For Immediate Release: October 1, 2020 Press Release by: Alice L. Lee, Chair Maui County Council Objective overview of proposed charter amendments available online and in Saturday’s newspaper WAILUKU, Hawai‘i–-Council Chair Alice L. Lee announced today that an objective overview of the seven proposed amendments to the Maui County Charter will be published in […]
COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES By: Alice L. Lee Published in the Maui News September 26, 2020 On behalf of the Maui County Council, I’m pleased to introduce “Imi Pono: The Greatest Challenge” — a contest aimed at inspiring middle and high school students to highlight their bold and innovative solutions to build a sustainable and vibrant economy now […]
For Immediate Release: September 18, 2020 Press Release by: Alice L. Lee, Council Chair Maui County Council Public meeting Thursday on expediting the community plan process WAILUKU, Hawai‘i – An online public meeting on expediting the community plan process has been scheduled for Thursday at 6:30 p.m., Chair Alice L. Lee announced today. Lee said […]
COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES By: Yuki Lei Sugimura Published in the Maui News September 12, 2020 In the midst of a worldwide pandemic, we have all faced unforeseen changes and challenges but, with the Eviction Moratorium slated to end on Sept. 30, our community is on the verge of another unwelcome shift that may cause people […]
For Immediate Release: September 9, 2020 Press Release by: Councilmember Keani N.W. Rawlins-Fernandez, Chair Economic Development and Budget Committee Economic Development and Budget Committee solicits questions from the public Wailuku, Hawaii—The Economic Development and Budget Committee invites the public to submit their questions via written or oral testimony for its meeting tomorrow at 4:30 […]
COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES By: Keani Rawlins-Fernandez Published in the Maui News August 29, 2020 As a tight-knit community, we have seen our fair share of challenging times, but we always pull together and find ways to support one another. It’s an unwritten reciprocal social agreement woven deep into the fabric of Hawaii’s culture to look […]
COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES By: Kelly Takaya King Published in the Maui News August 22, 2020 While the climate emergency is being ignored or even worsened by our current federal government, local governments across the nation are acting with appropriate urgency and increasing effectiveness. Last Monday, the Climate Action and Resilience Committee was honored to host […]
For Immediate Release: August 20, 2020 Press Release by: Councilmember Michael J. Molina Chair Governance, Ethics and Transparency Committee County Council committee to consider proposals for improvements to Sunshine Law, other state statutes WAILUKU, Hawaii—The Governance, Ethics and Transparency Committee on Tuesday at 9 a.m. will consider whether to ask the state Legislature to […]
One weapon in the fight against COVID-19 has been contact tracers—trained to track down the spread of the virus so it can be contained. The University of Hawaii and the Hawaii State Department of Health have created a Contact Tracing Training Program that’s aiming to get hundreds more tracers up to speed by the end […]
COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES By: Tasha Kama Published in the Maui News August 7, 2020 For the past several months, COVID-19 has challenged us, dominated our thoughts and unfairly changed life as we know it. This pandemic has triggered historic levels of unemployment, knocked our economy off its foundations and pushed countless households into survival mode. […]
