Board Chair Kai Kahele plans to take up the issue at an OHA meeting on the Big Island in November.

The trustees voted unanimously against giving Stacy Ferreira a 35% pay raise, saying the proposal was premature and flawed.

A draft proposal to raise the salary for the leader of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs describes the pay raise as conservative.

After years of failing to get building approval, the office may look to another Hawaiʻi government agency to jumpstart construction.

The circumstances surrounding Stacy Ferreira’s departure from the office’s top post remain unclear.

The court also upheld dozens of charges against former Trustee Rowena Akana.

Staff and some trustees had been caught off guard by a dramatically different spending plan. Monday’s decision came after a flurry of changes to reach a compromise.

A vote comes Monday for the new budget, which some fear could undermine the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ mission.

The federal government’s decision not to fund the Thirty Meter Telescope played a role. But questions remain about where the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will redirect its resources.

After years of futility, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has new support for its plans to build affordable housing and a hotel on 30 acres of the Honolulu waterfront.