Honolulu County

... deadline 2 p.m. Hawaiʻi Standard Time on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 ....

... Hu Honua on the Big Island and AES on Oahu are both proposing to burn wood to generate electricity.  NRDC explains that wood burners actually produce more CO2 than coal.... 

... 50% capacity or a maximum of 1,000 attendees (whichever is smaller) ....

“When combined with their share of the state debt, Honolulu taxpayers each owe $61,300.”

... the city’s Landfill Advisory Committee (LAC) will hold its first virtual meeting October 4 from 2-4 p.m ....

... the $768 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to require stricter inspection and safety standards for the military’s fuel tanks and supporting infrastructure at Red Hill on O’ahu....

... Members from the HDOT, U.S. Army, Congress, Executive Office, Legislature, Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association (AOPA), tenants and community members have been meeting every few weeks for the past nine months as a collaborative effort to help save the airfield ....

... COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations have improved since the initial suspension began Aug. 25, 2021 ....

... contact your local Neighborhood Board Chair to volunteer for a vacant seat ....

... DOH Food Safety Branch has issued a Cease and Desist Order and a red “closed” placard to Doner Shack ....

... How does some bureaucrat sitting in the real property tax office have any idea whether a property is vacant? ....

... an increase of up to 2000% ....

... To be considered for a one-year appointment ....

... Instead of drawing attention to these protesters, political leaders should be out at vaccination sites thanking people for getting vaxxed and highlighting the stories behind their decision to get vaxxed.  These stories will convince others to get vaxxed ....

"...to implement Complete Streets which provide equitable access across all modes and for all abilities, including pedestrians, bicycles, cars, trucks, and buses...."

... if you implement a policy that segregates the vaccinated with the unvaccinated, we're inadvertently incentivizing the unvaccinated community to gather and spread COVID within their own communities ....

... Honolulu rail project get a portion of the revenues? ....

... City launches “Safe Access O‘ahu” program to help protect businesses, employees and customers ....

... top Corrections Official was Secret Arbitrator keeping mafia-connected HPD officers on the job ....

... Then on August 3 came devastating confirmation from a respected FTA agent ....

... The modification will be in effect for 28 days ....

... The largest businesses of 50 or more employees reported the lowest proportion of vaccinations at their workplaces ....

... would not allow any new STRs in residential areas, but allow STRs adjacent to existing resort areas ....

... Today's ruling against the State eliminates the ten-day expiration period of pistol permits....and the requirement that an individual physically brings a firearm to the police station to register....

... The City & County of Honolulu is the only Hawaii government employer that is not providing all unvaccinated employees the “alternative” of regular COVID-19 testing ....

... City and County of Honolulu employees will be required to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated, have completed a single-dose vaccine or initiated the first dose of a two-dose series by Aug. 16, 2021 ....

... Higher income limits mean more Oʻahu renters can qualify ....

... Both plaintiffs were sent letters from HPD denying them the ability to obtain a permit or register firearms and ordering them to surrender any they may have in their possession ....

... Permits will be issued for five display sites through a lottery ....

... Bill 17 would allow the city’s Department of Planning and Permitting to record liens against property and then to foreclose on the liens....

... Hawaii’s finances are in worse shape than our state and county officials would have us believe ....

... Blaisdell Center was recently awarded $3,056,261.58 ....

... an effort to accommodate local residents, while maintaining the improved marine environment ....

... The deadline to apply for the Real Property Tax Credit Program is September 30, 2021 ....

... The signing allows USACE and the City and County of Honolulu to develop a salespitch that appears to balance costs and environmental impacts ....

... Maloian has been a Deputy Public Defender in Honolulu for the past 18 years ....

... What part of ‘mutually assured destruction’ did they not understand? ....

... Honolulu ranks 269th out of 300 ....

... to each individual HGEA bargaining unit member employed by the City who feels they have worked under hazardous conditions relating to COVID-19 exposure ....

... Honolulu’s first island-wide pedestrian plan ....

... Hawaii Non-Profit Executive Sentenced to 46 Months of Imprisonment for Embezzling Over $500,000 from AmeriCorps and for Agreeing to Receive a Bribe for Approving $845,000 in CARES Act Grants ....

... $25 entrance fee effective July 1 for non-locals 13 years and older ....

... Alm added that Myeni, who did have marijuana in his system...also had an odd encounter with officers just 30 minutes before going to Nuuanu, when he approached police at Kewalo Basin as they took a statement from someone reporting a car theft. Alm said Myeni started questioning the victim himself ….

... The plant is owned and operated by the U.S. Navy and provides service for up to 40,000 people ....

... Stormwater: $100M Tax Hike After 36 Years of Lawyering and Foot-dragging ....

... In order to steer a consulting contract to its former Board Chair, Colleen Hanabusa, Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART), a federally-funded rail transit project, imposed the following narrowly tailored requirements on bidders ....

... Applications for Commissioners on the first-ever Honolulu Youth Commission will be accepted beginning Thursday, June 17, 2021 through Friday, July 16, 2021 ....

"...I support HB 862 as it provides the City the option of restoring a revenue base which has been lost – allowing us to continue services to our people...."

... Officers responded to calls of a burglary in progress in the Nuuanu area where they shot 29-year-old Lindani Myeni after an altercation at a home on Coelho Way ....

"... a household of four people earning up to $100,700 a year in total and demonstrating financial hardship from the pandemic can qualify for support ...."