The provisional account would be used for covering disaster relief and routine operations.

Salary commissioners say the pay bumps are necessary to keep pace with public sector union raises and to ensure salaries are on par with officials’ job duties.

If approved, it would be the third raise in three years for top city officials. 

Mayor Rick Blangiardi pledged Wednesday night to make city services work faster for Oʻahu’s residents.

With 1 in 5 city jobs unfilled, some departments would lose millions of dollars while others would lose nothing.

After years of budget increases as the city emerged from the pandemic, this year the mayor proposed a lower budget than last year’s.

As the city housing program behind it comes under the microscope, the Makiki building has struggled to clear the last bureaucratic hurdles.

Honolulu’s only waste incinerator needs fresh investment to bring it up to international standards, council vice-chair says.

Council members voted Wednesday to boost the cost of an adult bus pass by $10 a month, along with other price hikes.

Drivers would have to take written knowledge tests during their license renewals, something Hawaiʻi stopped requiring almost three decades ago.