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Wednesday, January 30, 2019 |
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Lyon Bribes: Caldwell Appoints Crook to Zoning Board After Receiving $16.5K
By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 9277 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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...After receiving the campaign contributions, Caldwell appointed the criminal Lyon to the juicy position July 30, 2014 for a term ending June 30, 2019....
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Saturday, January 19, 2019 |
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Video: Marshal Resigns After Fake Atooi King Teams up With Developer to Chase Protesters Off Land
By Video @ 4:49 PM :: 9748 Views :: Kauai County, Development, Greenmail, Law Enforcement, OHA
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... 'King of Atooi' Dayne Gonsalves and his 'marshals' team up with developer to intimidate Coco Palms protesters ....
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Sunday, December 23, 2018 |
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Environmental Council Completes Rewrite of Environmental Review Rules
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 5553 Views :: Environment, Development, Small Business
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... The proposed rules now go before the Small Business Regulatory Review Board, which issues a recommendation to the Governor ....
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Friday, November 30, 2018 |
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Stream Flow Ruling Cuts off Lahaina Water Supply
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 5330 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Development
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...the County intends to develop a new groundwater source within five years, or sooner, which will eventually provide for the full instream flow standard....
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018 |
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Caldwell Allows 60-Day Permitting Bill to Become Law Without Signature
By News Release @ 10:09 PM :: 5917 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Small Business
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...However, Bill 64 requires certain mandates that residents and contractors should be aware of....
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Monday, November 12, 2018 |
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How to Build More Housing in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:02 PM :: 4762 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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...how some well-intentioned regulations have had a chilling effect on efforts to build more homes....
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018 |
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Honolulu Development Plan Forum Set for Weds Nov 7
By News Release @ 5:20 PM :: 4069 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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...the day after Election Day, maybe nobody will notice....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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How Much Does Over-Regulation Increase Hawaii Housing Costs?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:32 PM :: 7969 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...Government and the Cost of Living: Income-Based vs. Cost-Based Approaches to Alleviating Poverty....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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Lawsuit Challenges 'Illegal' Maui Council Frankenbill
By News Release @ 8:41 PM :: 5646 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development
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...changing of the ordinance to benefit of private developers, at the expense of the residents, was never publicly noticed as required under the State of Hawai’i Sunshine Laws, and, that it violated adopted Council Rules....
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Sunday, September 30, 2018 |
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Guess Which Agency Can Impose State Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6307 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...This law, which we have discussed before, recently has been used to create a “school impact district” that goes from Kalihi to Ala Moana....
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Friday, September 28, 2018 |
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Hawaii Construction Forecast: After Pullback, Construction Prospects Firm
By UHERO @ 11:33 PM :: 5614 Views :: Development, Economy, Labor
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...Following two years of decline, the pace of building in Hawaii has stabilized. The value of construction permits is posting healthy gains across all sub-sectors this year....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
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BWS to Subsidize Affordable Housing
By News Release @ 4:23 AM :: 6196 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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...The Board of Water Supply will have the ability to waive the water systems facilities charges and new meter cost for qualified on-site affordable and homeless dwelling units, up to 500 dwelling units per year....
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Friday, September 14, 2018 |
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Council Passes Bill 53--Calls for Demolition of Affordable Housing 'Monsters'
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 2:43 PM :: 7615 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...Finally politicians are doing something about affordable housing--they're demolishing it....
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Thursday, August 30, 2018 |
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Maui Event: Build up or build out?
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:50 PM :: 6519 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...opening up more land for housing should also be on the table, if policy makers want to ease pressure on the housing market....
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018 |
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DoE to Impose Multi-Million Dollar Housing Tax Kalihi to Ala Moana Starting October 1
By News Release @ 1:11 AM :: 6667 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes
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...To date, HIDOE has collected a combined $4.7 million in school impact fees in Leeward Oahu, West Maui and Central Maui....
