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With the Salary Commission’s proposed pay increases set to kick in with the new fiscal year on July 1, the Kaimuki Neighborhood Board is rallying other boards to pressure Honolulu City Council members into holding a vote on the measure. Council members are set to receive a controversial 64%...

Calls Mount For The Honolulu City Council To Vote On Salary Increases

We’re in the money: The 2023 legislative session is now behind us so politicos are now turning to their favorite source of cash — campaign fundraisers. Last week marked a noticeable uptick in the number of fundraisers being held or scheduled as the 2024 election season continues. A new-ish state law, passed in 2022, banned fundraising events during the legislative session and it would seem some candidates — incumbents and challengers — could hardly wait for it to be over. More than a dozen lawmakers and the Honolulu mayor got in on the action as soon as they could.

The Sunshine Blog: Fundraisers Are Back, The State Budget Is Done, And Will History Repeat Itself?

Backed by a new federal grant, a team of eight conservation groups is launching an effort to restore the natural watersheds in a mostly urban, developed part of Honolulu using traditional Hawaiian land management principles. The $7.8 million project, funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, starts Thursday and...

‘This Is Gold’: An Unprecedented Push To Restore Urban Honolulu Watersheds From Ridge To Reef

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It might have seemed like the end of the discussion when lawmakers killed a bill to provide $100 million over two years to build roads and utility systems for a first responders’ training facility near Mililani. But that was no problem for the project’s main champion, Senate Ways and...

Top State Officials Were Behind A Secretive Process That Steered Millions To A First Responders Center

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 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 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

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

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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

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: It's Not Time To Give Honolulu's Leaders A Huge Pay Raise

We all know how expensive it is to live in Hawaii. The median price for a single-family home on Oahu was nearly $1 million in February,...

Catherine Toth Fox: It's Not Time To Give Honolulu's Leaders A Huge Pay Raise

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