The page was turned to a new chapter at Honolulu Hale on Saturday when veteran businessman Rick Blangiardi was sworn in as mayor and five Honolulu City Council members took their seats for the first time. Read more
Garett H. Kamemoto’s reporting career placed him smack where news happened, from the bowels of the state Capitol to the Kauai neighborhoods destroyed by Hurricane Iniki. Read more
The oath of office was administered by retired Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Steven Levinson. Read more
For the first time in the city’s history, a majority of the Council is comprised of women. Read more
Those several thousand people receiving or scheduled to receive $500 debit cards from the city now have until Jan. 31 to spend the money to pay for food and other necessities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, city officials said Tuesday. Read more
Six weeks after announcing that the city was facing a $450 million operating budget shortfall, Mayor Kirk Caldwell and his top lieutenants Tuesday said they would deliver a balanced budget proposal to Mayor-elect Rick Blangiardi’s administration when it takes over Saturday. Read more
More than 400 individuals submitted resumes, the transition team said. Read more
The contract of current rail CEO and Executive Director Andrew Robbins was not renewed by the HART board, and his last day is Thursday. Read more
The contract of current rail CEO and Executive Director Andrew Robbins was not renewed by the HART board and his last day is Thursday. Read more
Caldwell has warned that Oahu could revert to the more restrictive Tier 1 if the trend of triple-digit new cases continues. Read more
Public access onto the train will be through a ticket gate on the stadium side of the station. Read more
City officials, for a second day, apologized to the public for a delay in the distribution and activation of thousands of debit cards that are supposed to help needy families hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic purchase food items during the final weeks of the year. Read more
Language inserted into the massive congressional appropriations package approved in Washington late Monday would keep alive the city’s hopes of receiving $250 million in federal grant money for its financially strapped rail project, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said today. Read more
A ruling by a state judge earlier this month leaves Honolulu taxpayers on the hook for paying former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha’s legal fees — and possibly millions more. Read more
The overall assessed value of Oahu’s taxable properties failed to go up and has gone flat for the first time in more than a decade, according to numbers released by the city’s Real Property Assessment Division. Read more
Under the latest phase of Honolulu’s Disposable Food Ware Ordinance, food vendors were required by Jan. 1 to only provide fossil fuel-free utensils made of bioplastic, paper or other renewable materials. Read more
Councilwoman-elect Esther Kiaaina will be vice chairwoman under a leadership proposal that’s expected to win the support of a majority of the new nine-member Council. Read more
Under the latest phase of Honolulu’s Disposable Food Ware Ordinance, food vendors were required by Jan. 1 to only provide fossil fuel-free utensils made of bioplastic, paper, or other renewable materials Read more
Councilwoman-elect Esther Kiaaina will be the vice chairwoman under the leadership proposal that’s expected to win the support of a majority of the new nine-member Council. Read more
A bill that would reduce, and in some instances eliminate, parking requirements for future development won a 9-0 approval from the Honolulu City Council on Wednesday. Read more
Two city-backed projects that would add about 260 rentals to Oahu’s badly needed affordable housing stock won final approval from the Honolulu City Council on Wednesday at its last meeting of the year. Read more
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