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Friday, November 4, 2022 |
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City to begin installation of Active Transportation Monitoring devices across Oʻahu
By News Release @ 5:26 PM :: 1122 Views :: Honolulu County
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... These ATM devices will monitor and count the number of pedestrians and bicyclists who pass over the sensors ....
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Tuesday, November 1, 2022 |
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Bill 56: New Legislation to Address Permitting Problems at DPP
By News Release @ 5:24 AM :: 1516 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... Bill 56 Would Eliminate Lengthy Permit Requirements for Home Repairs ....
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Monday, October 31, 2022 |
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Short-term rental ban deserves short life
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:57 PM :: 1330 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Formerly known as Bill 41, the new law was supposed to go into effect this week, but a federal judge temporarily blocked it until its provisions can be hashed out in court ....
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Thursday, October 27, 2022 |
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BLNR Repeals Waikiki blue card requirement
By News Release @ 11:24 PM :: 1316 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Certification permits have long been required for surf and sailboard instructors, catamaran and canoe captains and second captains, and commercial motorboat operators, operating in Waikiki ....
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Wednesday, October 26, 2022 |
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Short-term Rental Ban: City Warned About Enforcement
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:18 PM :: 1827 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... a warning letter Kugle sent Oct. 21 to Honolulu officials about how they should be cautious that their publicized intent to 'aggressively' enforce the law doesn’t violate the judge’s order ....
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Tuesday, October 25, 2022 |
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Red Hill Fuel to Stay at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham
By Selected News Articles @ 6:12 AM :: 1307 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Draining the pipelines, which have approximately 1.16 million gallons of fuel split between them, is the first step in completely defueling Red Hill ....
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Friday, October 21, 2022 |
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Red Hill Pipeline Defueling Rescheduled After Water Main Repairs
By Selected News Articles @ 6:03 AM :: 1860 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The Navy was supposed to start unpacking fuel from three pipelines Monday, but the Friday water main break affected the systems that would be used for removing the fuel ....
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022 |
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Federal Court: Honolulu's 3-Month Minimum Rental Term Preempted By State Law
By Robert Thomas @ 9:28 PM :: 2137 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Violating the ordinance meant massive daily fines ($10k), plus disgorgement of the rent. Thus, not surprisingly, the ordinance drew a federal court challenge from property owners ....
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Friday, October 14, 2022 |
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Hawaii judge halts ban on short-term rentals
By Court House News @ 4:14 PM :: 2268 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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... Airbnbs and similar rentals on Oahu can continue operations as usual for now ....
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Thursday, October 13, 2022 |
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The ‘mailbox conspiracy’ and what it says about corruption in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:31 PM :: 3000 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Hawaii History, Police
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... Hawaii doesn’t have any more or less corruption than any other part of the country, but it does lack whistleblowers and introspection, which makes combating corruption so difficult ....
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Thursday, October 13, 2022 |
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Text and Video of Testimony: HPD Hearing on Gun Registration Rules
By Video @ 5:23 PM :: 2761 Views :: Honolulu County, Police, Second Amendment
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... Video of October 4th HPD hearing to set rules on our right to bear arms ....
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022 |
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City now accepting Grants in Aid applications
By News Release @ 6:02 PM :: 1109 Views :: Honolulu County
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... GIA proposals must be submitted by 2 p.m. on November 22, 2022 ....
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Sunday, October 9, 2022 |
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Dirty OHA Contract is Model for CNHA Takeover of Tourism Marketing
By Andrew Walden @ 9:37 PM :: 4442 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, OHA, Tourism
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... Ige’s March 4, 2020, COVID Emergency legalized over half of CNHA’s corruption ....
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Friday, October 7, 2022 |
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DoH Approves First Phase of Red Hill Defueling Plan
By News Release @ 5:38 PM :: 1179 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Removing existing fuel from the Red Hill pipelines will allow the Navy to begin critical repairs to facilitate safe defueling ....
