Mayor Richard Bissen submitted to the County Council a bill to amend a section of the County Code in an effort to immediately increase the inventory of housing available to survivors of the August wildfires.
As the deadline to fund the federal government nears, US Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) called on colleagues in the US Senate and House of Representatives to pass the Senate’s bipartisan continuing resolution to keep the government open and avert a disastrous shutdown.
Joe Biden visited the island Monday, 13 days after the devastating wildfires that have claimed the lives of at least 114 people tore through the western part of the island, as per the latest Maui wildfire update.
Businesses, charities and local agencies are starting to make donations as fire-ravaged Maui begins what will be a long and protracted recovery process.