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Hawaiian Electric Co. Says It’s Maui County’s Fault Fire Destroyed Much Of Lahaina
Hawaiian Electric Industries and its utility subsidiaries are fighting back against Maui County with a court filing alleging that failures by the county, and not the company, allowed wildfires to ravage Lahaina in August, killing 101 people and causing an estimated $5 billion in damage. The counterclaims filed on Friday...
Maui Boards May Soon Be Able To Get Back To Business With Settlement Agreement
A legal dispute that for weeks has ensnared a string of appointments to Maui County boards and commissions is about to come to a close with a deal that would correct the process used to fill vacant seats, according to people involved in the settlement. The agreement, which the Maui...
The Sunshine Blog: Maui Officials Slip Off To Japan To Learn How To Handle Disasters
Communications breakdown: So The Sunshine Blog probably wasn’t the only one surprised to see Maui County Council member Tamara Paltin pop up on a video screen during the council budget meeting last week looking like she was sitting in a restaurant somewhere. Later she showed up on a train.
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