#Emmanuel Baltazar

Mayor Richard Bissen today signed Bill 9 into law after Maui County Council approved the measure on second and final reading, marking what he calls “a historic step toward restoring housing availability for residents” and “realigning zoning policy with its original residential purpose.”

The Maui County Council members passed Bill 9 on second and final reading Monday by the same 5-3 vote that advanced the controversial measure earlier this month. Later Monday, Mayor Richard Bissen signed the bill into law. Bissen introduced the measure to phase out transient vacation rentals in apartment-zoned districts in May 2024. While the […]

Maui Economic Opportunity’s 60th-year Board of Directors, led again by Carol Reimann, were installed last month with Mayor Richard Bissen, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and state Sen. Lynn DeCoite joining the candle-themed ceremony.

Maui Economic Opportunity welcomes two new board members – Melinda Mindy Bolo to the Lana‘i Community Health Center seat and Emmanuel Manny Baltazar to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142 seat.

The Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce announced seven award recipients of the 2014 Gintong Pamana Leadership Awards.