The policy, announced by Mayor Richard Bissen and grassroots advocacy group Lahaina Strong, is intended to free up housing for displaced families devastated by the August wildfires. The county will have the authority to enact this policy due to the state Legislature's final approval of Senate Bill 2919.
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Two temporary housing projects on Maui will help house those displaced by the wildfires. One will be completed in July, while the other just broke ground.
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You may not know Lon Takiguchi, but you probably know some of the major television projects he has worked on over the years: "Lost," "Hawaii Five-0," and ABC's "Black-ish." He recently got the chance to direct his first project, Wednesday's episode of "Grown-ish."
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Protecting Hawaiʻi's endangered forest birds from avian malaria is the focus of a podcast by Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy eighth grader Chiku Raul.
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One of this year's 60 Truman Scholars is Daniel Arakawa, a senior at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Arakawa is set to get his bachelor's degree in political science and sociology in a few weeks. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke to him about his future.
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Hawaiʻi is getting $1 billion of undersea fiber-optic internet cable upgrades to improve and preserve connectivity in the state. Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke announced the development in partnership with Google.
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More than 30 years ago, the state set aside about 1,200 acres on the southeastern slopes of Maunaloa to serve as a sustainable source of koa for constructing canoes. Now, dozens of these trees are ready for harvest, and a permitting process has been approved. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
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Popular measures on energy efficiency and solar permitting died abruptly in their last committees, leading some energy stakeholders to label this session a letdown.
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