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Maui Council panel advances license plate reader bill, delays facial recognition technology measure
Maui County Council members voted 7-1 in committee Thursday to put safeguards how local law enforcement uses automatic license plate reader technology, but they deferred action on a second bill addressing facial recognition technology that is not yet deployed by the Maui Police Department.
Maui Council files bill on police response to Hawai‘i Army National Guard alarms
The Maui County Council filed a bill Friday that would have authorized the mayor to enter into an interdepartmental agreement allowing the Maui Police Department to respond to alarms at Hawai‘i Army National Guard facilities.
A novel idea for Maui’s housing crisis: Using vacation rental profits for residents’ down payments
A novel approach to Maui’s severe housing crisis emerged during a third round of emotional public testimony Monday on the hotly debated vacation rental phase-out bill: leveraging short-term rental profits to finance affordable housing for local families. Jonavan Asato, senior pastor at Grace Bible Church in Kahului, proposed this alternative while testifying on Bill 9 […]