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Kate Blystone takes over a department reeling with low morale, a backlog of permits, a staffing shortage and other issues while dealing with the fire recovery.

A new bill in Hawaii aims to ban foreigners from purchasing land in Hawaii amid the ongoing housing and homelessness crisis in the state.

A new bill in Hawaii aims to ban foreigners from purchasing land in Hawaii amid the ongoing housing and homelessness crisis in the state.

Mengshin Lin for The Washington Post via Getty Images(HONOLULU) -- A new bill in Hawaii aims to ban foreigners from purchasing land in the Aloha State. State Sen. Brenton Awa, who introduced the bill, says it could address concerns about the ongoing h...

Weeks after reopening the budget to trim expenses, Somerset County’s new Republican majority commissioners instead presented a larger proposed budget Tuesday that would raise taxes by 13%.

Somerset County property owners will likely end up paying more in taxes in 2024, after all.

Walters collected 195 signatures and 174 property owners of about 180 properties for a petition to convert the areas deemed R-1 to Agriculture. Based on the map, Walters said about 96% of people support the idea of going to Ag.

Gio_banfi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen hopes to incentivize short-term rental owners to use their units as temporary housing as

Gio_banfi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen hopes to incentivize short-term rental owners to use their units as temporary housing as victims of the wildfires continue to face housing insecurity issues. His proposed bill, if en...

Williamsport, Pa. — Since 2021, Lycoming County taxpayers have been paying for the cost of legal fees to the tune of “tens of thousands of dollars” for the commissioner’s stream