On Tuesday the all-volunteer HART board is set to take a critical vote on whether to fish or cut bait on a two-year effort to secure a partnership with a private group to help finance construction of the project’s last 4-mile leg into urban Honolulu. Read more
Nonresidents 13 and older will need to pay $12 to enter the lower preserve (beyond the scenic lookout), up from the existing $7.50. That’s a 60% increase, but it’s the first increase since 1996. Read more
Nonresidents 13 and older will need to pay $12 to enter the lower preserve (beyond the scenic lookout), up from the existing $7.50. That’s a 60% increase, but it’s the first increase since 1996. Read more
It’s a move that may lead to construction halting short of Ala Moana or without 21 stations as has been envisioned for more than a decade. Read more
More Oahu motorists will be able to renew their driver licenses by mail under policy changes announced by the city today. Read more
Josh Stanbro, the city’s chief resilience officer, said Tuesday that 94% of the $387 million already has been earmarked or allocated for programs and services. About 52%, or $201.5 million, actually has been awarded, he said. Read more
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The bill would require the hotels to recall a set amount of employees, calculated by the occupancy that the hotel will accommodate, with priority given to those with the most seniority in their respective job positions. Read more
Honolulu’s prosecuting attorney would be limited to no more than two four-year terms if a City Charter amendment on the 2020 general election ballot wins the approval of a majority of Oahu voters. Read more
A fairly significant 15% remained undecided. Read more
The projected cost of the city’s troubled East Kapolei-to-Ala Moana rail project has now moved above the $10 billion mark. Read more
The topic of completing the Honolulu rail project to Ala Moana generated one heated exchange between the candidates. Read more
The number of primary votes cast was the most since statehood by a large margin — the previous high was 309,700 in 1994 — while the percentage turnout in August was the highest since 1996, when it was 51.8%. Read more
The goal is to help artists and cultural practitioners who are part of the “gig economy” that consists of people who work contractually from job to job with little security and few employment rights or benefits. Read more
The two Honolulu mayoral hopefuls advancing into November’s winner-take-all matchup are the same two candidates who outraised and outspent a broad and diverse field of opponents. Read more
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said he spent part of the morning personally calling furniture stores who have reportedly been open in violation of the city’s two-week shutdown order. Read more
Honolulu residents who rent plots in the city’s 10 community gardens are again urging Mayor Kirk Caldwell to reconsider his decision to include their program among the activities required to be closed under the latest COVID-19 lockdown. Read more
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said he spent part of the morning personally calling furniture stores who have reportedly been open in violation of the city’s two-week shutdown order. Read more
Details of negotiations between city officials and potential third-party entities that would help construct and operate the struggling $9.2 billion rail project remain shrouded in mystery, even to members of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, who sought to get some answers Thursday. Read more
A bill allowing certain group living facilities to be exempted from needing to be 1,000 feet from each other was approved tentatively by the City Council Zoning, Planning and Housing Committee on Thursday. Read more
It was a 30-hour roller coaster ride for thousands of Oahu private school students, parents, teachers and administrators as they tried to figure out how Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s latest emergency order was going to affect them. Read more
Nine hours before it was to take effect, Gov. David Ige today approved Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s Stay at Home/Work from Home executive order that severely locksdown businesses and activities on Oahu for the next two weeks. Read more
