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Na Poâe Kokua, a Maui-based Native Hawaiian housing advocacy group, filed a whistleblower complaint Thursday against Bank of America, calling it a âlast warningâ for the bank to uphold its commitment to make $150 million in home loans available on Hawaiian Home Lands. Na Poâe Kokua said the next step would be a federal lawsuit. AP file photo
A Maui-based Native Hawaiian housing advocacy organization on Thursday filed a whistleblower complaint that it called the “last warning” for Bank of America to uphold a long-standing commitment to make $150 million in home loans available on Hawaiian Home Lands.
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MEO volunteers of the year to be announced
Maui Economic Opportunity will announce its individual and benefactor volunteers of the year at its 35th Volunteer Celebration from 11 a.m. to noon on Friday.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the event will be held virtually and is open to the public.
Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino, Maui County Council Chairwoman Alice Lee and other county legislators are expected to offer remarks. Maui Mediation Services Executive Director Bevanne Bowers, immediate past president of the Maui Nonprofit Directors Association, will be the keynote speaker and talk about the value of volunteers to nonprofit organizations.
Updated 1/26/21, 11:57 a.m. Governor David Ige says it's time to upgrade the state economy to what he calls "Hawaii 2.0" and to "embrace digital technology
Updated 1/26/21, 10:02 a.m.
Governor David Ige says it s time to upgrade the state economy to what he calls Hawaii 2.0 and to embrace digital technology. The governor says that process can help reduce our reliance on tourism and help diversify the economy.
In his annual State of the State address, Ige reviewed the difficulties of the past year, and stressed that government will have to tighten its belt to help close a budget deficit of some $1.4 billion. Unlike past years, our main budget initiative will be to find ways to cover the historic shortfalls, Ige said. There are many paths toward that end. I know there will be disagreements on how we get there. No one has all the answers. But the best answers lie in the ones we arrive at together not in spite of each other, but because of each other.