HONOLULU (AP) — An unprecedented proposal from Maui's mayor to phase out vacation rentals would alleviate a severe housing shortage aggravated by the 2023 wildfires but would also shrink the economy, ...

Lahaina, Maui, in August of 2023, officials asked visitors to avoid nonessential travel to the island. They then quickly clarified that visitors should only avoid West Maui, the area immediately ...

If Elon Musk’s goal was to funnel more FEMA money to disaster aid, the fallout from his declaration had the opposite effect.

Echoing an earlier request from the state, local lawmakers have renewed a call for FEMA to reconsider its policy not to test ...

“States don’t have that capability built to handle a disaster every single year,” Lynn Budd, director of the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security, told Stateline in an interview. Access to FEMA avoids ...

Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen introduced a $1.5 billion proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year as the county continues to work to fund wildfire recovery efforts and bolster emergency response ...

It’s been just over 18 months since the devastating Lahaina fire changed the face of life on Maui — displacing more than 10,000 people, torching hundreds of businesses and, in its wake, severely ...

Residents of fire-prone Waikōloa Village were hopeful that they would get a new evacuation route this year. Work on an egress road started under former Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth, but now the new ...

The Supreme Court’s emergency docket, also known as the shadow docket, consists of applications seeking immediate action from the court. Unlike the merits docket, these cases are handled on an ...

Many Lahaina residents will be able to rebuild quicker thanks to a new bill passed on March 21 at the Maui County Council.

Schatz meets with the Maui County Council and Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green to discuss Lahaina recovery and protecting federal ...