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Honolulu Election: All 4 Charter Amendments Are On Track To Be Approved Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Honolulu Election: All 4 Charter Amendments Are On Track To Be Approved

The proposed measures would affect climate change funding, City Council member salaries, an ocean safety oversight commission and emergency management leaders.

Street Festivals Frustrate Waikiki But Chinatown Wants More Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Street Festivals Frustrate Waikiki But Chinatown Wants More

In a tale of two neighborhoods, street festivals can be a headache for people in Waikiki while community leaders say they could be an economic lifeline for Chinatown.

Governor’s Office To Help YMCA Residents Facing Huge Rent Hike David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Governor’s Office To Help YMCA Residents Facing Huge Rent Hike

Eight long-term tenants highlighted in a Civil Beat story, whose rental subsidies were to end Nov. 1, will not be displaced.

Honolulu YMCA Ends Rental Subsidies For Long-Term Tenants David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Honolulu YMCA Ends Rental Subsidies For Long-Term Tenants

The organization said it failed to reach its fundraising goal this year and can’t afford to maintain the housing program at the Central Y.

Is The Sunshine Law Working For Oahu’s Neighborhood Boards? Ku'u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2019

Is The Sunshine Law Working For Oahu’s Neighborhood Boards?

Neighborhood board members are frustrated at restrictions on what they can talk about at their meetings.

Honolulu Revives The Idea Of Shipping Trash Off Island Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Honolulu Revives The Idea Of Shipping Trash Off Island

As the city faces a deadline to choose a site for a new landfill, it鈥檚 considering other methods of garbage disposal.

What Honolulu Can Learn From An Empty Homes Tax In Vancouver Courtesy: City of Vancouver

What Honolulu Can Learn From An Empty Homes Tax In Vancouver

Honolulu Council members are looking to the Canadian city as a model for their own version.

Is Drag Racing A Good Way To Till Soil? This State Farmland Tenant Says So Screenshot/2024

Is Drag Racing A Good Way To Till Soil? This State Farmland Tenant Says So

After failing to stop a daylong “Mud Drag” event that attracted about 1,000 people last weekend, a state agency ponders its next move.

Westside Shooting Victim Fights To Walk Again As Her Family Seeks Justice Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Westside Shooting Victim Fights To Walk Again As Her Family Seeks Justice

Richianna DeGuzman was caught in the crossfire in a gang shooting in 2023, her mother says. But her case remains unsolved.

Honolulu Voters To Decide If Climate Change Fund Needed David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Honolulu Voters To Decide If Climate Change Fund Needed

A proposed city charter amendment would funnel some property tax revenue to a Climate Resiliency Fund.