While retail stores across the county now have the go-ahead to reopen, state leaders remain in discussions about the best way to proceed with lifting further COVID-19 public health restrictions. For weeks the state has reported low daily numbers of new cases of infection consistent with a “flattened curve,” meaning the spread of COVID-19 has been slowed, which is the goal of … [Read more...] about Reopening and Recovery: “We’ve never faced anything more critical,” says UH Economic Research Organization executive director
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Wailuku Post Office Demolition Investigation Plods On While Maui County Council Planning Committee Flirts With Prohibiting Future Timeshare Construction and Alexander And Baldwin Gives And Gives
SECRET WAILUKU POST OFFICE INVESTIGATION MEETING! At long last, the Maui County Council’s Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs (PIA) Committee (which has the same members as the council itself) has taken another step on the long road known as the Great Investigation of the Demolition of Old Wailuku Post Office, according to an Aug. 15 story in The Maui News. Upcountry kids are … [Read more...] about Wailuku Post Office Demolition Investigation Plods On While Maui County Council Planning Committee Flirts With Prohibiting Future Timeshare Construction and Alexander And Baldwin Gives And Gives
Before The Maui County Council Votes To Investigate The Arakawa Administration On The Demolition Of The Old Wailuku Post Office We Look At What The Council Was Doing And Not Doing In Regards To The Building Over The Last Two Years
From their eighth floor offices in the Kalana O Maui building in Wailuku, the Maui County Council members had one of the best vantage points on the island to watch the demolition of the old Post Office at the corner of Wells and South High Streets. They could hear–and feel–the rumble of the jackhammers as contractors slowly dismantled the tough old building, which dated to … [Read more...] about Before The Maui County Council Votes To Investigate The Arakawa Administration On The Demolition Of The Old Wailuku Post Office We Look At What The Council Was Doing And Not Doing In Regards To The Building Over The Last Two Years
The Steven Tyler Act Dies While The Reporter Shield Law Still Sorta Lives And Monsanto Protesters Take To The Streets
IS THE STEVEN TYLER ACT DEAD? It seems like only yesterday that Maui’s own Democratic Senator J. Kalani English captured the hearts of his colleagues with his SB465, which would criminalize the taking of photos of celebrities in the islands who were enjoying “private” moments. English called his bill “The Steven Tyler Act,” after one of the celebrities he sought to protect … [Read more...] about The Steven Tyler Act Dies While The Reporter Shield Law Still Sorta Lives And Monsanto Protesters Take To The Streets
Monsanto Lobbyist Gets Seat At Water Commission
On Feb. 28, according to Maui resident Karen Chun, activists delivered a petition to state Senate President Donna Kim. Chun told us the petition contains the signatures of 7,000 people who object to the appointment of Monsanto lobbyist Alan Takemoto to the state Water Commission’s nominating committee. In a Feb. 12 Honolulu Civil Beat article, Kim stuck by her choice. “Being … [Read more...] about Monsanto Lobbyist Gets Seat At Water Commission