codes
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:48 AM :: 1436 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government
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... Gov. Green steps in where Legislature faltered ....
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Saturday, October 19, 2024 |
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Saturday, October 19, 2024 |
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Just Build More Homes
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:37 PM :: 1442 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes
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... the key to resolving Hawaii’s housing crisis -- build more homes ....
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Saturday, October 19, 2024 |
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How old plumbing rules hinder homebuilding on Maui
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:29 PM :: 1140 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Maui county’s onerous water-meter regulations ....
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Friday, October 18, 2024 |
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FEMA unveils updated Flood Risk Maps for Oʻahu
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 3122 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... A formal appeal process is scheduled for spring 2025, with the updated maps expected to be finalized in 2026 ....
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Thursday, October 17, 2024 |
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Fixing Hawai`iʻs Housing Crisis - A Visit With Peter Savio
By Video @ 2:43 PM :: 1732 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Hawai`i homes are unaffordable, many Hawaiians and others have moved away and the ones still here are renters who work multiple jobs just to make ends meet ....
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Saturday, October 12, 2024 |
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Permitting nightmare on Big Island
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:04 PM :: 2504 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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"That's not possible. If the building permit doesn’t have a final, you would not have issued me a remodeling permit.”
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Friday, October 11, 2024 |
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Lahaina Survivors: FEMA to pay rent for another year
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 1291 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... The 18-month initial period of assistance for FEMA IHP was set to end Feb.10, 2025 but has now been extended to Feb. 10, 2026 ....
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Thursday, October 10, 2024 |
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Affordable Housing: Green Signs 9th Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 1487 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... The latest proclamation places a pause on the automatic adoption of county building codes ....
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Thursday, October 10, 2024 |
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Hawaii Home Prices up 342% -- over and above the rate of inflation
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 PM :: 4150 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii had the number one largest cost increase of any state in the country ....
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Sunday, October 6, 2024 |
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Imagine Maui being an even more expensive place to live than it is now
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:14 PM :: 2228 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... that’s a risk officials are taking by not actively clearing some of the most important legal barriers to rebuilding in Lahaina ....
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Saturday, October 5, 2024 |
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OHA Seeks Candidates for Burial Council Vacancies
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 1884 Views :: Development, Hawaii History, OHA
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... There are five island burial councils ....
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Saturday, October 5, 2024 |
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Hawaii is the Only U.S. State Not Investing in Manufactured Housing
By Selected News Articles @ 2:51 AM :: 3610 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... the average cost per square foot of a manufactured home was $87, roughly half of the $166 cost per square foot of a site-built home ....
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024 |
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DHHL Begins Signing its own Building Permits
By News Release @ 1:07 PM :: 3217 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Development
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... Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Director Kali Watson signs first-of-its-kind building permit ....
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 |
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After Kiddie Porn Indictment, Kamakana Villages Residents Demand New Management
By News Release @ 7:51 PM :: 2614 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government
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... In December 2023, the FBI conducted a raid of the managers’ apartment and the Lei Ohana office at Kamakana Villages, seizing computers and other items implicated in the production of child pornography ....
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 |
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Will rent stabilization reduce housing costs? Hardly.
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:50 AM :: 1832 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... Price control will always have the same effect: scarcity, a distorted market and higher prices ....
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Saturday, September 28, 2024 |
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Lahaina: DoE Abandons Kamehameha III School Site
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 1917 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Development
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... the existing site will become part of the ‘Venice of the Pacific’ water feature ....
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Friday, September 27, 2024 |
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
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Maui Planning Department launches expedited SMA exemption process for Lahaina parcels
By News Release @ 12:51 PM :: 1244 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... The link went live Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, and the Planning Department has 20 exemptions in the pipeline ....
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
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State Sues Homeowner as House Collapses into Ocean
By News Release @ 5:02 AM :: 1835 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Land Use
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... It also requests an order from the Court that provides the state owns the land clear of interest or claim by the defendant ....
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
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Tokuda: Committee Approves Bill to Make Lahaina Federally Controlled 'National Heritage Area'
By News Release @ 2:20 AM :: 3938 Views :: Maui County, Congressional Delegation, Development
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... In establishing a new NHA, Congress designates a local coordinating entity—usually nonfederal—to coordinate and oversee administration of the area ....
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Sunday, September 22, 2024 |
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Hawai‘i County Council takes big step toward adding more housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:23 PM :: 1926 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... allow up to three accessory dwelling units per lot in most residential and some agricultural zones ....
