Kiyoshi Toi said he was giving the employee lunch money. The judge saw it as an attempt to influence him.

Honolulu hired Bryan Porcello despite at least eight convictions, and only fired him after his arrest for allegedly bailing a woman out of jail for sex. Heavily blacked-out documents make it difficult to see what was the last straw for the city.

A West Side community has been plagued for several months by a deathly stink, but no one knows where it’s coming from.

More than 800 projects are waiting to clear the first hurdle in the permitting process.

UPDATE: New details emerged on Saturday in a video provided to Civil Beat of the incident that led to the arrest. The squalid conditions and violent outbreaks led the state representative for downtown to call for changes to Hawaiʻi landlord-tenant law.

An offer of supposed lunch money could land the nonagenarian in prison.

An elderly architect tried to slip an employee what he called a gratuity. County prosecutors say it was a bribe. A judge will decide.

The city accused a plans examiner of preferential treatment. The employee said she was trying to help permit applicants.

A proposed senior living facility in Kāneʻohe would bring a range of negative impacts, residents say. The developer says it will help meet a crucial need.

New technology has not yet been able to “accelerate everything” as the mayor promised, but the permitting director is urging people to keep the faith.