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Shoreline setbacks or a retreat from the water so far aren’t getting much traction under state and county planning efforts.

The council is mulling proposed tax increases to raise 10% more revenue from property taxes next year.

Although Hawaii has been picking up the tab since FEMA stopped reimbursing for food on Feb. 10, the state says saving money was not the reason for the cuts.

The lenders’ policies and an obscure thicket of state and federal regulation and law determine which homeowners will get interest on their sizable insurance payouts.

Maui County officials have said it will be at least several more months before they have a plan finalized.

An official estimate of how many people have left Maui since the destructive wildfire may not be available until next year. But it’s a lot, by most accounts.

Last month FEMA moved the Dadez family into a house with questionable water quality. Now the family is settled back into the government-sponsored condo they thought they had left for good.

The developer of the 89-unit project is the first to obtain building permits in the burn zone. Now the county and state are being asked to pick up the cost of what insurance didn’t cover.

The extra month of the feds picking up the tab will save the state a significant amount of money as lawmakers figure out next year’s budget.

After months of battling red tape, Ohana Hope Village has opened its doors and can house about 500 people.