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| Friday, November 10, 2017 |
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More Traffic Jams Coming--Creation of Oahu’s First Pedestrian Plan underway
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 5062 Views :: Honolulu County
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...The City and County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services (DTS) is excited to announce the creation of the first O‘ahu Pedestrian Plan and an update of the 2012 Bicycle Master Plan....
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| Wednesday, November 8, 2017 |
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$150M Rate Hike Plan--BWS Accepting Comments
By News Release @ 12:12 AM :: 5886 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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...The last rate hike was two years ago--the next increase could happen in 2019....
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| Monday, November 6, 2017 |
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City to hold final public workshop on $500M Blaisdell Center Master Plan
By News Release @ 8:34 PM :: 5146 Views :: Honolulu County
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...While Rail Hangs in Balance, Caldwell Plans to Splurge $500M on Blaisdell....
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| Friday, November 3, 2017 |
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Scheming to Jam up Traffic Even More, Caldwell Sets Community Meetings
By News Release @ 1:45 AM :: 5100 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Share your ideas on ‘Complete Streets’ solutions for Honolulu....
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| Saturday, October 28, 2017 |
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Audit: City Loses $36.5M by Not Recycling Paper and Plastic into Electricity
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 9603 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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... cost-benefit comparison of recycling selected materials versus incinerating them at H-POWER ....
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| Wednesday, October 25, 2017 |
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Unanimous Police Commission Names Maj. Susan Ballard HPD Chief
By Selected News Articles @ 8:04 PM :: 9980 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...“I was not involved in (Kealoha's) administration whatsoever. I was very marginalized, because I was very vocal,” she said....
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| Friday, October 20, 2017 |
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Caldwell Flees State as Ex-Chief is Arrested
By News Release @ 5:40 PM :: 8699 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...Caldwell left O‘ahu the evening of Oct 18 for a 'personal vacation', and is scheduled to return on Tuesday, October 31...
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| Friday, October 20, 2017 |
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Government is making a mess of Honolulu's Kakaako Waterfront Park
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:40 AM :: 6622 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...There likely are plenty of groups around Hawaii that would be willing to manage Kakaako Waterfront Park instead of the state. Why not give them a try?....
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| Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
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Caldwell announces nominees to Honolulu Police Commission
By News Release @ 3:28 AM :: 7367 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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...Caldwell today nominated Karen Chang and Jerry Gibson to serve on the volunteer Honolulu Police Commission. Their appointments require confirmation by the Honolulu City Council....
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| Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
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Caldwell signs bills creating Waikīkī Transportation Management Special Improvement District
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 9415 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Tourism
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...bills passed by the Honolulu City Council last week create and authorize the Waikīkī Transportation Management Special Improvement District....
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| Wednesday, October 4, 2017 |
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City now accepting Grants in Aid applications
By News Release @ 5:26 PM :: 5781 Views :: Honolulu County
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GIA proposals must be submitted by 2 p.m. on November 16, 2017....
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| Wednesday, October 4, 2017 |
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Honolulu Neighborhood Boards: 30 Vacant Seats Available
By News Release @ 5:18 PM :: 6717 Views :: Honolulu County
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...To fill one of the vacancies listed below, apply to your local Neighborhood Board....
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| Sunday, October 1, 2017 |
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Two HPD Chief Nominees Sued: Cover up Manslaughter, Excessive Force
By Andrew Walden @ 8:46 PM :: 15603 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...a secret commission larded with Kealoha loyalists has picked some candidates to continue the tradition....
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| Wednesday, September 27, 2017 |
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Audit: Honolulu Homeless Programs Subject to Corrupt, Incompetent Department of Community Services
By News Release @ 9:18 PM :: 8466 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Homelessness
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...Audit of Housing First, Community Assistance Program, and Hale Mauliola Homeless Programs....
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| Friday, September 22, 2017 |
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Oahu Construction Boom Ending: What Excuse Will HART Use Next?
By UHERO @ 4:04 PM :: 8696 Views :: Honolulu County, Economy, Rail
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...number of significant condo and retail projects have wrapped up on Oahu, while fewer new buildings have broken ground, resulting in an overall reduction in construction activity and employment....
