President Donald Trump's continued assault on immigration has led to the implementation of 'deportation forces' across the country. These units have attempted to draft local law enforcement officials from every state, including Hawaii. To combat this, the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii (ACLU) has sent letters to officials in every Hawaii county, warning of the … [Read more...] about ACLU Hawaii asks County of Maui to resist Trump’s deportation efforts
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Maui County Council Budget and Finance Committee approves park concessions/naming rights bill
In his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace imagined a future in which everything corporations sponsored everything in society–including time itself. Numbered years gave way to the “Year of the Whopper,” “Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad,” “Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar” and so forth. It’s funny on its face, but given government’s increasing reliance on corporate … [Read more...] about Maui County Council Budget and Finance Committee approves park concessions/naming rights bill
QuizUnderstood: What do you know about Maui Electric Company sale speculation?
1. According to a Mar. 24 Bureau of Labor Statistics news release, in 2016 the average rate of labor underutilization (“includes the unemployed, workers employed part time for economic reasons, and the marginally attached to the labor force”) was 9.6 percent for the U.S. as a whole. What was it for Hawaii? A. 5.5 percent B. 6.5 percent C. 7.5 percent D. 8.5 percent E. 9.5 … [Read more...] about QuizUnderstood: What do you know about Maui Electric Company sale speculation?
County of Maui announces 2017 Mayor’s Small Business Award winners
Winners of the 2017 Mayor’s Small Business Awards were honored March 7 by the Maui Chamber of Commerce and the Mayor's Office of Economic Development. Mayor Alan Arakawa and president of the Maui Chamber of Commerce, Pamela Tumpap, presented the awards at the SBA annual awards dinner at the King Kamehameha Golf Club. The annual awards are presented in five categories … [Read more...] about County of Maui announces 2017 Mayor’s Small Business Award winners
Activists circulate petition to impeach Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa
A couple hours before Mayor Alan Arakawa gave his annual State of the County address, a tidy group of residents gathered at the entrance to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Carrying signs and upside-down Hawaii state flags, they were there to express their anger, as one demonstrator put it, at Arakawa. Their numbers swelled from about 50 at 4:30pm to nearly double that an … [Read more...] about Activists circulate petition to impeach Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa