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A state legislative bill to create a pilot program for a state-initiated expungement process for Hawaiʻi County passed a final reading in the House and will be transmitted to Gov. Josh Green for approval.
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After Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez released the first of a three-part investigative report Wednesday into the Lahaina wildfires, The Conversation spoke with Gov. Josh Green on Thursday morning to get his thoughts.
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Gov. Josh Green on the timeline laid out in the attorney general's report of the Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire and lawmakers' efforts to stave off an insurance crisis; Photographer Arifin Graham on his new exhibit featuring people and places in Lahaina before the wildfires
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The House passed a measure that requires the governor to submit reports to the state Legislature 14 days before using emergency grants. HPR's Ashley Mizuo explains.
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Gov. Josh Green says some 3,000 people displaced by Lahaina’s wildfires are still living in hotels more than seven months after the August blaze. But he told a news conference that between 25 and 30 of them are moving to longer-term housing each day.
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Gov. Josh Green has appointed former state lawmaker Roy Takumi to replace Warren Haruki as Board of Education chair. This is the BOE's third major leadership change in the past two years.
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The state has a new plan to move displaced Maui residents sheltering in hotels into more permanent housing. HPR's Ashley Mizuo explains how the state plans to reach its goal of having families out of temporary housing by May.
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The state Department of Human Services will have a new director in May. Gov. Josh Green announced that he has selected Ryan Yamane to succeed current Director Cathy Betts.
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The state Department of Health opened a new Behavioral Health Crisis Center in Iwilei to help those having a mental health crisis. The center is meant to treat people instead of sending them to a hospital emergency room or into the criminal justice system.
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The House Finance Committee advanced the state's $11.3 billion budget on Wednesday. About $1 billion of that will go to Maui wildfire costs — including half a million dollars to house displaced residents in hotels.