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Maui Council Holds Down Property Tax Rates For Local Homeowners Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Council Holds Down Property Tax Rates For Local Homeowners

The county plans to shift more of the revenue burden onto vacation rental and investment property owners.

Hawaii Lawmakers Had Big Ideas For How To Prevent Another Lahaina. Few Became Law Courtesy: DLNR

Hawaii Lawmakers Had Big Ideas For How To Prevent Another Lahaina. Few Became Law

A House working group found a long list of things Hawaii needs to do to protect itself from fire, but many of those recommendations will fall to the new state fire marshal to implement.

Maui County Reveals Plan To Hire Experts To Assess How It Responded To Wildfires David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Maui County Reveals Plan To Hire Experts To Assess How It Responded To Wildfires

The Maui Emergency Management Agency will be evaluated again after a state report already documented communication breakdowns.

FEMA Is Still Spending Millions On Hundreds Of Empty Housing Units For Maui Fire Survivors Cammy Clark/Civil Beat/2024

FEMA Is Still Spending Millions On Hundreds Of Empty Housing Units For Maui Fire Survivors

The agency has found available housing but is struggling to get people to move in. On Friday, it ends its support for the emergency hotel program.

Hawaii Is Entering A Dangerous Fire Season. Here’s What Will Be Different Post-Lahaina  Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Hawaii Is Entering A Dangerous Fire Season. Here’s What Will Be Different Post-Lahaina 

Fire and emergency personnel are putting new protocols in place for responding to wildfires, but are also warning that people need to be better prepared, too.

Civil Beat Named Pulitzer Finalist For Maui Fire Coverage Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Civil Beat Named Pulitzer Finalist For Maui Fire Coverage

Our news outlet has been reporting on the Maui fires and their impact on the entire state since Day 1.

Ohana Hope Village Is Finally Opening To Maui Fire Survivors Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Ohana Hope Village Is Finally Opening To Maui Fire Survivors

Access to water is still in flux, but the Maui modular home housing project now has county approval to open 16 of 88 units.

Chad Blair: Hawaii Lawmakers Tout ‘Historic’ Session. So Why Not Make History More Often? Chad Blair/Civil Beat/2024

Chad Blair: Hawaii Lawmakers Tout ‘Historic’ Session. So Why Not Make History More Often?

It took an unprecedented disaster on Maui to spur the House and Senate into action. Let’s keep the mojo going, because so much hard work remains.

Stalled Debris Removal Prolongs A Lahaina Family’s Grief Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Stalled Debris Removal Prolongs A Lahaina Family’s Grief

Mario Siatris is eager for the government to clear his Lahaina property of fire debris so he can inch one step closer to reconstruction.

Maui Mayor Takes ‘Bold Step’ To Eliminate 7,000 Short-Term Rentals By 2026 Cammy Clark/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Mayor Takes ‘Bold Step’ To Eliminate 7,000 Short-Term Rentals By 2026

Emboldened by state lawmakers’ action this session, Bissen has proposed county legislation to phase out certain vacation units to open up more long-term housing.