Disaster Recovery Estimate Tops $5.5B for Cost of Rebuilding After Maui Fires James Leggate August 14, 2023 No Comments President Joe Biden disaster declaration for hard-hit historic center Lahaina and other affected areas on Aug. 10 makes federal funds available for recovery, even as fires are not fully contained.Read More
US Supreme Court May Not Hear Key Groundwater Pollution Case September 27, 2019 No Comments Pact between Hawaii officials and environmentalists in wastewater dispute settles some, but not all, legal issues.Read More
Legal High Court Could Alter Point-Source Discharge Definition in Taking Clean-Water Case Mary B. Powers February 23, 2019 No Comments Supreme Court justices will weigh lower court rulings in a Hawaii-based dispute over treated sewage carried to the ocean through groundwater.Read More