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Wednesday, October 16, 2024 |
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Red Flag: Hawaiian Electric avoids power shut-off to West Maui
By News Release @ 7:22 PM :: 1110 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... "The company monitored weather conditions throughout the day and saw a steady drop of wind speeds in the afternoon." ....
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Monday, October 14, 2024 |
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FEMA Extends Lahaina Aid One More Year
By News Release @ 11:51 PM :: 91 Views :: Maui County
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... Under disaster declaration FEMA-4724-DR-HI, Financial Assistance and Direct Temporary Housing Assistance will now be available for an additional 12 months, concluding on February 10, 2026 ....
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Sunday, October 13, 2024 |
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The $4 Billion Maui Wildfire “Settlement”
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1271 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Land Use
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... There have been a lot of sharp words in the news lately ....
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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 :: 784 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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Wednesday, October 9, 2024 |
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Case Pushes Back Against 'Misinformation on Federal Disaster Relief'
By Ed Case @ 10:42 PM :: 1042 Views :: Maui County, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... He says the federal government continues full disaster assistance to Maui and other disaster-impacted areas ....
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024 |
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One year after the wildfires: Rents up 43%, Poverty Doubles
By UHERO @ 2:58 PM :: 1092 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Cost of Living
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... 29% of fire-affected households now live below the poverty line, compared to 14% before the fires ....
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Monday, October 7, 2024 |
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Honolulu empty homes tax proposal advances out of Council committee
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:11 AM :: 1457 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Maui County, Taxes
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... Bill 46 aims to impose a 3% tax on so-called empty homes across Oahu ....
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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 :: 1614 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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Game Over for Fake Settlement? Lahaina Fire Insurers Find a Way into Federal Court
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 2371 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Judiciary
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... The State Judiciary can be counted on to twist the law to serve KSBE and HECO. The Federal Judiciary doesn't even know who they are ....
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024 |
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FULL TEXT: ATF Lahaina Fire Report
By Andrew Walden @ 7:15 PM :: 1664 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii History
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...the report focuses on the 'rekindling' of the morning fire as the cause of the afternoon fire which destroyed Lahaina and killed 102 people....
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024 |
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August Tourism 88.4% of Pre-COVID Numbers
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 899 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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"This August registered as the lowest performing month during the summer season."
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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 :: 1321 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 :: 1353 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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Lahaina Fire BATF Report to be Released Weds Oct 2
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 1233 Views :: Maui County
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"...my team and I are working diligently to integrate the findings into our Cause and Origin report...."
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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 :: 838 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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Money Management: More Lahaina Millions for CNHA
By News Release @ 4:36 AM :: 965 Views :: Maui County
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... promoting long-term financial resilience. It will also increase the capacity of CNHA ....
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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 :: 3089 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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Tuesday, September 24, 2024 |
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Hawaiian Electric Dumps 54M Shares on Stock Market
By News Release @ 2:49 AM :: 1612 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... offering of 54,054,054 shares of its common stock at a price of $9.25 per share. The offering is expected to close on September 25, 2024 ....
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Saturday, September 21, 2024 |
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Another Alleged Maui Bomber Arrested--also a repeat offender
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 3457 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement
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... Finally this 30-time loser will go before a real—ie Federal--court ....
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Saturday, September 21, 2024 |
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New Administrator for SHPD
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 1111 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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Friday, September 20, 2024 |
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Lagging Maui recovery, slower overall Hawaiʻi growth, UHERO forecasts
By UHERO @ 6:00 AM :: 1001 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaiʻi has long seen dismal growth in per capita income, hampering our ability to attract in-migration of new families or to provide opportunities that would prevent out-migration of Hawaiʻi residents ....
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Tuesday, September 17, 2024 |
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Central Pacific to Buy American Savings?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:52 AM :: 3450 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Small Business
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... Central Pacific is discussing raising $1 billion to help facilitate the deal from investors ....
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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 :: 892 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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AG Lahaina Fire Report Rips Maui's 'Siloed Command Structure'
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 2214 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics
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... lack of pre-event planning, unified incident command and operational coordination resulted in insufficient communications that impacted the ability to provide effective evacuation and firefighting operations ....
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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 :: 932 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Rebuilding occurring on 20 residential properties, work continuing on commercial properties ....
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024 |
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Hawaii Water Service Operations Manager Recognized Nationally for Response During Lahaina Fire
By News Release @ 12:24 AM :: 1539 Views :: Maui County, Land Use
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... John (Kani) Kadowaki, Maui Operations Manager of Hawaii Water Service, honored with the Living Water Award during annual Water Summit ....
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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 :: 1437 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 :: 1771 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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Saturday, September 7, 2024 |
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Investment Bankers: How to Force Lahaina Insurers into Accepting Smaller Settlement
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 2162 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Judiciary, Cost of Living
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... The chances of an expensive, boneheaded precedent being set are greatly enhanced ....
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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 :: 2197 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 :: 1505 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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Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
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Is the US Department of Justice still ‘investigating’ the Maui Wildfires?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 1834 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... The US DoJ response to an Hawai’i Free Press FOIA request says so ....
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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 :: 1449 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 :: 1218 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 :: 1585 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 :: 1828 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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DLNR Wages Bacteriological War Against Mosquitoes
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 1755 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Environment
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... it is harmless to other creatures, including people ....
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Thursday, August 29, 2024 |
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Meet the Meth Gang Behind ‘Lahaina Strong’
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 AM :: 17476 Views :: Maui County, Tourism, Drugs
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... A Great Leader of the Hawaiian People Who Occasionally Sells Poison to their Children ....
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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 :: 1949 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 :: 1152 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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Sunday, August 25, 2024 |
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Maui’s Hidden Ethics – Who is Hiding Behind the Redactions?
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 2220 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... since January, four ethics opinions regarding Maui County employees who see their job as an opportunity to direct 'non-profit' grant funds to friends and family ....
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Thursday, August 22, 2024 |
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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 :: 1743 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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Tuesday, August 13, 2024 |
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Full Text: Insurers Will Appeal Fake Maui Settlement Ruling
By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 2417 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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"...dramatically altering the insurance landscape in the State...."
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Monday, August 12, 2024 |
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Hawaiian Electric shares “could go to zero”
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 2846 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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"...without a court order that shifts the subrogation claims risk away from the defendants and back to policyholders...."
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Sunday, August 11, 2024 |
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Doing what we can to Help our Maui Ohana
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:18 PM :: 1517 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... supporting policies that could speed up homebuilding and lighten the financial burden for the thousands of residents who lost their homes to the fires ....
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Saturday, August 10, 2024 |
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Eminent Domain Justice: Maui Landowner Transfers Case to Federal Court
By Robert Thomas @ 11:23 PM :: 1601 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... an eminent domain case brought by the County of Maui against the owner of Maui property which is needed for a solid waste disposal site ....
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Friday, August 9, 2024 |
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Grand Wailea Bird Settlement Gives Enviros Monthly Cashflow
By Court House News @ 11:05 PM :: 1739 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Tourism
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... The Grand Wailea Resort in Maui will make monthly contributions to fund projects ....
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Friday, August 9, 2024 |
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Bankruptcy News: Hawaiian Electric Admits Company may not be a 'Going Concern'
By News Release @ 10:08 PM :: 1954 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... This risk is the result of estimated payments under the settlement agreement ....
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