The grand opening of Kaulana Mahina Apartments a workforce housing development in Wailuku took place on Thursday, April 18. This event comes at a time when the chronically undersupplied housing market on Maui has been further impacted by the devastating fires of last August.
In response to widespread concerns over pay disparities among school employees in the state, the Hawaiʻi Government Employees Association has reached a tentative agreement to address pay equity for some educational roles within the school system.
The County of Maui purchased the David K. Trask Jr. building next to the county’s Kalana O Maui building in Wailuku for $3.8 million as part of ongoing efforts to cut millions of dollars the county pays each year for rent.
With only five of the Hawaiʻi County Fire Department’s 16 dispatch positions filled with working full-time employees, it is impossible to fill all 21 weekly 8-hour shifts with more than a lone dispatcher.