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Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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DPP Can't Handle Your Permit, but Has Time for Global Warming 'Pop-ups'
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 5835 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Land Use
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...The Department of Planning and Permitting is holding a series of pop-up workshops to gather input on how climate change and sea level rise will affect the area between Kāhala and Pearl City, also known as the Primary Urban Center....
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Saturday, August 24, 2019 |
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Oahu Traffic 4th Worst in USA
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 5290 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Hawaii Statistics
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...The average Oahu driver spends 64 hours in congestion each year....
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Friday, August 23, 2019 |
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$15 Minimum Wage Differential for City & County of Honolulu Employees Ratified
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 4934 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Small Business
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...A supplemental agreement pilot project that provides a wage differential for City & County of Honolulu employees to make $15 an hour....
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Friday, August 9, 2019 |
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Honolulu City Lights non-profit display application deadline is Sept. 6
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 4820 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Religion
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...Non-profit organizations wishing to create a display on the grounds of the Frank F. Fasi Civic Center during the annual Honolulu City Lights exhibition must submit applications....
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Wednesday, August 7, 2019 |
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Wednesday, August 7, 2019 |
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DHHL Seeks Developer for First Rental Complex at Moiliili Bowl-O-Drome Site
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 4185 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL
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...The Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC) recently adopted new administrative rules to allow DHHL to administer rentals on Hawaiian homelands. The new rules are awaiting Governor David Ige’s signature....
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Wednesday, August 7, 2019 |
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Open Letter to Surfrider: Drop Laniakea Suit Before Child is Killed
By News Release @ 3:44 AM :: 5487 Views :: Honolulu County, Greenmail, Tourism
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...Please do not minimize the danger of the current situation: you can easily improve it by dropping the suit....
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Thursday, August 1, 2019 |
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Exclude 2/3 of Contractors from Bidding? Proposal on Council Agenda
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:03 PM :: 5321 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Labor
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...Bill 37 would restrict those who can bid on all county projects worth $250,000 or more by requiring that they be willing to adhere to “community workforce agreements.”....
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Friday, July 26, 2019 |
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Honolulu CWAs a recipe for disaster
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:21 PM :: 4036 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor
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...Bill Would Block 2/3 of Contractors from Bidding on City Contracts....
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019 |
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City holding workshops to update Primary Urban Center plan
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 4880 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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...The PUC spans from Wai‘alae-Kāhala to Pearl City....
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019 |
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Caldwell in DC for Schatz Climate Hearing
By News Release @ 8:22 PM :: 4598 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Congressional Delegation
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...It’s getting hard to take Kirk Caldwell seriously....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019 |
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At UH Confab, Politicians and Lawyers Get Reality Check on Climate Suits
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 PM :: 5821 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Higher Education
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...Politicians and trial lawyers eager to sue energy companies over the costs of climate change received an unwelcome message from a university professor....
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Saturday, July 13, 2019 |
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Honolulu Among Worst Cities for First-Time Home Buyers
By Selected News Articles @ 4:57 AM :: 4275 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...WalletHub compared 300 cities of varying sizes across 27 key indicators of market attractiveness, affordability and quality of life....
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Friday, July 5, 2019 |
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ACLU Claims Prosecutor Retaliated Against Safe House Whistle-blowers
By News Release @ 3:40 PM :: 4873 Views :: Honolulu County, Family, Law Enforcement
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...the project lost its funding at the City Council and is set to close in August....
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Saturday, June 15, 2019 |
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Debunked: Caldwell’s ‘Vancouver Tax’ Does Nothing to Ease Rental Crisis
By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 AM :: 6381 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes
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...1,100 homes were removed from the rental market in the first year of the city’s empty-homes tax....
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Thursday, June 13, 2019 |
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Bill 31 Dead: No Sanctuary City
By Brett Kulbis @ 4:00 PM :: 7999 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Republican Party
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...“There really is no support. You’d think that Hawaii would kind of be the center for immigration issues. But I guess if it’s deemed a ‘sanctuary city,’ that’s not well-received.”....
