The full House and Senate will now consider the question of whether to allow each county to determine how — if at all — to regulate short-term vacation rentals on their islands, including the possibility of outlawing them.
A bill that gives counties the clear authority to regulate short-term vacation rentals, including the power to ban them, unanimously passed out of a joint House-Senate conference committee today ahead of a vote by the full House and Senate next week.
HONOLULU (AP) — A single mother of two, Amy Chadwick spent years scrimping and saving to buy a house in the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. But after a devastating fire leveled Lahaina in August and reduced Chadwick's home to white dust, the cheapest rental she could find for her family and dogs cost $10,000 a month. Chadwick, a fine-dining server, moved to Florida where she could stretch her homeowners insurance dollars. She’s worried Maui’s exorbitant rental prices, driven in...
An acute housing shortage hitting fire survivors on the Hawaiian island of Maui is squeezing out residents even as they try to overcome the loss of loved ones, their homes and their community
In collaboration with Hawaii Green Growth Local 2030 Hub, Aloha+ Challenge and Friends of the Future, Hawaii County is excited to host their third Hawaii Sustainability Summit at the OUTRIGGER Kona Resort & Spa.
Just a week after Sammi 'Sweetheart' Giancola survived an awkward reunion with longtime ex Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, tensions rose between Sammi and Angelina Pivarnick on Jersey Shore.
The Hokule‘a and Hikianalia canoes will remain in Hawaii waters until March and will focus on training, education and cultural engagement in the state this year, the Polynesian Voyaging Society announced Thursday.
This is an edition of the newsletter Pulling Weeds With Chris Black, in which the columnist weighs in on hot topics in culture. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday. After circling for an hour, I landed in the most torrential rain the UAE had seen in 23 years. My ride from the airport should have been on a pontoon boat. Cars were abandoned and submerged in water, and crypto bros' Lamborghinis were drowning. From the back seat of the Sprinter, Dubai felt like a combination of Las...
It’s National Bucket List Day! The concept of a “bucket list” refers to a list of things a person wants to achieve or experience before they die.
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Imagine you and your friends have a digital notebook where you keep track of all the trades or exchanges you make with each other. Like, if you trade cards, cookies or even favors, you write it down so everyone remembers who gave what to whom.