Big corporations, golf courses and hotels have been taking water from locals for years. Now the fire may result in even more devastating water theft
Why was there no water to fight the fire in Maui?
Tag: Josh Green (politician)
Maui emergency chief resigns, Hawaii AG to use third-party investigator, Gov. Green pledges to ban ‘predatory’ land grabs + South Korea and Japan pledge $2 million assistance to Hawaii
FEMA Money For Maui Disaster Relief May Get Caught Up In A Partisan Fight Over Ukraine
FEMA Money For Maui Disaster Relief May Get Caught Up In A Partisan Fight Over Ukraine
But the effort to get a speedy appropriation has foundered after the Biden administration sought $12 billion in emergency funding that would extend disaster relief programs while simultaneously requesting some $24.1 billion in military spending for Ukraine in the same package.
That means that funding Hawaii’s needs for Maui’s recovery has been tied to funding to back Ukraine’s military, an increasingly unpopular topic in some Republican circles. When the House passed its fiscal 2024 defense authorization bill early this summer, a contingent of several dozen House Republicans sought to prohibit additional U.S. assistance to Ukraine.
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