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The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state broke the law when it took control of the Mauna Kea Access Road on the Big Island and turned it into a state highway before the 2019 Thirty Meter Telescope protests.
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The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is urging homestead customers of Sandwich Isles Communications to immediately switch phone and internet service providers.
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Condominium residents of the Courtyards at Waipouli Apartments on Kauaʻi are concerned that they will be displaced once the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands acquires the property.
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The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement have partnered to launch the DHHL Wildfire Relief Program.
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The Hawaiian Community Development Board is giving its tenants more time to move out of a transitional housing complex in Māʻili. HCDB came under fire last month when several tenants expressed frustration with having to find shelter by late February.
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The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is making last-minute changes to its spending plan for the $600 million the agency needs to encumber by the end of June. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports the revised plan puts a pause on several projects that have been in the pipeline for years.
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Senate Bill 2650 would set aside funds to continue the exploration of geothermal hot spots on lands overseen by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
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As we get our bearings in 2024, we’re revisiting a few conversations with local leaders who are charting our path forward.
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Supporters of the bill say every option to reduce the waiting list should be considered. Critics say the only way to remove Native Hawaiians from the list should be to place them on the land. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
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Hawaiʻi lawmakers are now on day three of the 2024 legislative session, and measures are beginning to emerge. HPR reporter Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi breaks down some of the issues facing Native Hawaiian-serving state agencies.