Launching the Department of ʻŌiwi Resources By Keani Rawlins-Fernandez Last year, the electorate voted to approve the Charter Commission’s proposed amendment to establish the Department of ʻŌiwi Resources by July 1, 2024, and to reaffirm the county as a bilingual government. The Maui County Charter commits the county to being “mindful of our Hawaiian history, […]
For Immediate Release Press Release by: Yuki Lei K. Sugimura, Chair Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee media@mauicounty.us County budget meeting Friday night on Molokai KAUNAKAKAI, Hawaiʻi (March 29, 2023)—The Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2024 budget on Friday at 6 p.m. at Mitchell Pau‘ole Community Center […]
By Keani Rawlins-Fernandez I ka ‘ōlelo ke ola, i ka ‘ōlelo ka make. In the word is life, in the word is death. This traditional Hawaiian proverb speaks volumes about the importance of language and how it informs our worldview. Language contains the power to manifest or change a condition. Our Budget, Finance and Economic […]
For immediate release: September 22, 2017 Press release by: Councilmember Kelly T. King, Chair Planning Committee Planning Committee to hold Sept. 26 meeting on Molokai WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Maui County Council’s Planning Committee will hold its Sept. 26 meeting on Molokai to continue review of the Molokai Community Plan and receive community input, Committee […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in The Maui News, Nov. 13, 2016 By: MIKE WHITE With less than two months left in its 2015-17 term, the Maui County Council is still working on new legislative proposals. At its Nov. 4 meeting, for example, the council sent Council Member Riki Hokama’s bill that would establish a program […]
Published in The Maui News, March 8, 2015 By ROBERT CARROLL for The Maui News The County Council Land Use Committee, which I chair, will consider zoning approvals for three consecutive days in March for the proposed Downtown Kihei project, West Maui hospital and Molokai High School science facility. Urban planners and South Maui community […]
Cesspool meeting update as of Oct. 15, 2014: The public hearing tonight at 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber is arranged by the Hawaii State Dept. of Health. Officials say only oral & written testimony will be accepted, emails will be filed but won’t be official, unless a PDF attachment of the testimony is included. […]
Published in The Maui News August 3, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News “Voting is a habit – one that is powerfully inspired by personal contact – and political participation should be a lifestyle.” Those are the words of Tufts University student Hana Migliorato, from Hawaii, in an article posted on the […]
For Immediate Release: June 14, 2014 Press Release by: Gladys C. Baisa, Chair Maui County Council Maui County wins national award for civic engagement WAILUKU, Hawaii – The National Association of Counties has recognized the County of Maui with a 2014 Achievement Award in the category of civic education and public information, Council Chair Gladys […]
Published in The Maui News June 8, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News Now that the County Council has passed the fiscal year 2015 budget on second and final reading, the council’s eight standing committees return to the stage for their regular rotation of work. Committee chairs are busy deciding what items […]
