“Cease and desist” for 30 Meter Telescope, “Hawaii’s economy remains resilient”, and “‘Aina Kupuna’ tax relief legislation advances.”
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Today’s Front Page‘Cease and desist’By ANDREW GOMES Honolulu Star-Advertiser Activists who have opposed the planned Thirty Meter Telescope atop Maunakea for over a decade want project backers to know that their resistance has not dimmed. Leaders of the local movement against TMT on Monday sent a seven-page letter to project organizerswarning them that continuing efforts to build the telescope on the Hawaii island mountaintop would be met with more opposition. “Any attempt to construct the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea…Read more Hawaii’s economy remains resilientBy ANDREW GOMES Honolulu Star-Advertiser Hawaii’s economy should maintain mild growth this year, according to a new state forecast that notes recent spikes in inflation and personal income. The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism published its latest quarterly report assessing Hawaii’s economy on Monday, and slightly downgraded its growth forecast for 2026 to 1.6% compared with 1.7% growth it projected in a March report. DBEDT did not change its outlook for the…Read more ‘Aina Kupuna’ tax relief legislation advancesCouncil bill aims to preserve generational family lands By STEFAN VERBANO Hawaii Tribune-Herald A Hawaii County Council committee unanimously approved legislation Tuesday that would establish a new property tax dedication known as “Aina Kupuna,” allowinglocal families who’ve owned generational lands for at least a century to pay minimum taxes and avoid being priced out of their ancestral homes. The Committee on Finance voted 8-0 to send Bill 163 to the full council with a favorablerecommendation,…Rea Download the Hawaii Tribune Herald App
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