Senate Bill 3202, if it becomes law, will allow “at least two” accessory dwellings in addition to a main home on lots zoned primarily for single-family housing, but gives counties until the end of 2026 to craft ordinances to carry out the mandate.
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Relatively small Maui wildfire expenses ate into earnings of Hawaiian Electric and its parent company in the first three months of this year.
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New development partners are advancing a previously delayed plan to revitalize one of Hawaii’s oldest and most popular tourist attractions, Paradise Cove Luau.
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Oahu’s housing market rebounded in April with year-over-year gains after mostly slumps in March.
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Three state Family Court judges, two private practice attorneys, a District Court judge and a deputy public defender are in the running to become state Circuit Court judges on Oahu.
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This year’s total compares with $25.7 million for 35 claims last year.
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Before the session-ending send-offs, the House and Senate on Friday passed three big-ticket bills.
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Just before announcing the Climate Advisory Team, Green signed a bill appropriating $385.4 million in emergency funding for Maui wildfire recovery and response costs.
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House Bill 40 is still subject to approval by a majority of House and Senate members at a scheduled vote Wednesday.
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State lawmakers this year dialed back financial grants awarded to private projects and programs with public purposes but kept the level of giving on par with other recent years.
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The measure, House Bill 2404, would double the standard deduction for the 2024 tax year and then keep raising it every two years through 2030.
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The deferral came Thursday after strongly favorable votes in the Senate and House on differing drafts of the bill in March and earlier this month.
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State House and Senate leaders have determined that close to $1 billion should be appropriated by the state for Maui wildfire response and recovery work through mid-2025.
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Hawaii House and Senate leaders resolved their differences over spending priorities Tuesday evening, settling on a conference committee draft of the state budget bill that appropriates $19.2 billion for operations during the fiscal year beginning July 1.
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Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen is making an overtime plea to state lawmakers for more Lahaina wildfire recovery funding.
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A state loan program helping Hawaii households acquire rooftop solar and energy storage systems that lower their electric bills is being pumped up for a second year in a row.
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The new version of the bill hasn’t had the constitutionally required three readings each in the Senate and House of Representatives on a similar subject matter.
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A state and county objective to produce temporary new homes for Maui wildfire survivors is being hampered by the federal government.
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Hawaii’s two regulated electrical utilities told a pair of state Senate committees Thursday that they are trying to do as much as possible as fast as possible with wildfire risk mitigation.
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Hawaiian Electric fully restored power to customers in East Honolulu on Monday, but not before four public schools had been closed for the day and many customers faced water supply issues.
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Consumers don’t know whether many macadamia nut snacks identified with Hawaii contain any Hawaii-grown macadamia nuts, and an effort to change that through state law may be doomed this year.
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