By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 22, 2019 • Updated on March 22, 2019 at 3:06 pm
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 22, 2019 • Updated on March 22, 2019 at 3:06 pm
With the special election for City Council District 4 fast approaching, Trevor Ozawa and Tommy Waters are seeking to draw voters’ attention to each other’s perceived weaknesses.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 19, 2019 • Updated on March 21, 2019 at 11:00 am
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 19, 2019 • Updated on March 21, 2019 at 11:00 am
Interest-free down payment loans are available through the city to qualifying first-time home purchasers who are in low- and moderate income brackets.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 19, 2019 • Updated on March 19, 2019 at 5:43 pm
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 19, 2019 • Updated on March 19, 2019 at 5:43 pm
A bill allowing up to 4,000 new bed-and-breakfast permits to be issued while at the same time strengthening enforcement of residential vacation rentals moved out of the City Council Planning Committee on Monday.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 18, 2019 • Updated on March 17, 2019 at 10:25 pm
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 18, 2019 • Updated on March 17, 2019 at 10:25 pm
With or without Mayor Kirk Caldwell and his administration, Honolulu City Council members want to relocate themselves and the rest of the legislative branch to the Alii Place tower downtown from Honolulu Hale by the end of the year.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 17, 2019 • Updated on March 17, 2019 at 12:06 am
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 17, 2019 • Updated on March 17, 2019 at 12:06 am
When First Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Chasid Sapolu went on voluntary leave Dec. 13 after receiving a subject letter from federal investigators, he used his vacation time.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 15, 2019 • Updated on March 14, 2019 at 10:28 pm
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 15, 2019 • Updated on March 14, 2019 at 10:28 pm
The Honolulu Police Department is asking for funding of 10 reactivated officer positions for a community outreach unit aimed at coordinating its outreach and enforcement efforts with social service providers to better assist the homeless.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 15, 2019 • Updated on March 14, 2019 at 10:25 pm
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 15, 2019 • Updated on March 14, 2019 at 10:25 pm
Acting Prosecuting Attorney Dwight Nadamoto insisted Thursday that he is in charge of day-to-day operations at the city prosecutor’s office despite several visits in the past week by Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro, who is on paid leave.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 14, 2019 • Updated on March 13, 2019 at 10:49 pm
City officials told the City Council Budget Committee Wednesday that they will relocate the underground Fort Street Mall satellite city hall to the city’s street-level Chinatown Gateway Plaza tower two blocks away.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 12, 2019 • Updated on March 12, 2019 at 12:52 pm
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 12, 2019 • Updated on March 12, 2019 at 12:52 pm
The decision to pay Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro his full $170,712 annual salary and benefits while he is on leave was made by his appointed replacement.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 11, 2019 • Updated on March 11, 2019 at 11:06 am
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 11, 2019 • Updated on March 11, 2019 at 11:06 am
Officials with Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s administration have agreed to attend a meeting tonight hosted by groups that have raised concerns about planned improvements at popular Ala Moana Regional Park.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 9, 2019
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 9, 2019
One day after Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro announced he was taking paid leave, the City Council on Friday passed a resolution allowing up to $75,000 for a private law firm to defend him in an impeachment proceeding.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 9, 2019
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 9, 2019
A statement calling for an independent forensic audit of the city’s $9.2 billion rail project was adopted unanimously Friday by the Honolulu City Council.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 9, 2019
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 9, 2019
Honolulu City Council on Friday unanimously approved a resolution backing the Board of Water Supply’s position that simply upgrading existing single-wall lining of 18 massive jet fuel tanks under Red Hill is not good enough when they sit just 100 feet above a major aquifer that services much of Oahu.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 8, 2019 • Updated on March 8, 2019 at 4:41 pm
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 8, 2019 • Updated on March 8, 2019 at 4:41 pm
The Honolulu City Council today approved legislation that initiates a condemnation action to acquire an easement for a long-discussed public beach right of way to the ocean in East Honolulu’s upscale Portlock Road area.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on March 7, 2019 • Updated on March 6, 2019 at 10:33 pm
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 7, 2019 • Updated on March 6, 2019 at 10:33 pm
An attorney for former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha on Wednesday urged the Police Commission to use taxpayer money to pay for the lawyers representing him in two federal criminal cases.
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