Maui County

... the Public Utilities Commission today approved Hawaiian Electric’s 2025-2027 Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) and completed a comprehensive study on whether to establish a wildfire recovery fund ....

... A second lawsuit has been filed challenging Maui Bill 9 ....

... plan to be out of the area no later than 6 p.m. ....

...The Waena BESS will enable the planned retirement of four generating units at the company's Kahului Power Plant ....

... height limits have emerged as a barrier to rebuilding historic structures, apartments and businesses ....

... Bill 9 will cause job losses for Maui residents, impede entrepreneurship, reduce county tax revenues and result in expensive litigation against the county ....

... The ink of Bissen’s signature is barely dry and, precisely as predicted, the litigation is already beginning ....

... in the end, even lawyers didn't want this garbage case that fooled 'judge' Bissen ....

... Batangan will assume office as of Jan. 1, 2026 ....

... Honolulu 16th-highest cost of living ....

...The final vote to approve Bill 9 was 5-3 with Gabe Johnson, Shane Sinenci, Keani-Rawlins-Fernandez, Nohelani Uʻu-Hodgins and Tamara Paltin voting yes. Yuki Lei Sugimura, Tom Cook and Chair Alice Lee voted no....

... For the last five years, this historical space has been closed to the public . But now, visitors are welcomed back ....

... Executive Director and Legal Counsel Lauren Akitake leads new office ....

... More than 60 parking-reduction waivers have been approved since the year 2000 ....

... one circuit judge, one district judge ....

..."recent rains have helped" ....

... 96 permits completed in Lahaina (88 residential, eight nonresidential) and four completed in Kula (all residential) ....

... Grassroot will never hold back from trying to make Hawaii more free and prosperous for all ....

... Grassroot's efforts helped inspire the creation of a private permitting office to speed approvals, offering a model for post-disaster rebuilding in other communities ....

... A Maui County Council committee last week approved amendments to Bill 171 (2025), which would extend property tax relief to Lahaina property owners who lost their homes and businesses ....

... BLNR voted Friday, November 14, to defer for six months its decision-making on a DLNR Land Division recommendation to hold a contested case hearing over the proposed disposition of a water license by public auction ....

... ONE MORE WELL LIKE KAHANA WILL SOLVE THIS FAKE PROBLEM .... 

... Fewer than half of disabled residents have secured permanent housing ....

... applications for the Kahului residency area seat must be received by the County Clerk no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, November 10, 2025 ....

...attempt by Trump to curtail the agency’s programs and shift the burden of emergency management back to individual states, as it was before Katrina....

... need volunteers for more than 30 panels, including Liquor Control Commission, Maui Planning Commission, Police Commission, Salary Commission, Urban Design Review Board, Fire and Public Safety Commission and others ....

... The process would closely follow steps taken by the council in 2002 to replace Council Chair Patrick Kawano, who passed away while in office ....

... Kauanoe Batagan is Executive Director of the Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization ....

... upward of 500 building permits have been issued for Lahaina residents and businesses whose homes and storefronts were destroyed ....

... If we can keep clearing away the regulations that hamper recovery efforts, we might someday see a rebuilt and prosperous Lahaina ....

... man with 11 prior convictions, including five drug felonies in Hawaii, admitted to shipping nearly a pound of fentanyl to Maui ....

"How much longer is it going to take for Lahaina to get back on its feet — five, 10, 15 years?"

... The Bill 9 TIG—which is being dissolved after presentation of its report—included Councilmembers Tamara Paltin, Tom Cook and Shane M. Sinenci ....

... DO THE MATH:  $10M / 64 = $156,250 per unit ....

... The Lahaina fire taught us what happens when warning signs are ignored. How much ignoring needs to happen? ....

... focus includes property tax relief and speeding up permitting, rail and rate freedom for taxis ....

... By 2029, DHHL will take full ownership of the land, infrastructure and homes ....

... on average the homeless meth heads at Holomua start a grass fire every three days threatening Paia Town ....

... The inaugural championships will be May 1–2, 2026, at Hoʻokipa Beach Park on Maui, hosted by the MIL, which has sanctioned high school surfing since 2014 ....

... 105 agricultural project leases for two subdivisions on the island of Maui ....

... Where were these politicians while Bissen was creating this problem? ....

... REALITY:  West Maui Stage 2 Water Shortage--Bissen Dumps Water Down Streambed ....

“...MLP has said it is navigating a historic West Maui drought by adhering to the guidance from the Commission on Water Resources Management to prioritize stream flow and traditional and customary uses, followed by delivery to the County of Maui to provide drinking water for Lahaina….”

... The employee has been assigned to administrative duties until this blows over ....

... The department aims to award more than 6,000 project leases in the next two years ....

... The rebuilding of Lahaina could be a lot more expensive than anyone is expecting if Maui County officials do not waive an obscure infrastructure rule ....

... Jane Poe, the Plaintiff in the case, is a nine-year-old transgender student (boy) who has lived openly as (been manipulated into pretending to be) a girl since age five ....

... Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the Second Circuit (island of Maui) ....

... funeral services held for Maui Police Department Officer Suzanne O who was shot and killed by a criminal suspect in the line of duty ....

... The County of Maui Board of Ethics is postponing its Sept. 10 meeting to focus on restructuring and hiring efforts ....