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The Hawaii Ag Department Clipped Poultry’s Wings. But Why? Courtesy: Kihei Poultry/2022

The Hawaii Ag Department Clipped Poultry’s Wings. But Why?

The Department of Agriculture’s leases restrict farmers from producing chickens despite the state’s goals of increasing food sustainability and the local taste for fowl.

Maui Photo Animation App Maker Sues Competitor Screenshot/2022

Maui Photo Animation App Maker Sues Competitor

Plotagraph Inc. alleges the Israeli firm Lightricks has infringed on Plotagraph’s patents.

Longtime Maui Councilman Joins Mayoral Race

Longtime Maui Councilman Joins Mayoral Race

Maui County voters will elect a mayor in November following the nonpartisan August primary.

Maui Mayor Tests Positive For Coronavirus Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Maui Mayor Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Mayor Mike Victorino said he is fully vaccinated and boosted, and that his symptoms are mild.

Maui Commission Wants Public’s Feedback On 40 Reforms To Local Government Ludwig Laab/Civil Beat/2021

Maui Commission Wants Public’s Feedback On 40 Reforms To Local Government

A citizens’ commission has consolidated 135 ideas on how to refine county governance into 40 Maui County Charter amendment proposals. Now it wants the public’s help to finalize the list for voters.

Hawaii’s Strictest Pandemic Policies Have Created A Lonely Existence For Kalaupapa’s Surviving ‘Outcasts’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii’s Strictest Pandemic Policies Have Created A Lonely Existence For Kalaupapa’s Surviving ‘Outcasts’

Kalaupapa’s last living leprosy patients confront state-mandated social isolation policies that continue to prohibit visits by family and friends.

Victorino, Bissen Dive In Early To Maui Mayor Race Bryan Berkowitz/Civil Beat/2020

Victorino, Bissen Dive In Early To Maui Mayor Race

The county’s voters will elect a mayor in November following the nonpartisan August primary.

The Maui Charter Commission Is Weighing 85 Changes To County Government Ludwig Laab/Civil Beat/2021

The Maui Charter Commission Is Weighing 85 Changes To County Government

Later this month members of the public can comment on the proposed amendments, which if approved by voters would reform county elections, policing, zoning and more.

Report: Solar Panels Might Endanger Hawaii’s Birds Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2019

Report: Solar Panels Might Endanger Hawaii’s Birds

Reducing the attractiveness of solar panels to birds by tilting them upright overnight is among the proposed deterrents.

Maui Council Calls On Navy To Remove Red Hill Fuel Storage Tanks Courtesy: U.S. Navy

Maui Council Calls On Navy To Remove Red Hill Fuel Storage Tanks

The largely symbolic resolution lends the county’s support to the state Department of Health’s directive to suspend operations.