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Thursday, October 6, 2022 |
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Federal Court Ruling: Sen. Karl Rhoads participated in Honolulu County Council Kickback scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 11:35 PM :: 17424 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians
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...When Honolulu County Council member Andy Mirikitani faced trial in 2001 for fraud, theft, extortion, and bribery, key testimony came from Cynthia McMillan, the wife of now-State Senator Karl Rhoads (D-Downtown Honolulu)....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022 |
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Red Hill Defueling Could Take from Four Months to 30 Days, Says New Plan
By Selected News Articles @ 10:18 PM :: 1119 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The DoD could begin defueling pipelines as early as this month and remove all the fuel by the end of July 2024, according to the public plan ....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022 |
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Honolulu Council Bill 52--Bullying
By News Release @ 5:11 AM :: 1329 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Law Enforcement
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... Bill 52, designed to prevent bullying of youths in City programs on City property, prevent retaliation against those who report bullying ....
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Tuesday, October 4, 2022 |
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Honolulu Police Department Considering Firearm Rules Changes
By NRA ILA @ 3:10 AM :: 1133 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... HPD will hold a public hearing to consider new proposed Rules governing Firearm Permits and Licenses ....
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Saturday, October 1, 2022 |
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Secretary of Defense Visits Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, Meets With Hawaii State Officials and Families
By News Release @ 6:46 PM :: 1384 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The Secretary also met with Hawaii state officials, as well as with several families impacted by the Red Hill fuel release, to listen to their concerns and to discuss the defueling effort ....
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Friday, September 30, 2022 |
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Honolulu Ranks 112th for People with Disabilities
By Selected News Articles @ 10:13 PM :: 1527 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... The average monthly Social Security disability benefit as of August 2022 was only $1,231.80 ....
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Friday, September 30, 2022 |
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Concealed Carry: Blangiardi Proposes New Gun Regulations
By News Release @ 3:14 AM :: 1831 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... it creates a default rule for private businesses and charitable organizations, to make it clear that the property owner gets to decide whether firearms are allowed on the premises ....
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Friday, September 30, 2022 |
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Rape in Turkmenistan: How HPD Rejects Female Police Recruit
By Court House News @ 12:48 AM :: 2448 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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... her husband had “sold [her] a few times for [] money in order to buy himself alcohol and pay gambling debts . . . [while] he kept a knife by the throat of [her] 6 month son.” ....
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Thursday, September 29, 2022 |
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Department of Defense Submits Additional Supplement to the Red Hill Defueling Plan
By News Release @ 3:30 PM :: 1215 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... As work continues, DoD will provide regular updates of the schedule at least monthly or when significant changes are necessary ....
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Monday, September 26, 2022 |
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Real Recycling: H-POWER continues to record high landfill diversion rates
By News Release @ 10:07 PM :: 1568 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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... H-POWER is one of the largest firm renewable energy sources in the state ....
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Sunday, September 25, 2022 |
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Bill 10: Don’t limit new multi-unit housing to just TOD areas
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:31 PM :: 2510 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... Bill 10 would update the county’s land-use regulations for agricultural, residential, commercial, nonprofit, government and other uses ....
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Friday, September 23, 2022 |
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Property Tax Credit Application Deadline September 30
By News Release @ 11:14 PM :: 1751 Views :: Honolulu County, Tax Credits
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...The City & County of Honolulu offers a real property tax credit for homeowners who meet certain eligibility requirements. ...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022 |
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DLNR: N Shore Homeowners are Doomed, They Should Just Accept It
By News Release @ 10:35 PM :: 2015 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... what to do about coastal homes with expired, temporary emergency State permits to “shore” up the land under their foundations ....
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022 |
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Locations Announced: Red Light Cameras Begin in October
By News Release @ 2:46 AM :: 1797 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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... Once construction is completed, red-light runners at the Phase 1 intersections will begin to receive warning letters....
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Tuesday, September 20, 2022 |
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Rear Admiral to Oversee Red Hill Defueling
By News Release @ 1:56 AM :: 1397 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Rear Adm. John Wade as the Commander of the Joint Task Force of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 |
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 |
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Koko Head Shooting Complex closing until completion of berm renovation project
By News Release @ 8:25 PM :: 1589 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... The range is scheduled to remain closed until the completion of a berm renovation project, which is expected to begin next month and be completed a month later ....
