Ben Angarone

Honolulu Civil Beat - Investigative Reporting

Some residents hope that the city’s plans for a new emergency services center on Oahuʻs North Shore can align with their goal to stop a commercial development there.

Honolulu Civil Beat - Investigative Reporting

It has been almost a year since Honolulu requested a two-year extension for finding a replacement site for Waimanalo Gulch.

The idea is being considered as part of efforts to better manage access for popular tourist destinations on Oahu.

While city-owned land makes up a relatively small portion of Oahu, groundskeepers need to be strategically redeployed to stave off wildfires.

The lawsuits included a fatal police shooting case and the city’s effort to seize property in Waikiki for affordable housing.

Many of the other bills on Green’s list have logistical or procedural issues or would have otherwise been moot.

UPDATES: Many constituents feel that the increases are a “slap in the face,” and they want more accountability.

Besides the Senate override, lawmakers in both chambers worked through numerous bills Tuesday, including some dealing with taxes and guns.

Lawmakers agreed to double tax credits for working families, limit guns in sensitive places and tax e-cigarettes but failed to reach consensus on HTA.

Honolulu Civil Beat - Investigative Reporting

Amid concerns about having another empty building in Chinatown, Honolulu Councilman Tyler Dos Santos-Tam is suggesting that the Walmart that previously occupied the Fort Street Mall could serve as a possible location for new housing. Dos Santos-Tam raised the idea in a press release Friday in connection with a proposed bill that would relax lighting […]

A tentative agreement between the union and the state bumps entry level pay up to over $50,000.

However, the American Disabilities Act deems clients of substance use disorder services to be a protected class.

More than 250 bills remain under consideration as the Hawaii Legislature enters the home stretch of this year’s session.

Lawmakers annually set aside money to pay for settlements against state agencies. This year’s top offender is the Department of Transportation.

Hawaii doubled down on its defense of abortion rights on Wednesday as Gov. Josh Green signed a new law that codifies and expands protections for providers and permits the practice outside of licensed hospitals in the state. With the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 by the U.S. Supreme Court, abortion rights are now […]

The Council on Revenues lowered its forecast for how much tax revenue it anticipates the government will collect.

Faced with declining revenues, Central Union Church members vote to allow the church council to lease or sell some of its land.