The Maui County Council is considering a proposal to buy the Maui News’ complex of buildings in Wailuku for $9.8 million and it’s generating some heat. The notion of such…

Nobody needs to be told that January has been one hell of a month. However, while the Capitol was under siege, and then-president Trump raging, there were some odd echoes…

On January 2, the most progressive Maui County Council in recent history will officially be seated. It includes newly elected Lana’i representative Gabe Johnson and incumbents Tasha Kama, Kelly King,…

The table is a record of Mahi Pono’s purchases of Restricted Use Pesticides [RUPs] from January through October 2020. RUP’s are not available to the public and must be applied…

California water attorney Tim O'Laughlin aka "The Hammer," hired by Mahi Pono last year as Chief Operating Officer, has left that position, Politics on Maui has learned. "He is no…

It’s a lovely Sunday afternoon. Across Maui, residents and visitors are enjoying a bounty of outdoor activities. Well, except me. Political junkie that I am, I am surrounded in my…

Last week, a gut-wrenching two-day special hearing of the Maui County Council’s Governance, Ethics and Transparency Committee made uncomfortably public the anger issues of County Prosecuting Attorney Don Guzman. During…

The mysterious, mainland-created dark money group Hui O Maui added another $177,500 to its two campaign subsidiaries—"Hui O Maui Citizens for Change" and "Vote No on Charter Amendments Hui O…