Health Dept Cracks Down On COVID Safety In Restaurants
Restaurants and bars that do not meet guidelines for social distancing and other health mandates will face consequences from the Department of Health’s Food Safety Branch. “Most food establishments in...
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Keith Amemiya: Political Outsider Or Establishment Insider?
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of profiles of the leading Honolulu mayoral candidates. Keith Amemiya has been close to politics for a long time. Now he’s stepping into the fray himself....
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Amemiya, Alm Lead Campaign Money Races For Mayor, Prosecutor
Keith Amemiya has raised the most cash of the Honolulu mayoral candidates so far, and Steve Alm is the lead fundraiser in the race for the prosecutor’s office, according to campaign finance reports for...
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Kym Pine: The New Face Of ‘Working Families’ Or Just The Status Quo?
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of profiles of the leading Honolulu mayoral candidates. Ask Kym Pine why she should be mayor, and she’ll tell you it’s because she’s already on the job....
View ArticleVIDEO: The Job Interview — Honolulu Mayoral Candidate Kym Pine
The five leading candidates for Honolulu mayor sat down for separate interviews last month with reporters from Civil Beat and Hawaii News Now to delve into why voters should hire them for the city’s...
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Colleen Hanabusa: ‘You Don’t Need Someone Who Needs Training Wheels’
Editor’s note: This is the last in a series of profiles of the leading Honolulu mayoral candidates. The last time Colleen Hanabusa ran for office, she challenged Gov. David Ige in the 2018 Democratic...
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Four Years In Prison For Cop Who Forced Man To Lick Urinal
A former Honolulu police officer who forced a homeless man to lick a urinal in 2018 was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi told defendant John Rabago...
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Use Of Force Or ‘Response To Resistance’? Police Policy Change Considered
A committee that is reviewing the Honolulu Police Department’s use of force policy is considering renaming the policy itself to the “response to resistance” policy. The name change is among a number of...
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This New PAC Is Attacking Mayoral Candidate Keith Amemiya
A new political action committee has launched a negative campaign against mayoral candidate Keith Amemiya just days before Oahu voters receive their primary election ballots in the mail. Aloha Aina...
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Honolulu Gets Creative In Efforts To Test Sewage For COVID-19
Honolulu is working to test sewage as an early warning system for COVID-19, but after facing challenges and setbacks is pivoting to a partnership with the University of Hawaii to speed up results....
View ArticleKaraoke Bar Penalized For Violating Emergency Order
The Honolulu Liquor Commission has ordered a karaoke bar on Keeaumoku Street to close for 24 hours, after investigators busted the establishment for serving drinks after midnight. Mayor Kirk Caldwell...
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Here’s How Honolulu’s Mayoral Candidates Want To Help The Economy
Honolulu’s next mayor will inherit an economy battered by COVID-19, with the island’s largest industry at best — and this isn’t certain — just emerging from a virtual shut-down that has cost Oahu tens...
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Honolulu Replaces Head Of COVID Recovery Agency Hired Just Weeks Ago
It was less than seven weeks ago that Honolulu tapped Richard Keene to lead a newly formed office that would respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In his new role, Keene was supposed to oversee $19 million...
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Honolulu’s Next Mayor Will Face Major Obstacles On Rail
Honolulu’s crisis-plagued rail project will continue to challenge the city’s next mayor as its costs climb, local funding evaporates and all hopes of completion turn to a daunting new deal with private...
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How Kym Pine Is Using the ‘Power Of Incumbency’ In Mayor’s Race
In the months leading up to Honolulu’s mayoral election, the only candidate who currently holds elected office has drastically upped her public relations game. City Councilwoman Kym Pine has sent out a...
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Megan Kau Promises To ‘Prosecute All Crimes’ In New TV Ad
As reported in an Ad Watch earlier this month, only one of the seven candidates running to be city prosecutor has aired a campaign commercial on TV this election season. Defense attorney Megan Kau now...
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Union Labor Now Required On Big Honolulu Public Works Jobs
Contractors on Honolulu public works projects over $2 million must use union labor under a new agreement signed by Mayor Kirk Caldwell on Wednesday. The community workforce agreement says that if a...
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Honolulu Police Chief Denies Racial Disparities Are Proof Of Profiling
Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard continues to defend her department against allegations of racial bias that stem from reviews of her own agency’s records. HPD data shows that people of color were...
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Where Honolulu’s Prosecutor Candidates Stand On Criminal Justice Reform
As the Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney’s office recovers from the damage of the Kealoha scandal, voters have a choice among radically different visions for the department’s future. Whoever wins will...
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HART: Rail Finances Could Take $450 Million Hit From COVID
A top executive with the Honolulu rail authority is projecting the collapse of state tax collections during the pandemic could cause the huge train project to take a $450 million hit as Hawaii’s...
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