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Senate Bill 582 would provide another $297 million for displaced Maui residents living in hotels. The other measure, Senate Bill 3068, would set aside $186 million for the state’s response to the Maui wildfires and mitigation efforts.
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A measure to allocate nearly $20 million during the next fiscal year to the state Department of Agriculture for biosecurity measures is being described by some as a "landmark" bill. Nearly $3.2 million would fund 44 new department positions to support biosecurity.
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Of the 19 trainsets already delivered, 12 are fully tested and have been turned over to the Honolulu Department of Transportation Services.
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Genealogical research out of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa offers Native Hawaiians an opportunity to reconnect with their ancestral roots. The Moʻopono Project is digitizing thousands of pages of moʻokūʻauhau, or genealogy material, dating back to the mid-1800s. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has more.
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Community complaints about abandoned vehicles and rubbish prompted the action to clean up the area. Social service providers have been offering assistance to people living at the harbor, according to Maui County.
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Disagreement between the two chambers centers on concerns raised by the state attorney general’s office that the amendment to include the Water Commission is not relevant to the original bill.
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The Honolulu Salary Commission wants to give the mayor, city lawmakers and department leaders a raise of about 3.6%. The commission this week made its final recommendations for the salaries, which now go through the Honolulu City Council. It includes a salary of $217,000 for the mayor, $127,000 for the council chair and $117,000 for councilmembers.
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In early April, the state Department of Transportation informed tenants on and near the Army's Dillingham Airfield that they would likely no longer have access to water after July 5. The YMCA of Honolulu's Camp Erdman — a sleepaway camp for thousands of keiki — wants more time to figure out a solution. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz has more.
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An NPR story by tech reporter Dara Kerr about billionaire Marc Benioff buying land in and around Waimea on Hawaiʻi Island caused a stir when it was published in February. The Conversation's Russell Subiono talked to several people who championed Benioff's philanthropy and felt the NPR piece did not tell the whole story.
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Gov. Josh Green has announced a new partnership with HomeAid Hawai‘i to build 450 units for Maui wildfire survivors who were not eligible for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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The Summer Fun program is the largest of its kind in the state with 60 locations on Oʻahu. The program began in 1944 to provide positive engagement of children during World War II.
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Scientists developed Hawaiʻi's tsunami evacuation maps based on the impacts of past tsunamis. But how will future risks like sea level rise be calculated into the state's disaster planning? HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.