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Maui County Council panel confronts infrastructure deficiencies and costs in South Maui plan update
Maui County Council members are four days into a close, section-by-section review of the South Maui Community Plan update—and they’re running into hard questions about whether the county can deliver on the plan’s goals and designated growth areas.
Hoʻonani Village project advances with Maui Council first reading approval
Maui County Council members approved on first reading Friday two land use bills to make way for the proposed Hoʻonani Village mixed-use development on former sugarcane fields near Kahului Airport.
Maui Council votes 7-2 to raises fines for loud car stereos, drops equipment seizure
The Maui County Council voted 7-2 on Friday to raise fines for loud vehicle sound systems, advancing a measure that drops an earlier proposal to seize stereo equipment from repeat offenders.
Maui Council committee forwards Pāʻia Town project to the Maui Planning Commission
A mixed-use development proposed for 40 acres of former sugarcane land near Pāʻia won committee approval Wednesday, moving a project that would bring up to 170 homes, commercial businesses, a medical clinic and a public parking lot to the next stage of a years-long entitlement process.
Pāʻia Inn owner faces federal lawsuit over allegations of sexual harassment
A federal lawsuit accuses Pāʻia Inn owner Michael Baskin of “rampant sexual harassment” of young female employees, including some teenagers, since at least 2015. Through a representative, Baskin denied the allegations filed Thursday in US District Court by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The commission’s news release says Baskin violated federal law when he […]