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New Law Aims to Speed Up Local Housing Construction In a bill-signing ceremony Wednesday, Gov. Josh Green enacted a reform to the state's Contractor Repair Act, which gives contractors and property owners the option to fix building issues without lawsuits. Hawai'i Public Radio.

House’s New Money Man Talks About His Hopes For Changing The Legislature Hawaiʻi State Rep. Chris Todd is taking over one of the key financial positions in the Hawaiʻi Legislature amid growing uncertainty about how federal budget cuts might affect the islands. Civil Beat.

Military’s Role in Immigration Policy Spurs Debate The Hawaiʻi National Guard confirmed to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that 30 Hawaiʻi guardsmen, members of a Hilo-based helicopter unit, are deployed to California as part of Task Force Sentinel, a military operation providing air support to the U.S. Border Patrol and other agencies.  Star-Advertiser.

Hawaiʻi Braces for Cuts That Could Strip Medicaid from Tens of Thousands Community health clinics offer a window into how the state might be impacted by hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts expected in the coming years. Federal funds are about three quarters of the $3 billion Hawaiʻi spends on Medicaid each year. Civil Beat.

Cheaper Solar Energy in Hawaiʻi Threatened by New Federal Law Changes enacted July 4 under President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill threaten to imperil several planned utility-scale solar farms and thousands of additional residential rooftop solar systems across the state by eliminating a 30% federal tax credit for such project costs much sooner than previously slated.  Star-Advertiser.

Hawaii Business Magazine DEI Is Alive and Well in Hawai‘i While sometimes demonized, local leaders say the underlying values of diversity, equity and inclusion still play an important role in the Islands. Read More ❯❯

O‘ahu Headlines Waikīkī Storm Drainage System Could Fail by 2050 Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are sounding an alarm that by 2050 large rain events coupled with sea level rise could cause major failure of storm drainage across 70% of Waikīkī. Star-Advertiser.

Could This Hawaiʻi Community Be the Next Lahaina? Some Residents Fear a Similar Wildfire Fate Waianae and Lahaina have a lot in common. They’re both situated on parched western island coasts, with road access pinched by topography, and are bastions of Native Hawaiian culture. Associated Press.

ʻEwa Developer Settles Marina Case for $40 Million A 14-year legal battle over a disappeared marina in ʻEwa has finally ended.  Civil Beat.

Hawaii Business Magazine Commentary: Why Is It So Hard to Get a Good Night’s Sleep? Sleep impacts our health, safety and productivity. But getting enough of it can be an elusive goal. Read More ❯❯

Nonprofits Join to Serve Community at Opportunity Center in Kakaʻako Goodwill Hawaii and Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawai‘i on Friday announced their recently opened Opportunity Center after hosting a Hawaiian blessing for the property, which they bought in December for $6.3 million from Hawaii State Federal Credit Union. Star-Advertiser.

Waimanalo Beach Park Campground Named After George Mahoe Jr. The City and County of Honolulu officially renamed the campground at Waimanalo Beach Park after longtime city parks employee George Kea Mahoe Jr., following a ceremony held Thursday that recognized his more than 40 years of public service to Windward Oʻahu.  Star-Advertiser.

Hawai‘i Island Headlines Honua Ola, HECO Mull Possible Power Deal After numerous thwarted attempts to go online, a completed but long-idle bioenergy power plant in Pepeekeo is once again in contract negotiations to generate power and sell it to Hawaiian Electric Co.  Tribune-Herald.

Hawai‘i County Police Commission to Discuss Appointment of Interim Chief At its next meeting on July 18 in Kona, the Hawaiʻi County Police Commission will discuss the selection of an interim police chief to take over for Ben Moszkowicz, whose last day as chief is Aug. 31. The commission also will discuss the next steps to hiring a new chief. Big Island Now.

Hawaii Business Magazine Five Daughters Who Stepped Up in the Family Business Profiles of Hisae Uki, Candice Sombrero Ishikawa, Alison “Bo” Tanaka, Heather Cutter and Clarice Casamina Read More ❯❯

Banyan Uproots and Crashes Onto Hilo’s Kilauea Avenue A portion of Kilauea Avenue, a busy crosstown thoroughfare in Hilo, remained closed Sunday after a massive banyan tree near the corner of Aupuni Street uprooted, toppled and crashed Saturday afternoon.  Tribune-Herald. Big Island Video News. Big Island Now.

Parking Lot Expansion Underway at Kona’s Hospital Parking lot expansion, resurfacing and paving at Kona Community Hospital will begin Tuesday and continue through mid-October, the hospital announced Friday. Tribune-Herald.

Maui Headlines New Ownership Unlikely to Quench Conflict Over Maui Water A kamaʻāina company that once operated the biggest sugar plantation in Hawaiʻi has surrendered its interest in a historic water system on Maui after a decade of litigation over state allocations of the public trust resource. Star-Advertiser.

Homeless Community at Amala Place Must Leave by Next Week, Maui County Says Some 40 unhoused people who received notices to vacate from Maui County, nearly four years after county and state officials forced everyone to leave the area in a sweep that the courts later ruled had violated residents’ rights. Maui Now.

Kahului Pump Prices Steady According to the latest AAA Hawaii weekend gas watch, as of July 10, the average price in Kahului was $4.48, which is one cent less than last week and 25 cents lower than the price was a year ago. Maui News.

Kaua‘i Headlines Social Security to School Supplies for Congresswoman Jill Tokuda Tokuda’s trip was added to as the Kauai County Farm Bureau General Membership Meeting had Tokuda talking about the cut in SNAP benefits and how that impacted farmers by eliminating opportunities to provide for the SNAP program. Garden Island.

Part of County Parking Lot in Nāwiliwili to Be Closed Until Further Notice Starting July 15 Kaua‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation notifies the public that a portion of the county parking lot in Nāwiliwili — adjacent to Anchor Cove — will be closed until further notice beginning July 15. Kauai Now.

Residents Tackle Excessive Traffic, Other Issues Near Trailhead to Ho’opi’i Falls in Kapaʻa Every day, carloads of mostly tourists drive down the narrow, one-lane, dead-end Kapahi Road in search of the trailhead in Kapaʻa that leads to Hoʻopiʻi Falls, a location used in the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park. Kauai Now.

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