Cory Lum/Civil Beat Hawaii hosted 8% more tourists in March 2021 than in March 2020 but 35% fewer hotel and restaurant jobs.
A $3.6 billion dollar budget deficit has taxpayers in Honolulu wondering if the rail project will ever reach Ala Moana Center as promised. The line is now projected to cost at least $12.4 billion and there are more calls for it to stop at Middle Street.
Fourteen months after the start of the pandemic, he sees light at the end of the tunnel. Schatz also calls for filibuster reform and nudges Gov. David Ige to heed the advice of the CDC on travel requirements.
This comes as the Navy has been working to get approval from the Environmental Protection Agency and Hawaii Department of Health to upgrade the facility’s World War II-era tanks.
Health authorities say the island has moved from largely isolated clusters to “sustained community transmission.”
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The focus now must be on stabilization and long-term recovery.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat A $20 entry fee could be used to pay to protect natural resources. Or we could just give it to tourism industry workers who have to put up with all the tourists.
John Pritchett/Civil Beat A $3.6 billion dollar budget deficit has taxpayers in Honolulu wondering if the rail project will ever reach Ala Moana Center as promised. The line is now projected to cost at least $12.4 billion and there are more calls for it to stop at Middle Street.
The Hawaii Legislature chose not to advance a bill this year to make pot legal, even as more states progress in the opposite direction.
The system could still see about $90 million in federal relief funds, half of which must be distributed as grants to students.
The Honolulu mayor hopes the incentives spur private development of affordable homes.
The state and county will be working together to figure out how to incorporate vaccination counts into the tier system, Blangiardi’s office said.
New research offers surprising clues. Spoiler alert: It’s not 29.
Facing a shortage of affordable agricultural land, a Maui farmer is forging unique partnerships with high-end homeowners to grow food in their yards.
But 44% say it should go all the way to Ala Moana Center instead of shortening the 20-mile route.
ʻO Kalepa Baybayan, he kāpena ʻo ia no ka manawa he nui ma Hōkūleʻa i kākoʻo i ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana i ka hoʻokele kuʻuna ma ka Pakipika, ua hala ʻokoʻa ʻo ia ma Seattle ma ka Pōʻahā.
Assistant Chief Rade Vanic has been with HPD for 21 years, HPD said.
The Hawaii County mayor had asked the County Council to remove Leeward Planning Commissioner Mark Van Pernis, saying he was too combative and rude.
Hawaii U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono says Honolulu shouldn’t expect more money from the federal government to bail out its $12 billion transportation project.
But Gov. David Ige gets low marks as does Speaker Scott Saiki, the Legislature and former Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell.
