The state Legislature appears poised to create a new way for Hawaii electric utilities to pay for wildfire risk mitigation that reduces the cost possibly passed onto ratepayers in an effort to help prevent another tragic fire in the state.
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Hawaiian Electric contends that it faces an “extremely tight” supply of power at peak use periods, especially when production from wind, solar and hydroelectric facilities is lower than normal.
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Three state House committees have eviscerated a bill to increase single-family housing densities statewide after receiving much more negative than positive testimony.
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Between 350 and 450 Maui wildfire survivors in early May should begin moving into a former hotel in Kihei now owned by the state.
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A state agency that helps finance affordable-housing development in Hawaii faces having its funding award criteria dictated by the Legislature to favor state and county projects.
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At least 500, and maybe more than 1,100, rental homes are part of the agency’s goal to deliver roughly 6,000 homesteads for beneficiaries over the next several years.
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Gov. Josh Green reassured the public and Hawaii’s Legislature on Wednesday that Maui wildfire response and recovery expenses shouldn’t overwhelm state finances.
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The state Board of Education has a second appointed new leader in less than a year.
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Senate Bill 3282 comes four years after the Legislature reorganized the agency to improve its focus in part by converting it from a DBEDT division to an agency with a Cabinet-level director.
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Single-family neighborhoods in Hawaii could become much more dense under two heavily debated bills pending at the state Legislature.
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The long-troublesome reflecting pools at the state Capitol will be permanently dried up and converted to an artistic landscape with elements resembling water from around Hawaii designed by Native Hawaiian artist Solomon Enos.
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Pending legislation aimed at ticketing speeding Hawaii drivers using automated cameras took another sharp turn Tuesday, with proposed use redirected to 10 Honolulu intersections where cameras already cite red-light runners.
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Ted Sakai led the state Department of Public Safety from 1998 to 2002 and from 2012 to 2014.
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Proposed legislation this year to ticket speeders on Hawaii highways using fixed cameras has been redirected and still faces a possible roadblock ahead.
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The ongoing scramble for emergency wildfire recovery funding at the Legislature doesn’t appear dire enough to tap what is commonly known as Hawaii’s “rainy day fund” or EBRF.
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The Hawaii House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously passed its draft of an updated state budget crafted to cover immense Maui wildfire recovery costs while maintaining fundamental services and important projects.
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A difficult task for Hawaii’s Legislature to pass an updated state budget by May was made no easier Monday, as a state general fund revenue forecast was essentially unchanged.
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The director of the state Department of Human Services plans to resign, and is slated to be replaced by a former state lawmaker.
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Sales and prices of previously owned homes on Oahu rose for a second consecutive month in February, after roughly two years of weakness in at least one major element of the market.
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Gov. Josh Green has let the state Legislature know how big an emergency funding appropriation he believes is needed to pay Maui wildfire recovery costs through June 30.
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A repeatedly stymied state plan to redevelop Aloha Stadium is once again in danger of upheaval.
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