‘Gut and replace’ bill deals with emergency Maui recovery funding

Honolulu Star-Advertiser— State senators are pushing a bill that would fund and govern a Maui wildfire death and injury compensation fund, but the measure runs a risk of violating the Hawaii Constitution.

ETtech.com—startup funding: ETtech Deals Digest: Startup funding falls 30% on year to $73 million this week. Startup funding in the penultimate week of April 2024 declined by nearly 27.9% from the same period a year ago, totalling $74 million across 14 deals. However, deal density in the latest week improved to $5.3 million per deal, as per Tracxn data. From April 6 to April 12, 2023, startups had raised about $2.4 million per deal. Funding was down sequentially as well, from $103 million across 15 funding rounds in the previous week. Of the total corpus raised this week, fundraises of...

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WWLP.com—Shelter bill negotiators have final deal. Top Democrats expect to file a compromise on a bill (H 4582) designed to continue funding the state's overrun emergency family shelter and implement reforms to cut costs by limiting how long families may stay in shelters.