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Sunday, June 9, 2019 |
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Warmers: $23B Homes to be Destroyed in Urban Honolulu
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 5331 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Rail
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... meanwhile the State and City keep building Rail in the alleged inundation zone ....
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Friday, June 7, 2019 |
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Honolulu needs a spending cap, pronto!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:42 PM :: 5032 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Taxes
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... This week, the Honolulu City Council approved an operating budget of $2.8 billion, an increase of 8.8% over last year’s budget and almost $1 million more than the amount proposed by Mayor Kirk Caldwell ....
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Wednesday, June 5, 2019 |
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Death Gets 373 Homeless off Streets
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 4921 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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...373 people who were considered homeless at the time of their deaths have died on O‘ahu from 2014 through 2018....
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Wednesday, June 5, 2019 |
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‘Housing First’ Gets 450 Homeless off Streets
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 5059 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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...91 percent of Honolulu’s Housing First clients came into the program as chronically homeless, and over 60 percent came directly from living on the streets....
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Wednesday, June 5, 2019 |
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Honolulu ranked America’s best small city for second year in a row
By News Release @ 9:28 PM :: 3380 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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...based on several criteria, including crime rates, air quality, housing affordability, entertainment offerings, cultural diversity, and economic vitality....
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Friday, May 31, 2019 |
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Why people are leaving ‘paradise’
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:50 PM :: 5226 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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...the population of urban Honolulu declined in 2018 for the second year in a row....
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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Neighborhood Board Election Results Released after Inquiry from Hawai’i Free Press
By Andrew Walden @ 10:22 PM :: 3582 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Along with the response, we also got something else—the election results -- five days ahead of the new deadline....
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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List of Neighborhood Board Vacancies
By News Release @ 4:25 AM :: 2970 Views :: Honolulu County
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...an updated list of Neighborhood Board vacancies as of May 29, 2019....
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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Ethics: Caldwell Admin Asked Neighborhood Boards to Campaign Against HSTA Property Tax
By News Release @ 4:18 AM :: 6121 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Ethics, Labor
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...The Official requested...all 33 Neighborhood Board chairs...place the ballot issue ...on their board’s monthly agenda between September 15 and October 15, 2018, so that a certain political action committee “and others” could publicly discuss this topic prior to the election....
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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Ethics: City Employee ‘Likes’ Tommy Waters on City Time
By News Release @ 4:07 AM :: 4215 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...the Commission reviewed the totality of the circumstances and also confirmed the conduct as de minimis, dismissed the complaint, and did not impose a civil fine on Official....
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Friday, May 24, 2019 |
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Census: Oahu Population Declines Again
By News Release @ 1:51 PM :: 4358 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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...Oahu population is down 12,612 from its 2016 peak....
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Friday, May 24, 2019 |
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Let’s get smart about government spending
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:29 AM :: 7131 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County, Taxes
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...Kauai is looking at a budget increase of 10.7%; Honolulu, 8.6%; Maui 8.1%; and Hawaii County 12.7%....
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Thursday, May 9, 2019 |
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Grassroot: Bill 89 Unconstitutional
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:48 AM :: 6972 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Small Business, Tourism
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...The Hawaii Constitution also has a clause that protects citizens from excessive fines, making it even more likely that someone will challenge the enormous fines associated with this proposal....
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Friday, May 3, 2019 |
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Mayor signs Bill 96 relating to fire safety into law
By News Release @ 4:08 PM :: 4240 Views :: Honolulu County
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...amended sprinkler requirements....
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019 |
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EPA Imposes $425K fine for Waimanalo Gulch Spill
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 4444 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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...The agreement also calls for a series of facility upgrades to maintain compliance with stormwater regulations....
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Saturday, April 27, 2019 |
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City Releases 2019 Annual Sustainability Report
By News Release @ 3:25 AM :: 4465 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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...This is the City and County of Honolulu’s inaugural annual sustainability report....
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Thursday, April 25, 2019 |
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Neighborhood Board Voting Begins
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 5868 Views :: Honolulu County
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...The election is slated to begin April 26, 2019 and end Friday, May 17, 2019....