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Saturday, September 21, 2024 |
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New Administrator for SHPD
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 1653 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Jessica Puff has been chosen to lead the DLNR State Historical Preservation Division (SHPD), succeeding Dr. Alan Downer who retired earlier this year ....
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Thursday, September 19, 2024 |
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PRP Report: Silver Tsunami Creates Construction Workforce Shortfall
By News Release @ 4:27 PM :: 1569 Views :: Development, Labor
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... workforce development report called New Foundations: Laying the Groundwork for Hawai‘i’s Middle-class Renewal and Revival of the Trades ....
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Sunday, September 15, 2024 |
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Plumbing the depths of Maui’s housing shortage: Can small changes have a big impact?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:11 PM :: 1261 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... the department’s proposed recommendations will be brought to the Maui County Council in a couple of months ....
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Friday, September 13, 2024 |
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Debris cleared from 100 percent of residential properties in Lahaina Impact Zone
By News Release @ 12:08 AM :: 3313 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Rebuilding occurring on 20 residential properties, work continuing on commercial properties ....
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Monday, September 9, 2024 |
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Feds: “Housing on Maui is challenging to say the least."
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 3783 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... Temporary housing projects have been a priority for federal agencies while responding to the fires, yet temporary housing poses unintended consequences for the community ....
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Sunday, September 8, 2024 |
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“Everybody knows you’re probably going to die before you ever get to the top”
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:30 PM :: 2229 Views :: Maui County, Development, Small Business
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... Maui County’s extremely long wait times and high fees to obtain water meters and add fixtures ....
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Thursday, September 5, 2024 |
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Maui County Water Meter Rules Hinder Lahaina Rebuild
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:28 AM :: 5384 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... $4,200 on top of an additional $12,060 for the initial water meter ....
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Thursday, September 5, 2024 |
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Insurance Institute: How to make the New Lahaina More Fire Resistant
By News Release @ 4:44 AM :: 3710 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... developing communities with greater structure separation, removing combustible connective fuels and hardening properties against ember and flame exposure ....
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Monday, September 2, 2024 |
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Learn about ways Maui County can support more homebuilding
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 3869 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... At a Sept. 24 luncheon in Kahului, Grassroot experts will explain how lawmakers can speed up recovery and boost housing stock ....
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Sunday, September 1, 2024 |
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Four Bills for housing, tax relief at Honolulu, Maui councils
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:48 PM :: 1810 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Development, Tax Credits, Taxes
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“...Help Maui families by allowing more small homes per lot....”
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Sunday, September 1, 2024 |
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Clear away legal barriers to hasten Lahaina homebuilding
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:02 PM :: 3833 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Hawaii has a reputation for being one of the hardest states in the nation to build homes ....
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Sunday, September 1, 2024 |
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Will Front Street become just a fond memory?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:58 AM :: 2496 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii History, Small Business
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... Let the people who have lost their properties and are bravely committed to rebuilding do just that — and enable them to do it quickly ....
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Saturday, August 31, 2024 |
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Mayor signs bill to drive creation of new rental housing for Oʻahu
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 2214 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... Bill 3 (2024), which greatly enhances incentives to developers to help generate rental housing projects ....
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024 |
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A Year After Hawaii Fire, Rebuilding Has Barely Begun
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:00 AM :: 4086 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... There are a lot of environmental regulations ....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 |
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Corps of Engineers Clearing Debris from Final Residential Properties in Lahaina
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1685 Views :: Maui County, Development, Military
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... Commercial debris removal operations are also progressing, with 91 out of 159 commercial properties cleared to date. The completion of these efforts remains on track for February 2024 ....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 |
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‘If it can happen in Hawaii, it can happen everywhere’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:57 AM :: 4101 Views :: Development, Health Care, Taxes
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... legislative victories this year in the areas of taxation, housing, healthcare and other issues ....
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Saturday, August 24, 2024 |
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Twelve Ways to Reduce Housing Costs
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:20 AM :: 2056 Views :: Agriculture, Development, Land Use, Small Business
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... preserving property rights, lifting onerous regulations, pushing back against proposals that could negatively impact local residents, and supporting efforts to rebuild after the devastating Maui wildfires ....
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Saturday, August 17, 2024 |
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“Six ways to speed up the recovery and rebuilding of Lahaina”
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:45 PM :: 3993 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... “probably the single largest challenge” for many of the Lahaina property owners is obtaining special management area permits ....
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