Bill sets aside $807.5 million for Maui wildfire claims

Bill sets aside $807.5 million for Maui wildfire claims

Hawaii legislative leaders have agreed to fully fund the state’s share of Maui wildfire damage claims slated to be paid out over four years. A select group of lawmakers in the House and Senate agreed Tuesday to terms for a bill that would deposit about half of the state’s $807.5 million obligation into a trust fund next fiscal year followed by the balance a year later. State attorneys in August agreed with five other defendants in mass litigatio…

Hawai‘i Lawmakers To Require Audit Of Green’s Kauhale Homeless Initiative

The governor says the funding legislators also approved will keep the state on track to have 30 kauhale villages by 2026.