Hundreds of people from all over the state gathered at the state Capitol on Wednesday for the opening day of the 2024 legislative session to advocate for issues, including increasing funds for Hawaiian immersion schools, paid family leave, better overall health care and improving the lives of unionized workers across the state.
Lahaina Strong members and their supporters delivered a box of 11,141 petitions 3,517 of which were from the 96761 Lahaina ZIP code to Green’s fifth-floor offices.
Lahaina fire survivors without renter’s or property owner’s insurance and even those with insurance received no assurances Thursday that the state can help them recover their losses anytime soon.
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Social media disinformation that is playing a major role in mistrust among some Lahaina fire survivors was stoked by China including a claim that the fire started from secret government testing of a “weather weapon.”