AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoFlood Response: Maui County opened a temporary evacuation point in Hāna as heavy rain caused flooding; no evacuations were ordered, but Piʻilani Highway was closed at Mile 51. A statewide flood threat was also in effect. Big Island Recovery: Families have until Monday to claim funerary items displaced by flooding at Nā‘alehu Cemetery, where recovery work continues. Public Safety: A trial is set for September in the wrongful-death case over the Hilo banyan tree collapse that killed two women in 2025. Honolulu Policy: A proposed shopping-cart bill, criticized by opponents as unfair to people experiencing homelessness, heads to the full City Council on Nov. 5. Election Watch: About 165,000 Hawaiʻi ballots had been returned by Wednesday—22% of registered voters and below the pace at the same point in the 2022 midterms. Schools: Proposed state standards would require water-safety education for students at every grade level, but would not require swimming lessons at schools without pool or ocean access.
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