Honolulu County

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

... If possible, we ask park users to please bring in their own toilet paper for use in park bathrooms until DPR can secure a steadier supply of the industrial rolls ....

... Better Buildings Benchmarking Program requires commercial and multi-family buildings larger than 25,000 square feet to track and report annual aggregate utility data to the City and County of Honolulu ....

... The maximum monthly rent for this household is $2,940 for a two-bedroom unit, according to DPP calculations, up from last year’s maximum rent of $2,720 ....

... Walk-in customers make up the majority of the 5,790 HOLO card transactions processed in the past fiscal year at the Ala Moana Satellite City Hall ....

... on August 21, 2018, HPD officers approached Schwab—a convicted felon with an outstanding state parole retake warrant—at a gas station ....

... U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today ruled that a pair of lawsuits from Honolulu and Maui can proceed in state court ....

... U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, City & County of Honolulu requesting community input on alternative plans developed for the Ala Wai Flood Risk Management General Reevaluation Study ....

... the Commission hereby recommends to the Board Member’s Appointing Authority that the Board Member should be removed from the Board ....

"...The overall economic health of Honolulu was rated positively by 25% of respondents, up from 18% last year...."

... The Department of Defense (DoD) today released its plan to safely defuel the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility by the end of calendar year 2024 ....  

... total outstanding credit card debt stood at $222.6 million in the first quarter of 2022, or an average of $15,709 per household ....

... HDOT announces a new pilot with i-Probe Inc to test connected automobile hardware and software technologies ....

... it has become increasingly common for deminers to use robots in the field to increase their productivity and mitigate the risk of blowing themselves up ....

... Kaneshiro was on paid leave for two years ....

... is the protection of ‘FOP’ (friends and family of the police) so ingrained in the force that they need not hear directly from Joe Logan to know that they should let his meth addict son off the hook again and again? ....

“...In many concentrated insurance markets such as Hawaiʻi, insurers have few incentives to negotiate lower prices. They can easily pass these costs onto premiums without losing market share....”

... The vague language in the proposal lacks any metrics for measuring success, similar to another business-focused tax credit whose value to the state is dubious ...

... the first month of long-term monitoring (LTM) drinking water data ....

... Property owners maintain that pre-existing rental properties shouldn't be subject to a new ordinance changing minimum lease length ....

... Council Dist 2: Makua Rothman vs convicted cocaine dealer Chad Tsuneyoshi ....

... The Honolulu City Council approved Ordinance 21-7, hiking fares ....

... Hawaii’s gross domestic product is down by 4.43% since 2019, yet even as the economy suffers, all four counties seem determined to spend like crazy ....

... overtime cards, which document overtime requests and approval for payroll purposes, are managed manually, increasing the risk for human error, abuse, and fraud ....

... Logan said he planned to talk to Vanic about making him his third-in-command as a deputy chief ....

... After taking a straw poll, the commission narrowed the field to Logan and Ebner, choosing to go outside the embattled department for its next leader ....

... 90 minutes with the four finalists for HPD Chief ....

... homeless shelter population drops 24% ....

...Community invited to provide input on Economic and Workforce Development through community engagement survey....

... Honolulu Parks & Rec partnering with Board of Water of Supply to exceed call for 10% water reduction ....

... We ranked 200 cities based on 16 key indicators of renovation pricy-ness ....

... Solid waste disposal costs can be reduced by diverting recyclable waste to the H-POWER waste to energy facility ....

... Is there a public safety hazard?  DPP’s Michael Silva can’t say ....

... that includes but is not limited to wind, solar, biomass and biofuels. Standalone energy storage proposals also will be accepted ....

... According to the State Department of Health, 100.0% of those 65 years and older on O‘ahu have completed their initial series of COVID-19 vaccination ....

... Oahu's available vacation rentals have already fallen over 37% since 2019, more than any other island ....

... a new city enforcement division consisting of seven new employees whose sole duty will be to ferret out Honolulu homeowners who dare to rent out their homes or parts of their homes for less than 90 days ....

... More than $1 billion is being poured into the defueling and cleanup efforts connected to the Red Hill fuel storage facility in Hawaii, but one lawmaker said more money is needed ....

... It’s one of the best-kept secrets this session .... 

... The measure was passed by the Honolulu City Council on April 13, 2022 by a vote of 8-to-1 .... 

... Oahu tightened the screws in 2019. Yet, housing prices still went up. Even when vacation rental usage declined during the lockdowns, it didn’t result in a significant drop in housing costs....

... respecting the State religion by celebrating our efforts to get closer to the goddess Gaia ....

... Federal Jury Convicts Big Island Pain Doctor Rudolph B. Puana of Conspiracy and Distribution of Oxycodone and Fentanyl ....

... commemorating National Crime Victims’ Rights Week ....

... residents’ opinions across 10 facets of the community: Economy; Mobility; Community Design; Utilities; Safety; Natural Environment; Parks and Recreation; Health and Wellness; Education, Arts, and Culture; and Inclusivity and Engagement ....

... 13,690 more people moved out of the metro area than moved in over the last year ....

... On March 7, 2022, Co-Vice Chair of Honolulu Liquor Commission, Darren Y Lee, resigned ‘effective immediately’ .... 

... “These wells will add to our existing knowledge of the hydrogeology of the area and provide for long term monitoring of our water resources” ....

... following a series of leadership and oversight failures at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....

"... Red Hill is not going to be shut down anytime soon or in the foreseeable future ...."