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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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1,100 Pieces Of Testimony Against A Bill Went Missing For Days. The Bill Passed And Then The Opponents’ Letters Showed Up
April 10, 2024
Hundreds of Lahaina fire victims came out strongly against a bill that could allow HECO to impose a new fee on customers to help prevent wildfires.
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Hawaii Governor Will Take ‘Unilateral Action’ To Restore Historic Wetland In Lahaina
April 02, 2024
With legislative efforts dead this session, Native Hawaiian leaders remain encouraged by what they’re hearing from elected officials and seeing on the ground.
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Most Wildfires Are Put Out Quickly. But That’s Causing More Severe Fires
March 26, 2024
With conventional fire suppression, the average fire size will increase faster as the planet warms.
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Industrial Fishing Poses A Greater Threat To Turtles, Sharks And Seals Than Previously Thought
March 19, 2024
Risk calculations likely underestimate the impact of undetected fishing vessels operating in key ocean habitats.
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Mokulele Airlines Seeks Federal Aid To Stabilize ‘Unprofitable’ Lanai Service
March 15, 2024
The last surviving public airline servicing Lanai has put the federal government on notice: It wants rural airport subsidies to sustain its money-losing flights.
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Federal Farm Census Shows Hawaii’s Agriculture Is Still In Decline
March 03, 2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture census paints a sorry picture for Hawaii’s goals of increasing food production.
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Kauai Fire Deals $20 Million Blow To Affordable Housing
February 28, 2024
The fire destroyed about two dozen two- and three-bedroom apartments, a multimillion-dollar loss to taxpayers who helped fund the government-subsidized project and a blow to the island’s sputtering efforts to house a rural workforce that’s being squeezed out by astronomical rents and home sale prices.
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Lahaina Fire Death Toll Rises To 101 After Police Identify Remains Of Missing Person
February 13, 2024
Maui officers are continuing to search for the two people left on their “credible missing persons list” from the Aug. 8 fires.
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Hawaii Ranchers Want More Land Transferred To The State Agriculture Department
January 30, 2024
Hawaii’s ranchers are maintaining pressure on the state to continue transferring tens of thousands of acres of pasture lands to the state Department of Agriculture under Act 90, a more than 20-year-old law meant to boost farming.
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Hawaii Lawmakers Want To Make Fish Farming A Bigger Industry. But How?
January 19, 2024
Some senators say moving aquaculture to another state agency is the answer. Others say it’s about providing the necessary resources.
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Hawaii Hemp Growers Don’t Want To Be Regulated Like Marijuana
January 08, 2024
The Legislature is expected to consider a bill this session to create a new state entity that would oversee recreational and medicinal cannabis as well as industrial hemp.
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Here’s A Month-By-Month Look At Some Of Civil Beat’s Top Stories Of 2023
December 29, 2023
It had been a busy news year even before the tragic August wildfires in West Maui.
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Hawaii Should Use Artificial Intelligence To Improve Fire Forecasts, Researchers Say
November 30, 2023
The ability to provide enhanced risk assessments now exists, but it needs help getting off the ground.
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Lahaina Families Frustrated Over Lack Of Child Care Options
November 06, 2023
The historic Maui town, which already suffered from a child care shortage, lost 255 licensed seats in the August wildfires.
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Hawaii Officials Learned Little From A 2018 Fire That Foreshadowed Lahaina
October 22, 2023
The state says it has no “after action review” of the earlier blaze and if Maui County ever completed its version, it was never widely disseminated.
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