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5.28.2024

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Can Hawaiʻi afford a big income tax cut?
Gov. Josh Green seems certain to sign into law the whopping state income tax cut of 2024, a bill that is expected to reduce the state tax burden for a median-income Hawaiʻi family by nearly $20,000 over the next seven years. Civil Beat.

Japanese coast guard ship, trainees visit Hawaiʻi
Trainees from Japan’s Coast Guard Academy are in Hawaiʻi as part of a training cruise that is taking them across the Pacific. Star-Advertiser.

A working group that emerged from a tragedy sets out to reform child welfare services
The group drafted dozens of recommendations for reform, and is about to launch a series of hearings to solicit comments on those ideas. Civil Beat.

Hawaiʻi’s opioid settlement fund is growing and, after delays, starting to be spent
The appointment of a full-time project coordinator to manage Hawaiʻi’s opioid settlement trust fund has set the process of allocating money to the counties for drug treatment efforts on a faster track. Civil Beat.

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State pays $1.8M to settle former Waimānalo foster kids’ lawsuit
Three former foster children, now adults, of George Kipapa and his late wife, Jolyn Kipapa, agreed to a $1.8 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging abuses they suffered as foster children over 18 years. Star-Advertiser.

Over 40,000 attend Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawai’i ceremony
In remembrance of loved ones, 6,000 lanterns were set afloat at Ala Moana Regional Park on Memorial Day. The ceremony marked the 25th anniversary of the event with the theme “Many Rivers, One Ocean.” Star-Advertiser.

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The Heat Is Rising in Honolulu. More Trees Will Help Cool It Off.

Hawai‘i organizations were awarded $42.6 million in federal funds to expand the urban tree canopy. Some neighborhoods need it more than others… read more.

HAWAIʻI ISLAND

A source of koa for canoe-builders
A 1,200-acre koa forest in Ka‘u is almost ready to be harvested for the first time in nearly two decades. Tribune-Herald.

Demolition of historic Jaggar Museum begins
Demolition began this month at the Thomas A. Jaggar Museum, ending a six-year period of disuse after the facility was critically damaged during the 2018 Kilauea eruption. Tribune-Herald.

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Making Rum from Sugar Cane in Hale‘iwa
Kō Hana Distillery grows 34 varieties of sugar cane, which goes “straight from farm to bottle.” Kō Hana’s farm in Hale‘iwa has grown from one-quarter of an acre 10 years ago to over 350 acres today... read more.

MAUI COUNTY

DLNR cites 3 men for fishing violations in ‘Ahihi-Kina‘u Area Reserve
Officers recovered a total of 78 different fish from the men at the reserve in southwestern Maui — a nursery and refuge for some of Hawaiʻi’s most important, unique resources. Star-Advertiser. Maui News.

Interest form open to help Lahaina homeowners rebuild
The three-year program will assist up to 500 owner-occupant Lahaina homeowners prevent foreclosure and qualify for financing to rebuild their homes. Maui Now.

KAUAʻI

Home sales leap, median price retreats on Kaua‘i in April
Home sales jumped more than 60 percent in the first full month of spring, as the Kaua‘i housing market continued to rebound from a rough outing in 2023. Garden Island.

Musicians, vendors still have time to join free World Oceans Day event
Kaua‘i ocean conservation nonprofit Ho‘omalu Ke Kai will install its first beach cleanup station – made of upcycled marine debris – at its biggest World Oceans Day celebration to date, on June 8. Kauai Now.

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