The Maui County Council spent seven hours of a public hearing behind closed doors Wednesday discussing the legalities—and likely legal defense—of a proposal to convert 6, 100 short-term vacation ...

Update: The Maui County Council’s Housing and Land Use Committee reconvened its deliberations on Bill 9 at 3:43 p.m.

A key Maui County Council committee plans on two more days of hearings before a possible vote on July 2 after considering ...

On Maui, tensions are running high as residents once again debate a historic bill to phase out over 6,000 transient vacation ...

Council members spent most of the day behind closed doors in executive session, but spent the final hour questioning ...

Owners and managers of Maui short-term vacation rentals have argued during two days of public hearings that local residents ...

Whether it's a lakeside retreat or a family beach getaway, the scenic views and water adventures are never far away at these ...

Verbal attacks, misinformation campaigns and fistfights plague a high-stakes debate to convert thousands of vacation rentals ...

The Maui County Council plans to start deliberations next week on legislation aimed at converting thousands of short-term ...

A Maui decision over whether to phase out certain vacation rental units has drawn controversy and division within the ...

Vacation rental units at the Kapalua Golf Villas in Lahaina. The Maui Planning Commission met on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, to review a proposal from Maui Mayor Richard Bissen to phase out thousands of ...

By AUDREY McAVOY. 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 ...