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| Saturday, September 9, 2017 |
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Honolulu to hold 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
By News Release @ 3:15 PM :: 12012 Views :: Honolulu County, National News, Military, Police
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...The ceremony will be held on Monday, September 11, beginning at 10 a.m. in front of the Eternal Flame Monument on the front lawn of Honolulu Hale featuring Honolulu’s first responders and airline representatives....
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| Wednesday, September 6, 2017 |
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Best Place to Raise a Family? Honolulu Ranks 62nd
By Selected News Articles @ 1:22 PM :: 7508 Views :: Honolulu County, Family, Hawaii Statistics
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... analysts compared the 150 most populated U.S. cities based on 41 key metrics ....
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| Wednesday, September 6, 2017 |
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Ige Signs $2.4B Rail Tax Hike Bill
By News Release @ 2:01 AM :: 8041 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Taxes
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...Ige’s signing of the rail funding bill also allows the Honolulu City Council to approve Bill 45, which extends O‘ahu’s half-percent surcharge to the state general excise tax another three years....
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| Saturday, September 2, 2017 |
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King Tide Floods? City Installed Valve Makes Them Worse
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 6:51 PM :: 7676 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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...but it helps generate more 'sea level rise' photos....
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| Sunday, August 27, 2017 |
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Honolulu: For 1000s Property Tax Rate Will Quadruple Sept 1
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 8549 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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...People who aren’t aware of what happened may find themselves with property tax bills many times what they are now....
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| Wednesday, August 23, 2017 |
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| Friday, August 18, 2017 |
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City rail audit won’t look for fraud?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:11 PM :: 8094 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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...despite the fact that City Auditor Edwin Young told the committee “the red flags were there”....
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| Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
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Audit: Bulky Pickup Schemes Generate Millions in Overtime
By News Release @ 5:43 PM :: 7267 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Labor
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...153 employees received $1.7 million in overtime for bulky and white goods collection....
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| Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
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Honolulu 2016 Citizen-Centric Report Released
By News Release @ 5:06 PM :: 4571 Views :: Honolulu County
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... government financial information in a concise, timely, clear, understandable, and accurate manner to the general public ....
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| Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
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Honolulu Ethics Comm Seeks Comments on Draft Strategic Plan
By News Release @ 4:56 PM :: 5748 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...Please send your comments on the draft strategic plan by September 1, 2017....
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| Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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HART officials to meet with bond rating agencies in San Francisco
By News Release @ 1:32 AM :: 5972 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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...In addition to the bond meetings, on Tuesday Mayor Caldwell and Chair Manahan will tour electric bus manufacturer Proterra to examine emission free buses that could be brought to O‘ahu in the future....
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| Sunday, July 30, 2017 |
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Slate: The Absurdity of Honolulu's New Law Banning Pedestrians From Looking at Their Cellphones
By Selected News Articles @ 8:05 PM :: 5305 Views :: Honolulu County
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...If the fusty sigh of “Kids these days!” were a law, it would look something like the new Honolulu ordinance making it illegal to cross the street while looking at a cellphone....
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| Thursday, July 27, 2017 |
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Audit: Caldwell's Section 8 Program Hides Homeless Data
By News Release @ 7:52 PM :: 7552 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Homelessness
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...Section 8 does not have a formal fraud program although, as of FY 2016, the program's delinquent accounts receivables totaled approximately $1.5 million....
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| Wednesday, July 19, 2017 |
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Full Text: Mandatory Sprinkler Bill
By News Release @ 5:09 AM :: 5403 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Caldwell today introduced a bill requiring retrofitted sprinkler systems be installed in all high-rise residential buildings over 75 feet tall built before sprinkler systems were required in 1975....
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| Friday, July 14, 2017 |
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Honolulu Auditor Announces Plans for 2017-18
By News Release @ 10:13 AM :: 7102 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...plan of proposed audits for FY2017-18....
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| Wednesday, July 12, 2017 |
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Honolulu 6th-Worst City to Drive in
By Selected News Articles @ 8:26 PM :: 5506 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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...average gas prices to average annual hours of traffic delays to auto-repair shops per capita....
