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Three Honolulu police officers believe they shouldn’t have to be part of a lawsuit that contends they used excessive force and wrongfully arrested a 10-year-old girl at school over a supposedly offensive drawing in 2020. The officers, Christine Nevez, Warren Ford and Corey Perez, handcuffed the girl at Honowai...

Honolulu Officers Who Arrested 10-Year-Old Want Protection From Lawsuit

Honolulu has lost more than 5 miles of its famous beaches to sea level rise and storm surges. Sunny-day flooding during high tides makes many city roads impassable, and water mains for the public drinking water system are corroding from saltwater because of sea level rise. The damage has left...

Honolulu’s Lawsuit Against Big Oil Over Sea Level Rise Just Got A Boost From The Supreme Court

Honolulu City Council Chair Tommy Waters and council member Esther Kiaaina introduced two measures on Thursday that would prohibit council members from engaging in outside employment, a change that would effectively recognize council work as being a full-time commitment. This comes after the Honolulu Salary Commission’s controversial decision to increase...

Honolulu Council Members Seek To Make The Chamber A Full-Time Job Amid Pay Criticism

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, more than two years into his tenure and running for reelection, is taking his show on the road. In the past three months, he and his administration have criss-crossed Oahu, speaking at 10 unscripted evening town halls from Waianae to Kaneohe and Waialua to Aina Haina.

‘We Need To Rebuild Trust’: Honolulu Mayor’s Town Halls Are Getting City Officials In Touch With The Community

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The state’s plan for a new Aloha Stadium and surrounding entertainment district is shifting to consolidate development. One contractor will develop both the entertainment district and the stadium, instead of splitting the projects between separate contractors as had originally been planned, Stadium Authority Chair Brennon Morioka said Thursday during the authority’s monthly meeting.

New Aloha Stadium Development Plan To Include Only 1 Contractor

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The former chief building inspector in Honolulu will go to prison for five years and pay a hefty fine after he admitted to taking over $100,000 in bribes over the course of several years and trying to cover it up after he got caught. Wayne Inouye, 66, worked for Honolulu’s...

Ex-Honolulu Building Inspector Gets 5 Years In Prison For Bribery

Honolulu Civil Beat has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation over the federal agency’s refusal to release records involving two Hawaii lawmakers who are in prison for accepting bribes. Former Rep. Ty Cullen and former Sen. J. Kalani English were caught up in an FBI sting...

Civil Beat Is Seeking Public Records From The FBI In Lawmaker Bribery Cases

Tommy Waters is digging in his political heels. No more hearings on pay raises proposed by the Honolulu Salary Commission, the Honolulu City Council chair says. He doesn’t intend to schedule hearings on proposals by two dissident council members to reject the raises and he doesn’t plan to allow — or force — council members to vote on the issue.

Tommy Waters Is Taking The Hit On Honolulu Council Raises. And That's Just Fine With Him

A Honolulu police officer violated his department’s use-of-force policy when he shot a man before arresting him in 2021, a lawsuit filed Wednesday says. In May 2021, when trying to arrest a suspect who was driving a vehicle, Christopher Goshi, a plainclothes Crime Reduction Unit officer, allegedly remained in the vehicle’s path and then, once it crashed into a concrete post, shot the driver five times, according to the complaint.

Lawsuit: HPD Officer Violated Policy When He Shot A Man In A Car

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Catherine Toth Fox: Child Care Workers Are Worth More Than $13 An Hour

A friend of mine worked at a Honolulu preschool for a few years and loved it — until she needed a second job to make ends...

Catherine Toth Fox: Child Care Workers Are Worth More Than $13 An Hour

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