Legislation to allow private sponsorship of city parks and other public facilities in order to garner more revenue for the city was unanimously adopted Wednesday by the Honolulu City Council. Read more
Honolulu City Council legislation to defray costs associated with the city’s planned 10-year, 115% sewer fee rate hike slated to start this summer has advanced on the first of three readings. Read more
Overt video monitoring at city-owned parks prone to high crime is envisioned under a new Honolulu City Council resolution. Read more
Damage linked to the palm tree-killing coconut rhinoceros beetle has become more obvious in urban Honolulu, according to city officials. Read more
City lawmakers are leading the push to return Sand Island’s name to its Native Hawaiian name Mauliola, which means “breath of life” or “power of healing.” Read more
Bill 43 would redirect a portion of the 3% visitor-generated Oahu transient accommodations tax, which is earmarked for Honolulu’s rail project, to the city’s sewer fund. Read more
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The city’s Koko Head Shooting Complex will be closed for most of June to determine future safety improvements planned for the outdoor range in coming years. Read more
The Honolulu Emergency Services Department held something akin to an outdoor car show at Keehi Lagoon Beach Park on Tuesday morning. Read more
The Honolulu Police Department has vacancies for more than 800 people that’s spilt equally between sworn police officers and nonpolicing positions, an HPD official says. Read more
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s longtime vow to merge the city’s real estate and housing agencies into one unified operation has come to fruition. Read more
To publicly avert what one city official termed “rate shock,” Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s administration and Honolulu City Council are now offering competing ideas to deal with proposed city sewer fee rate hikes expected this summer. Read more
The City and County of Honolulu’s $500,000 Ernst & Young LLP study over a proposed empty-homes tax measure asserts the city could garner tens of millions of dollars annually in new revenues. Read more
A proposed Honolulu City Council measure to penalize real-property owners who leave their Oahu residences vacant for extended periods of time has a chance to start moving again following the release of the first phase of a city-commissioned study. Read more
Hitachi’s lawsuit alleges HART’s seeming dysfunction to set timely schedules caused cost increases to go off the tracks by tens of millions of dollars — expenses the train company says it was forced to solely absorb. Read more
The Civic Center station, scheduled to open to the public by 2031, is slated for construction near Halekauwila and South streets. The station will serve Kakaako, Makiki, Ward and outlying residential areas, the rail agency states. Read more
To celebrate Earth Day on Tuesday, the City and County of Honolulu formally unveiled a massive installation of 4,554 large-format photovoltaic panels to assist in powering its prime entertainment venue. Read more
Dr. James Ireland, whose renomination as head of the city Emergency Services Department faced vocal opposition in recent months, was formally reinstated last week. Read more
The city Department of Planning and Permitting will hold a community meeting Wednesday to address proposed land use changes that could allow for TOD development around three city rail stations in the East Kapolei area. Read more
The Honolulu Board of Water Supply objects to the city’s plan to site a landfill within its so-called “no-pass zone,” an area that covers the interior of the island where Oahu’s potable water aquifer is located. Read more
Kuilei Place, billed by its developer as a landmark residential community bringing 1,005 condominium units to the heart of Honolulu, remains a graded dirt lot in Moiliili. Read more
A ban on the sale of single-use plastic bottles at all city-owned properties is set for an upcoming Honolulu City Council vote. Read more