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Sunday, September 11, 2022 |
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Blame for the Housing Crisis
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1352 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... the average time to process a residential building permit application was 108 days, while a commercial project took 432 days ....
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Friday, September 9, 2022 |
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Hawaii short-term rental property owners urge judge to stop new ordinance from disrupting business
By Court House News @ 4:04 AM :: 2273 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... the Hawaii Legal Short-Term Rental Alliance alleges the ordinance will cause irreparable economic damages to owners that have been renting out properties for less than 90 days....
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Thursday, September 8, 2022 |
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Updated Navy Red Hill Plan Released
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 1578 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... New Red Hill plan projects earlier defueling date ....
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Friday, September 2, 2022 |
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HECO's Idea of 'Good News' -- Oahu Electric Bills to go up 4%
By News Release @ 12:43 AM :: 1759 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Maui County, Energy, Cost of Living
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... This is an improvement over the earlier forecast that projected bills would increase 7% or about $15 after the coal plant ends operations, which is scheduled for today ....
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Tuesday, August 23, 2022 |
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Honolulu City Lights display application deadline is September 9th
By News Release @ 1:52 PM :: 1383 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Religion
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... Permits will be issued for five display sites through a lottery ....
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Sunday, August 14, 2022 |
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Honolulu announces free week of fares for TheBus
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 1503 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Rail
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... starting August 22 to August 26, 2022. The free fare week is timed with the back-to-school jam ....
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Wednesday, August 10, 2022 |
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Friday, July 29, 2022 |
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Industrial toilet paper supply issues resulting in park bathroom modifications
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 1080 Views :: Honolulu County
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... 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 ....
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Friday, July 22, 2022 |
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Bill 22 Better Buildings Benchmarking
By News Release @ 5:33 AM :: 1396 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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... 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 ....
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Friday, July 22, 2022 |
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Affordable Housing: $2940 for 2br Apartment
By News Release @ 5:22 AM :: 1786 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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... 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 ....
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Friday, July 22, 2022 |
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Ala Moana Satellite City Hall temporarily halts HOLO card service Because they Have too Many Customers
By News Release @ 5:11 AM :: 1695 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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... 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 ....
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Friday, July 15, 2022 |
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Convicted Felon Sentenced to 80 Months in Prison for Firearm Possession During Drug Crime
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 1743 Views :: Honolulu County, Police, Drugs
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... on August 21, 2018, HPD officers approached Schwab—a convicted felon with an outstanding state parole retake warrant—at a gas station ....
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Friday, July 8, 2022 |
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9th Circuit: Honolulu and Maui 'Big Oil Climate Change' Lawsuits Stay in State Court
By Selected News Articles @ 1:28 AM :: 1610 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Environment
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... 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 ....
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Wednesday, July 6, 2022 |
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Ala Wai: Sales Seminars for Next Boondoggle
By News Release @ 10:16 AM :: 1337 Views :: Honolulu County
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... 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 ....
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Friday, July 1, 2022 |
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Ethics: Honolulu City Board Member Refuses to File Financial Disclosure
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 1786 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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... the Commission hereby recommends to the Board Member’s Appointing Authority that the Board Member should be removed from the Board ....
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Friday, July 1, 2022 |
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Honolulu Auditor Releases Annual Citizen Centric Report
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 1166 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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"...The overall economic health of Honolulu was rated positively by 25% of respondents, up from 18% last year...."
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Friday, July 1, 2022 |
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Full Text: DoD Releases Revised Red Hill Report
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1639 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... 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 ....
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Sunday, June 26, 2022 |
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Pearl City -- Highest Credit Card Debt in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 AM :: 2136 Views :: Honolulu County, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... total outstanding credit card debt stood at $222.6 million in the first quarter of 2022, or an average of $15,709 per household ....
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Thursday, June 23, 2022 |
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HDoT: Car-Mounted Probes to Hunt Potholes
By News Release @ 3:29 PM :: 1102 Views :: Honolulu County
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... HDOT announces a new pilot with i-Probe Inc to test connected automobile hardware and software technologies ....
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