The state Senate on Tuesday passed dozens of bills on mandatory third reading, a key step before becoming law, but senators rejected one contested measure that aimed to combat an increase in animal cruelty cases in Hawaii.
A plan announced by Gov. Josh Green for the state, Maui County and several private entities to pay compensation for Maui wildfire deaths and serious injuries is facing blowback at the Legislature.
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.
When the donation drive organized by Hawaii state senators opened at 10 a.m. on Thursday, cars were lined up in front of the Father Damien statue to drop off items to support those affected by the Maui wildfires.