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| Tuesday, July 11, 2017 |
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City to hold second public workshop on Blaisdell Master Plan
By News Release @ 4:39 AM :: 4476 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Thursday, July 13 beginning at 6pm....
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| Sunday, July 2, 2017 |
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Honolulu Neighborhood Boards: 47 Vacant Positions Available
By Selected News Articles @ 1:26 PM :: 5313 Views :: Honolulu County
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Any eligible voter may apply to their local NB to be appointed to a vacant position by vote of the NB.
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| Thursday, June 29, 2017 |
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DMV Computer Fixed After Phone Call to Bulgaria
By News Release @ 5:14 AM :: 11268 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Police
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...Pereira said Department of Information Technology fixed the problem following a five-hour conference call, involving technicians from as far as Bulgaria and Paris....
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| Tuesday, June 20, 2017 |
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10 Buildings With the Highest Honolulu Property Taxes in 2016
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 7276 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Honolulu raked in over $50 million in property taxes last year, from the top 10 taxpaying properties alone....
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| Tuesday, June 13, 2017 |
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UH: Housing First Keeps 89% of Homeless Housed
By News Release @ 1:41 AM :: 7846 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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Clients were 64% less likely to visit the emergency room and 74% less likely to be admitted to a hospital....
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| Wednesday, June 7, 2017 |
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City seeks proposals for its third Housing First program
By News Release @ 12:09 AM :: 8739 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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Housing First Increment III will provide permanent supportive housing to 100 households experiencing chronic homelessness at a cost of $2.2 million....
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| Saturday, May 27, 2017 |
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Republicans Elected to Honolulu Neighborhood Board
By Brett Kulbis @ 4:56 AM :: 8108 Views :: Honolulu County
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"The Honolulu County Republican Party is confident that your influence will be instrumental in making Oahu better in each of your neighborhoods."
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| Saturday, May 27, 2017 |
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Election Results—Honolulu Neighborhood Board
By News Release @ 4:54 AM :: 8062 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Complete un-certified results from the 2017 Honolulu Neighborhood Board elections....
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| Wednesday, May 24, 2017 |
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Proposed revisions to Central Oahu Plan available for review
By News Release @ 4:21 AM :: 9100 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use
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The plan will be presented at the Waipahu Neighborhood Board meeting on Thursday, May 25, at 7 p.m. in the Filipino Community Center....
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| Friday, May 19, 2017 |
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Polls Close Tonight at 11:59PM-- Neighborhood Board elections
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 6816 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Online Voting ends at 11:59PM Friday May 19....
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| Wednesday, May 17, 2017 |
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ACLU: Ten Questions for Honolulu’s Next Chief of Police
By News Release @ 4:29 AM :: 7645 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...we ask that the Commission pose the following ten questions to all candidates for the position....
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| Tuesday, May 16, 2017 |
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Ikaika Anderson Land Use Facepalm
By Robert Thomas @ 2:24 PM :: 7604 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use
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“The lawyers start rubbing their hands a little bit because the comments are giving them ammunition.”
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| Wednesday, May 10, 2017 |
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Oahu Neighborhood Board Elections: 15,500 votes cast so far
By News Release @ 8:29 PM :: 4981 Views :: Honolulu County
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Voters may use their unique passcodes to cast ballots online via their computers or mobile devices through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 19....
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| Monday, May 1, 2017 |
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70 Republicans Running for Oahu Neighborhood Board
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 8898 Views :: Honolulu County, Republican Party
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...Look for your password coming in the mail soon for online voting....
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| Friday, April 28, 2017 |
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Honolulu Neighborhood Board--List of Contested Races and Candidates
By News Release @ 6:01 AM :: 14843 Views :: Honolulu County
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The election is slated to begin April 28, 2017 and end May 19, 2017....
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| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 |
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City unveils new apartments for homeless
By News Release @ 11:29 PM :: 7656 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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The maximum income for applicants is 50 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI), with rents ranging from $880 to $1,306 per month....
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| Wednesday, April 19, 2017 |
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