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Thursday, August 16, 2018 |
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Fast-Track Process Helps Two Affordable Housing Projects
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 5718 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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...Mayor Alan Arakawa instructed all departments to give priority to processing permits for affordable housing projects....
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Friday, July 27, 2018 |
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Bridge Aina Lea--Next Stop 9th Circuit
By Robert Thomas @ 12:05 PM :: 6372 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...the jury (after deliberating for a grand total of 15 minutes) held the State of Hawaii Land Use Commission liable for a regulatory taking....
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Sunday, July 15, 2018 |
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HB2748: $500,000,000 Hole in Budget
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5262 Views :: Development, Tax Credits
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... $200 million, or most of it, is headed out the door with no visible means of getting it back.....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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Expedited Building Permits for Hanalei Flood Victims
By News Release @ 1:29 PM :: 4645 Views :: Kauai County, Development
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...Mayor Carvalho to sign emergency permitting bill into law Tuesday--Planning Department to open field offices for expedited permitting the same day....
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Friday, June 8, 2018 |
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HB2748: Ige Signs Housing Bill
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 5363 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government
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...HB2748 appropriates $200 million to the Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corporation’s (HHFDC) Rental Housing Revolving Fund....
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Wednesday, June 6, 2018 |
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Little Pink House Coming to Hilo
By Video @ 4:34 PM :: 4678 Views :: Development, Land Use
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...Little Pink House opens on June 8 at the Palace Theater in Hilo....
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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Is Affordable Housing Constitutional?
By Video @ 2:42 AM :: 7424 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...affordable housing in Hawaii, how it works, whether it is legal, and how it could be done better....
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
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How State Government fanned flames of volcano disaster
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:45 PM :: 12403 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...the state originally encouraged the building of homes in this dangerous area by offering lava insurance where no private company would....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Ethics Ruling: How DTL Pays Senator Delacruz -- Legally
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 7153 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government
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... A Hawaii State Senator goes for somewhere between $50K and $100K per year--and its all legal ....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018 |
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HB1481: DelaCruz Gut & Replace to Bypass Opposition to HCDA Control of East Kapolei
By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 AM :: 5865 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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...the same text in SB2525 ran into opposition from several Kapolei-area Representatives....
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: Jury Rejects LUC Taking After 15 Mins Deliberation
By Robert Thomas @ 7:26 PM :: 7554 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...We're guessing both the State and the property owner will likely be taking this case up the chain to the Ninth Circuit....
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Thursday, March 22, 2018 |
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Kakaako United President Announces Run for State Senate
By News Release @ 12:13 AM :: 7057 Views :: Democratic Party, Development, OHA
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...Sharon Moriwaki is the founding president of Kakaako United, a nonprofit volunteer organization that fights for a better life for area residents and businesses through smart development and accountability....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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HART Hosts Public-Private Partnership Conference
By News Release @ 12:15 PM :: 5059 Views :: Development, Rail
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...Andrew Robbins has been a staunch advocate of using P-3 partnerships - the joining of forces from the public and private sectors - to mitigate costs and risk and to expedite construction timelines....
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Thursday, February 1, 2018 |
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Ige will not sign HCDA 30-Year Resale Restriction on Affordable Units
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 5585 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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...Gov. Ige has informed the Authority that he would be open to considering a 10-year restriction on re-sales....
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Saturday, December 2, 2017 |
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Zoning, Land-Use Planning, and Housing Affordability
By Selected News Articles @ 12:35 AM :: 6536 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...regulations have also tended to reduce the supply of housing, including multifamily and low-income housing....
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Friday, November 10, 2017 |
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Civil Beat: Banks and Developers ‘help to fund a lot of stories’
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 6854 Views :: Ethics, Development, First Amendment
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...“We got a few hundred subscribers, but nothing really earth shattering,” Epler says...Civil Beat has an annual budget of roughly $3 million and a staff of about 22 to 24 people....
