The Honolulu City Council voted to pass a measure that gives condominium owners more time to comply with a law that requires them to install fire sprinklers or pass a safety evaluation. Read more
Candidate filing for congressional and state House of Representatives and Senate seats is now open, after the Hawaii Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a legal challenge to the new map for state legislative districts. Read more
Mayor Rick Blangiardi on Tuesday ranked affordable housing, public safety and transportation among top priorities in his State of the City address. Read more
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s second annual State of the City address, slated to be delivered this morning, is expected to lay out top priorities that include more money for police and a focus on homelessness and affordable housing. Read more
After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, more than 300 volunteers dispersed across Oahu on Thursday morning to record the number of unsheltered homeless people for the annual Point-in-Time count. Read more
The Honolulu Ethics Commission issued a formal opinion Wednesday that City Council member Andria Tupola improperly used city funds to buy materials for COVID-19 community events put on by her former private employer. Read more
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After one year the city has achieved its goal of housing over 300 homeless families using a voucher program supported through federal pandemic relief funds. Read more
Oahu, Kauai and Hawaii counties on Monday joined Maui County in repealing their last remaining COVID- 19 restrictions, which ranged from limiting gathering sizes to requiring proof of vaccination or negative test result to enter certain establishments. Read more
The Hawaii Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the state Office of Elections to withhold issuing candidate nomination papers for the 2022 election while it considers a legal challenge to new redistricting maps for state legislative districts. Read more
The Hawaii Supreme Court today ordered the State Office of Elections to withhold issuing candidate nomination papers for the 2022 election while it considers a legal challenge to new redistricting maps for state legislative districts. Read more
Residents of Pearl City Peninsula can resume drinking and cooking with their tap water, according to the Hawaii Department of Health, which on Wednesday lifted its drinking water advisory for the neighborhood. Read more
The Oahu Real Property Tax Advisory Commission is considering changes to the city’s property tax rates and exemptions — notably, for historic homes, for-profit child care centers and primary residences. Read more
Three measures moving through the state Legislature are taking aim at landlords who discriminate against people using housing subsidies. Read more
Condominium owners are asking for more time and more oversight from the Honolulu City Council to comply with a law that requires them to install fire sprinklers or pass a life-safety evaluation test. Read more
A building inspector in the city Department of Planning and Permitting pleaded guilty Monday to an indictment accusing him and others of accepting bribes to accelerate building projects. Read more
The Honolulu Fire Department received a 911 call to rescue the 57-year-old man at 2:32 p.m. The hiker was not injured. Read more
River of Life Mission has agreed to move its free-meal program away from its Chinatown location after 35 years of operation. Read more
Oahu could be losing 264 coveted child care seats as Seagull Schools faces closure after the city notified the organization that it would not renew its lease at the early childhood education center above the parking structure on the Frank Fasi Municipal Center Grounds. Read more
The Honolulu City Council, during a committee meeting today, will consider three resolutions that would urge the city administration to acquire private properties, two of which have racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for building violations. Read more
State lawmakers are weighing two measures that aim to require the Hawaii Department of Education to provide students at all public school campuses with free menstrual products. Read more
The City and County of Honolulu opened a second isolation and quarantine facility in Ewa Beach on Monday to accommodate those who have been infected by COVID-19 and need a space to distance themselves from others. Read more
