Imagine if Hawaii builds upward, instead of outward. Traffic melts away and farms remain farms. Rush-hour traffic inspires Lee Hiromoto to take us along for the ride.

Honolulu City Council candidates have no shortage of ideas when it comes to solving Honolulu's trash problem. From the simple to the extravagant, they cover the bases.

Todd Apo's resignation means, in a matter of months, the majority of Honolulu City Council members will be new. It also means the City may pay for another special election.

City Council candidates are less than impressed with Oahu's aging infrastructure. But the good news is that they say they'll do something about it.

One company was paid $204,000 to copy public documents onto a disk and create a video simulation.

SECOND IN A SERIES: Most Honolulu City Council candidates say more public housing is the best option to help shrink the city's growing homeless population.

Two of 10 firms that got $2 million in city contracts have websites and four have listed phone numbers.

The former Honolulu mayor touts his record at Honolulu Hale as evidence he's ready to be governor. Civil Beat's analysis of the city's payroll during his tenure finds that the work force grew by 5 percent, the total payroll jumped 32 percent but that as a percentage of the total budget, payroll declined 2 percentage points, from 58 to 56 percent.