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 |
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Animal Quarantine Station is Preferred Site for New Jail
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 6027 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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...Ige today announced that his administration has completed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the relocation of the O‘ahu Community Correctional Center....
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Thursday, November 2, 2017 |
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Monday, October 23, 2017 |
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Study: Timeshares Add $5.3B to Hawaii Economy
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 6123 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Impact Also Includes 31,727 Jobs and $263 Million in State & Local Taxes....
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Friday, September 1, 2017 |
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Ige Appoints Pro-Rail Thug to HCDA
By John Bond @ 8:37 PM :: 7768 Views :: Ethics, Development, Rail
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...Timson worked at First Hawaiian Bank as vice president while FHB Chairman Don Horner was HART board chair. She organized large groups of screaming union supporters to crash, harass and threaten at public meetings....
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Thursday, August 31, 2017 |
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Profiting from Telescope Protests and Kakaako Development, OHA Trustee Fined $25K
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 10010 Views :: Ethics, Development, Higher Education, OHA
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...Apo violated the State Ethics Code by using OHA resources, and his position with OHA, to advance his private business interests....
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017 |
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Thursday, May 18, 2017 |
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OHA community meetings to update on Corrupt Kakaʻako Makai planning process
By News Release @ 5:07 PM :: 6262 Views :: Ethics, Development, OHA
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Thursday at 6 p.m. at Windward Community College in Kāneʻohe....
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Saturday, April 8, 2017 |
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Schatz-Connected Developer building ‘Shopping Center’ at Pupukea
By Selected News Articles @ 5:52 PM :: 9514 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Development
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...the Star-Adv omits any reference to “Hanapohaku Project Manager Linda Schatz”, also known as Mrs Brian Schatz....
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Thursday, March 23, 2017 |
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Being Hypnotized by HART?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 9:44 PM :: 5734 Views :: Development, Rail
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...the Honolulu rail boondoggle, Hoopili traffic impacts, smart city street intersections and rapid transit with Panos Prevedouros....
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017 |
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City purchases undeveloped Kahuku Golf Course oceanfront lands
By News Release @ 1:02 PM :: 5873 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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A nearly one-mile stretch of pristine coastline is adjacent to the Kahuku Golf Course....
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
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Pedestrian Deaths—Hawaii Ranks 26th
By News Release @ 9:30 PM :: 4866 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics
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...older adults are over-represented among pedestrian deaths....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Kakaako Kickbacks: Ethics Commission Investigates OHA Trustee Peter Apo
By Video @ 5:30 PM :: 7370 Views :: Ethics, Development, OHA
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Heads Are Starting To Roll At The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs....
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Friday, December 23, 2016 |
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State Land Use Commission has not approved housing in the past 3 years
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:48 PM :: 6270 Views :: Development, Land Use
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...the last project to be approved was in 2013....
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Friday, November 18, 2016 |
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Sinking Ship: HART Director of Planning Quits
By News Release @ 5:48 PM :: 8715 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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...HCDA will consider the appointment of Jesse K. Souki as its executive director in an upcoming special meeting on November 23....
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016 |
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New Stadium Slipped into Rail Development Plans
By News Release @ 12:42 AM :: 6117 Views :: Development, Rail
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The plan was developed in coordination with state agencies that are studying options for stadium reconstruction or building a new stadium on the site....
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Sunday, November 13, 2016 |
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Ethics Complaint: OHA Insiders Take Kickbacks from Kakaako Makai Projects
By Andrew Walden @ 1:26 AM :: 13402 Views :: Ethics, Development, OHA
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...Trustees and Executive staffers manipulated the Kakaako RFP process to ensure that the Kuhikuhi Puuone (WCIT, DTL, and EKF) would receive the award....
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Thursday, November 10, 2016 |
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Sewage Digester Opens Floodgates for Developers
By News Release @ 10:06 AM :: 5066 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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...the increased capacity provided by the second digester is already making it possible for city officials to approve new housing units in Honolulu’s dense urban core....
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