The harbor town of Maalaea, Hawaii, sits at the crossroads of Maui, situated on the isthmus between one busy end of the ...

The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled Monday that insurers could not take part in a $4 billion settlement for victims of the 2023 ...

Senate Bill 1296 would not require special management area permits for structures in Lahaina town if they were destroyed in ...

The settlement had been held up by insurance companies who had hoped to go after those being held liable for the massive ...

A settlement was announced last summer, but insurance companies held out, insisting that they should have the right to go ...

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court has ruled that insurance companies can’t bring their own legal actions against those blamed for ...

Since the deadly 2023 Lahaina Fire in Hawaii's Maui County, the town has yet to be rebuilt. Hawaii Rep. Elle Cochran spoke to ...

Lahaina lost about 700 affordable units in the devastating August 2023 wildfire that killed at least 102 people and destroyed more than 2,200 structures. Rebuilding affordable housing complexes is one ...

Attorney Kale Feldman joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss whether insurance companies have a right to sue defendants (e.g. HEI, Kamehameha Schools) in the Maui wildfire ...

Hawaii’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that insurance companies can’t bring their own legal actions against those blamed for ...

Chrissy Lovett had just opened Maui Ocean Adventures when a deadly wildfire swept through Lahaina in 2023, burning up the ...

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team.