Blangiardi finalizes city’s $5.2B budget adoption
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi on Tuesday signed into law the city’s over-$5.2 billion budget package for fiscal year 2026, which starts July 1. Read more
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Mayor expected to file revised $5B city budget today
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi today is expected to file a revised version of the city’s more than $5-billion budget package for fiscal year 2026 with the Office of the City Clerk. Read more
HART discusses $324M Hitachi lawsuit costs
HART Project Director Vance Tsuda said the agency was close to settling the high-dollar claim filed in December by Hitachi Rail Honolulu JV, related to work on the over-$10 billion rail project. Read more
Mayor Blangiardi signs laws to shutter illegal game rooms
With the enactment of new city laws, the Honolulu Police Department and related city agencies say they will have more tools to more easily remove illegal game rooms operating on Oahu. Read more
Group files ‘next step’ appeal to save Haiku Stairs
To save a World War II-era mountainside staircase marked for removal by the City and County of Honolulu, the Friends of Haiku Stairs has brought an appeal to overturn a 2024 State Historic Preservation Division approval that allowed the city’s demolition plan to proceed. Read more
Honolulu City Council leadership reorganized during intense meeting
Waters, Tupola and Kia‘aina — all Native Hawaiians — will now lead the Council into the 2026 fiscal year, which begins July 1. Read more
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Honolulu City Council leadership changes proposed
A special meeting of the Honolulu City Council today may lead to the political shake-up of its leadership. Read more
City seeks developer for Iwilei transit-oriented housing
A master planning effort to potentially transform about 80 acres along Honolulu’s over $10-billion rail line into mixed-use, transit- oriented development is underway, city officials say. Read more
Hawaii protesters impassioned but peaceful during ‘No Kings’ rally at Capitol
The peaceful rally brought out sign-carrying protesters who voiced their strong opposition to the policies of President Donald Trump on his 79th birthday. Read more
‘No Kings Day’ protesters rally against Trump at Hawaii Capitol
Crowd estimates ranged from roughly 1,500 to about 7,000, depending on who was doing the counting. Read more
Honolulu City Council votes to widen surveillance at parks
A one-year pilot program to install more video monitoring at city-owned parks prone to high crime was recently approved by the Honolulu City Council. Read more
Kapolei affordable housing project sought on city-owned site
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s administration says it’s seeking a developer to turn a vacant city-owned parcel in West Oahu into a mixed-use, transit-oriented development that will feature hundreds of affordable housing units. Read more
Grant changes approved for rail-affected businesses
Modifications to the city’s financial relief program for small businesses negatively affected by construction of the over-$10 billion Skyline project to Kakaako have been adopted. Read more
Honolulu City Council adopts $5.19B budget package
Two late votes by the Honolulu City Council Wednesday evening finalized approval of a $5.19 billion budget package for the city’s 2026 fiscal year, which begins July 1. Read more
Honolulu City Council adopts HART’s $968M budget
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s $968.3 million budget package will roll for fiscal year 2026. Read more
Council to review city’s proposed $5.14 billion budget for approval
The Honolulu City Council today is scheduled to review for approval Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s $5.14 billion budget package for fiscal year 2026. Read more
Honolulu Council to review $11M in general obligation bonds for rail
Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s administration has requested more funding to pay the city’s required annual subsidy toward the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s construction of the over-$10 billion rail line. Read more
HPD vacancy task force under Council scrutiny
The Honolulu City Council is set to vote Wednesday on a proposed task force to reduce the Honolulu Police Department’s dire staffing shortage of 456 uniformed officer vacancies — which despite mitigation efforts has grown 32% in some four years. Read more
Honolulu agency warns against illegal construction activity
The Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting urges the public to take care when hiring contractors, designers, architects and engineers for building projects. Read more
Changes coming to city grant program for rail-affected businesses
The City and County of Honolulu’s financial relief effort for small businesses negatively affected by ongoing construction of the over-$10 billion Skyline project is on track for proposed changes. Read more
Honolulu City Council advances sewer fees bill
Mayor Rick Blangiardi administration’s proposed 10-year, 115% sewer fee rate increase that’s expected to begin this summer has been countered by the Honolulu City Council. Read more
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