By Sophie Cocke scocke@staradvertiser.com on April 24, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:42 pm
By Sophie Cocke scocke@staradvertiser.com Posted on April 24, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:42 pm
The Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs raised a litany 0f concerns about the Public Safety Department during earlier hearings.
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By Kevin Dayton kdayton@staradvertiser.com Posted on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:31 pm
State lawmakers have decided to make a modest $5 million deposit into the state’s “rainy day” budget reserve fund instead of issuing taxpayer refunds from the state budget surplus this year.
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By Nina Wu nwu@staradvertiser.com on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:30 pm
By Nina Wu nwu@staradvertiser.com Posted on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:30 pm
The town of Hilo has come alive as the 56th Merrie Monarch Festival gets underway, nearly a year after the start of Kilauea Volcano’s historic eruption in lower Puna.
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By Kevin Dayton kdayton@staradvertiser.com Posted on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 25, 2019 at 9:01 am
Despite pushback from some hotel and commercial property owners, lawmakers this week continued to mull plans to require real estate investment trusts to pay Hawaii corporate income taxes, and reached agreements on some criminal justice bills.
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By Allison Schaefers aschaefers@staradvertiser.com on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:20 pm
By Allison Schaefers aschaefers@staradvertiser.com Posted on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:20 pm
It’s been said that Kalakaua Avenue is the Rodeo Drive of Hawaii and now it’s got a new comparably sized triple-decker Hermes store to prove it.
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By Sydney Maki Bloomberg News on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:21 pm
By Sydney Maki Bloomberg News Posted on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:21 pm
The stock of Hawaiian Airlines’ parent company sank Wednesday as much as 9.5%, the biggest decline since March 4, as analysts said concerns about competition and rising fuel costs overshadowed the company’s higher-than- expected first-quarter earnings.
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By Star-Advertiser staff on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:24 pm
By Star-Advertiser staff Posted on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:24 pm
Maui Land & Pineapple Co. reported Wednesday a slightly wider first-quarter loss of $1.1 million, or a loss of 6 cents a share, compared to a loss of $1 million, or a loss of 5 cents a share, in the year-earlier period.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:22 pm
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:22 pm
With his proposed trash pickup fee on life support, Mayor Kirk Caldwell is attempting to revive the idea by offering the City Council Budget Committee a new proposition.
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By Star-Advertiser staff on April 24, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 11:54 pm
By Star-Advertiser staff Posted on April 24, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 11:54 pm
Honolulu police have opened a first-degree arson investigation of the fire that started in the back patio of unit V106 at 92-1210 Palahia St. at about 10:05 a.m. Tuesday.
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By Christine Donnelly cdonnelly@staradvertiser.com on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:13 pm
By Christine Donnelly cdonnelly@staradvertiser.com Posted on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 10:13 pm
Question: If they pass the bill allowing more short-term rentals, how will they issue the permits? Will they favor operators who have been paying their taxes, even if their units are technically illegal?
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By William Cole wcole@staradvertiser.com on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 25, 2019 at 8:00 am
By William Cole wcole@staradvertiser.com Posted on April 25, 2019 • Updated on April 25, 2019 at 8:00 am
The Trump administration is said to be considering a 10-year waiver to the Jones Act to allow foreign-flagged vessels to deliver natural gas to Puerto Rico — and possibly nationwide — creating the latest dust-up over the controversial century-old maritime law.
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By Nelson Daranciang ndaranciang@staradvertiser.com on April 25, 2019
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By Nelson Daranciang ndaranciang@staradvertiser.com Posted on April 25, 2019
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The operator of a no-kill animal rescue shelter in Makaha is not responsible for the condition of the dogs seized from his family’s property in 2016 because people dropped off their old, sick and injured pets at the shelter at all hours of the day, oftentimes anonymously, the operator’s lawyer told a state jury.
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By Sophie Cocke scocke@staradvertiser.com on April 24, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 9:39 am
By Sophie Cocke scocke@staradvertiser.com Posted on April 24, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 9:39 am
Key members of the state House and Senate have agreed to scrap the Hawai‘i Convention Center as the location for a proposed Hawaiian music and dance center after the state spent $800,000 studying the feasibility of the location and coming up with preliminary design and business plans.
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By Nina Wu nwu@staradvertiser.com on April 23, 2019 • Updated on April 23, 2019 at 11:47 pm
By Nina Wu nwu@staradvertiser.com Posted on April 23, 2019 • Updated on April 23, 2019 at 11:47 pm
She has been provided with life-saving and supportive care, and the team continues to conduct extensive testing to find the cause of illness in the endangered monk seal.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on April 24, 2019 • Updated on April 23, 2019 at 11:20 pm
A Honolulu City Council committee voiced opposition Tuesday to key parts of Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s plan for improving Ala Moana Regional Park.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com on April 24, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 1:08 pm
By Gordon Y.K. Pang gordonpang@staradvertiser.com Posted on April 24, 2019 • Updated on April 24, 2019 at 1:08 pm
Two bills aimed at carving out rules and a permitting process for short-term vacation rentals were held up Tuesday by the City Council Planning Committee to allow committee members more time to look into the different impacts the legislation would have on the community.
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