City Council Chairman Ikaika Anderson wants voters to abolish the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation and transfer oversight of the island’s troubled rail construction project to an agency that answers directly to the mayor. Read more
Concerns are raised on the use of $4.5 million to provide shelter instead of medical services. Read more
The board of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation on Thursday approved paying a contractor up to $10 million to deal with contaminated groundwater found in December in an aquifer about 30 feet below a rail work site at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Read more
The former director of the Honolulu Ethics Commission told the panel’s members Wednesday that they violated the public’s trust by pulling him and his staff off from their investigations of ex-Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, then-Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha. Read more
The city will begin repaving, reconstructing and re-striping the full, 1-mile stretch of Ala Moana Park Drive starting next month. Read more
The Honolulu City Council’s plan to temporarily move into offices at the downtown Alii Place tower has hit a snag that likely will push the renovation of Council offices at Honolulu Hale into 2021. Read more
Low-income homeowners on Oahu have until Sept. 30 to apply for a property tax credit available each year from the city. Read more
Two seasoned political operatives have been enlisted to help the Honolulu City Council with its policy making and messaging. Read more
Most Oahu water customers will receive higher water bills starting this month, the first of four rounds of rate increases under a plan approved last year by the Honolulu Board of Water Supply. Read more
Honolulu City Councilwoman Kymberly Pine wants Oahu lifeguards to stay on the beach longer — from dawn to dusk. Read more
A setback Monday in state Circuit Court won’t discourage Oahu businessman Tracy Yoshimura from going back to the starting line in his quest to have Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro impeached, his attorney said Monday night. Read more
Honolulu Councilwoman Heidi Tsuneyoshi says the agency tasked with building the $9.2 billion East Kapolei-to- Ala Moana Center rail line shouldn’t use additional city taxpayer money to hire a lawyer to deal with three federal subpoenas that are looking into wrongdoing at the agency. Read more
Oahu businessman Tracy Yoshimura said he plans to refile a petition to impeach Kaneshiro. Read more
New renderings showing a dramatically redeveloped Neal S. Blaisdell Center are being released by city officials this month as they begin selecting a private partner for the $772 million project. Read more
Up to 80 on-street and 80 off-street parking stalls will be set aside for lease by car-share companies under a bill passed by the Honolulu City Council Wednesday. Read more
The state Department of Taxation is again asking a judge for permission to force vacation rental giant Airbnb Inc. to turn over the booking records of operators in Hawaii who advertise with them. Read more
Fifty-six years ago, President John F. Kennedy urged U.S. mayors assembled at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki to take the lead on civil rights issues. Read more
Mayor Kirk Caldwell on Friday defended his comments suggesting the Honolulu Police Department, the city and Oahu residents “move on” following Thursday’s convictions of former Police Chief Louis Kealoha, his wife and former Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha and two other police officers on federal conspiracy and corruption charges. Read more
Amid clearing skies, 220-plus mayors from across the United States converged Friday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort to discuss possible solutions for a slew of common issues ranging from federal immigration policies to climate change. Read more
More than 220 mayors from across the United States will gather at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort this weekend to share ideas about how to make their cities better. Read more
It took roughly three decades, but the city now has a broad-ranging policy regulating vacation rentals. Read more
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