City ethics commission reviews gift prohibitions for employees
A proposal to prohibit City and County of Honolulu employees from accepting gifts related to their official duties is under scrutiny. Read more
A proposal to prohibit City and County of Honolulu employees from accepting gifts related to their official duties is under scrutiny. Read more
The Honolulu Ethics Commission plans today to discuss a long-considered proposal to prohibit city employees from accepting gifts, including cash or alcohol, related to their official duties. Read more
Adopted by the City Council in January, Bill 40 is meant to provide up to $10,000 in grant funding to eligible businesses that opened prior to Jan. 1, 2022. Read more
Employing more than 10,000 full- and part-time workers, the City and County of Honolulu continues to seek new ways to fill many of its unfilled jobs. Read more
A follow-up audit on the city Department of Planning and Permitting found prior recommendations related to the quicker issuance of city building permits to the public have been met, in some cases, but not yet been achieved in other instances. Read more
Four years to the day from his announcement that he would run for his first political office, Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced Monday that he’ll seek reelection. Read more
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A proposed $4.25 million improvement project to repair or replace Waimanalo Beach Park’s aging pavilion, comfort stations, recreation building and related facilities is the topic of a Feb. 21 community meeting, the city says. Read more
Some community advocates say not enough public input was solicited by the state over the homeless project. Read more
As a means of cracking down on those who would build so-called “monster homes” on Oahu, a 2023 measure meant to prohibit giving false statements to city planners proposes a new set of penalties be given to violators. Read more
The Honolulu Planning Commission says it will soon decide on the city’s request for a two-year extension to find an alternate site for the 34-year-old Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill in Kapolei. Read more
The legal battle continued this week to save 4,000 feet of steel steps built on a sheer ridgeline above Kaneohe from a City and County of Honolulu demolition project. Read more
The University of Hawaii is expected to announce today that it has selected a private developer to design, build, finance and operate a more than $100 million film and television production studio planned next door to UH West Oahu’s campus in Kapolei. Read more
Honolulu Council member Radiant Cordero is concerned the city’s stated goal to plant 100,000 trees by 2025 has fallen short of its mark. Read more
A plan to scrap a previously sought top-down internal review of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation is underway. Read more
If adopted, Bill 1 would raise the age to legally buy these nontobacco, non- nicotine smoking products to 21 from 18. Read more
The City and County of Honolulu says a three-story, 1940s-era Waikiki walk-up left abandoned for decades and that had become a target for squatters, graffiti taggers and vandals will be revitalized. Read more
The Honolulu City Council has advanced a first-reading measure meant to give private developers of affordable rental projects more financial incentives to build. Read more
To capture evidence of possible crimes, the Honolulu Police Department might use community volunteers to monitor its overt public surveillance camera system in Waikiki. Read more
Due to ongoing rail-related construction along Dillingham Boulevard, the Honolulu City Council supports a plan to give financial assistance to eligible small businesses struggling to stay open. Read more
The Honolulu City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a resolution to use nearly $40 million in federal funds the city received during the COVID-19 pandemic for other purposes. Read more
A critical hurdle to getting a long-awaited injection of cash for Honolulu’s lumbering rail project was crossed Wednesday when the Honolulu City Council signed off on its end of an agreement for federal funding. Read more