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Congressional subcommittee hears update on Maui wildfire aftermath

Members of the US House Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce, including Hawaiʻi US Reps. Jill Tokuda and Ed Case, heard an update Wednesday on last year’s deadly wildfires during a hearing at the Lahaina Civic Center.

Federal government’s response to Lahaina fire takes center stage in congressional hearing on Maui today

Elected officials will hear from federal and local witnesses as it looks into whether the government followed the lessons it learned from other disasters.