Richard Bissen

HPR discusses Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen's 2026 State of the County address, focusing on affordable housing and the reclamation of water resources in West Maui.

Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen said the county will spend $1.29 billion through 2030 on infrastructure related to expanding housing capacity.

The Lahaina debris call center has officially closed, reaching a milestone more than two years after the blaze.

Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen has announced that he is running for reelection. Bissen's bid for a second term comes with a year left in his first, and initially tumultuous, term as mayor.

The transfer of Lahaina wildfire debris to its final disposal site is now complete. The milestone marks the close of the cleanup process and a meaningful step for the community after the 2023 wildfire.

A contentious bill that would phase out about half of Maui’s vacation rentals took a big step toward passage Thursday. The committee’s vote came after eight meetings of public hearings and deliberations. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol has the latest.

Maui County's Committee on Housing and Land Use is in the midst of listening to nearly 200 testifiers signed up to voice their opinions on a proposal that would phase out about 7,000 transient vacation rentals. HPR's Catherine Cluett-Pactol has more.

On Tuesday the council voted on a final version of Bill 41, which details a county budget that’s about $46 million bigger than what Mayor Richard Bissen initially proposed in March.

A new report details a path forward towards Maui's economic recovery after the wildfires. The report outlines six pathways and 11 priority projects through partnerships with county, state and federal agencies.

Maui County is weighing a proposal to phase out transient vacation rentals in Maui County’s apartment zones to increase long-term housing stock on Maui. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol shares new information from a University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization report examining the economic impacts of that proposal.