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Friday, April 19, 2019 |
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80% of Oahu Residents Don't Have REAL ID
By News Release @ 3:07 AM :: 4630 Views :: Honolulu County
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...So far, more than 190,000 O‘ahu residents have gotten the REAL ID-compliant driver license or state ID since they became available in January 2018....
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Sunday, April 14, 2019 |
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Unlucky and Unclean: How Not to Steal House 13
By Andrew Walden @ 10:23 PM :: 9302 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Ethics, Agriculture
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...With legal representation from Neil Abercrombie’s former Attorney General David Louie, former penny stock tout Jeffrey Dunster tried to use a bag full of receipts to claim ownership of a house known as ‘13’. It didn't work....
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Sunday, April 14, 2019 |
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Special Election: Waters Beats Ozawa by 1,004 Votes
By Andrew Walden @ 2:16 AM :: 5989 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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...Even as the Honolulu Rail project collapses around Mayor Caldwell’s ears, the election result gives a pro-Caldwell faction the majority on the council. This contradiction is due to the failure of anti-rail politicians to separate themselves from criminals....
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Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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City adopts new affordable housing rules
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 5895 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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...The rules took effect on March 31 and implement the affordable housing requirements in Ordinance 18-10 and other approvals issued by the city....
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Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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Honolulu Council Special Election Voting Ends Saturday April 13
By News Release @ 3:58 PM :: 9838 Views :: Honolulu County, Office of Elections
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...As of Friday, March 29, 2019, the Office of the City Clerk has received 17,752 vote-by-mail ballots....
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Saturday, April 6, 2019 |
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New Petition Launched to Impeach Kaneshiro
By News Release @ 2:17 AM :: 5577 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...Due to difficulty verifying validity of petition signatures on a previous Change.org impeachment petition, Impeach Kaneshiro organizers have launched a new on-line petition designed to collect verifiable signatures of Honolulu registered voters....
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Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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DLNR Seeks Bidders to Redevelop Ala Wai Harbor
By News Release @ 2:09 PM :: 7946 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use, OHA, Small Business, Tourism
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...The redevelopment should take into consideration input received in the DTL, LLC Final Report....
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Wednesday, April 3, 2019 |
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ACLU: Kealoha Lawyers Threaten Free Speech
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 7506 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, First Amendment, Higher Education, Law Enforcement
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"...The Kealoha case is arguably the single largest corruption case in the history of our state...."
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 |
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Community meeting to be held for O‘ahu’s first Pedestrian Plan
By News Release @ 4:44 AM :: 3089 Views :: Honolulu County
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...this will be exploited to jam up traffic even more....
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Monday, April 1, 2019 |
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Honolulu Republicans Reelect Brett Kulbis Chair
By News Release @ 12:37 PM :: 4607 Views :: Honolulu County, Republican Party
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"...With two newly-elected Republican legislators on Oahu in 2018, we are really beginning to turn things around....”
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019 |
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Ala Wai? Corps of Engineers has Long History of Corruption and Cost Overruns
By Selected News Articles @ 9:08 PM :: 10246 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Ethics, Development, Military
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...Reminiscent of rail, projected Ala Wai costs have already leapt from $200M to $470M....
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Friday, March 22, 2019 |
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Hawaii PUC approves special rates for Al Gore's electric buses
By News Release @ 3:32 AM :: 5788 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Cost of Living
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... it is expected at least 130 electric buses will be added to fleets during the course of the pilot, including tour buses, school buses and public transit systems like TheBus on Oahu....
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019 |
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Buying a House? Need Money? Honolulu can help
By News Release @ 5:36 AM :: 4344 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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...Interest-free home down payment loans now available....
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019 |
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557 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections
By News Release @ 3:00 PM :: 4072 Views :: Honolulu County
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...balloting takes place online from Friday, April 26 through Friday, May 17....
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Saturday, March 9, 2019 |
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DPP: Shortage of New Affordable Housing Triples
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 5464 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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...The share of low-income households experiencing severe housing cost burden continues to increase....
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