The split council will take the legislation up for final reading in two weeks, and plans to hear a separate bill that could ...

The Maui County Council passed the contentious Bill 9 on first reading Monday, advancing a measure that would phase out thousands of transient vacation rentals currently operating in apartment-zoned ...

Bill 9 would slowly phase out short-term vacation rentals in parts of Hāna, South and West Maui, as well as Molokaʻi.

Maui County Council members listened to hours of passionate public testimony Monday as they passed a “clean” version of Bill 9 on first reading. Citing the need for housing for residents, a majority ...

The Maui County Council voted late Monday afternoon to pass the first reading of a bill that would phase out about 7,000 ...

The council has until the end of Tuesday to decide who should succeed the late Tasha Kama or the mayor gets to pick.

A proposal to do away with short-term rentals on Maui, HI, to help ease the housing crunch is already having an effect on the economy—but not in a way locals had hoped. “Reducing transient vacation ...

The Maui County Council voted 5 to 3 on Monday to pass the first of three readings on Bill 9 — Mayor Richard Bissen’s ...

Rent control might be needed as Maui landlords continue to demand more money for limited housing to accommodate survivors of the Aug. 8 wildfires, according to officials with the Council for Native ...