Hawaii Independent founder, publisher announces council candidacy
Ikaika Hussey enters the race for Honolulu City Council in the 6th District.
Mayor Caldwell hits back on Rail, Blaisdell projects
The mayor implies that Speaker Saiki’s letter regarding simultaneous execution of these projects was misleading to the public.
House Speaker to Mayor Caldwell: Honolulu can only handle one flagship project at a time
With Honolulu’s Rail project just recently bailed out by the state and the city's history of mismanaging it, Speaker Saiki thinks the city should focus on getting its flagship project under control before starting on new ones.
Can this alternative plan salvage the Honolulu Rail project?
"Salvage the Rail" group releases alternative Honolulu route map for a street-level plan that would save taxpayers from a GET surcharge extension.
EPA, state health department reject Navy’s Red Hill work plan
The regulatory agencies found serious flaws in sections of the Navy plan to investigate and remediate leaks in the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, and to protect and evaluate the safety of groundwater feeding into Honolulu’s main aquifer.
Letter to Obama and IUCN Congress demands halt to U.S. environmental abuses
“We the undersigned firmly oppose the continued destruction of Hawaiʻi and all First Nations lands at the hands of governments, corporations and militaries which prioritize money over the health and well-being of people and the environment.”
City Council to decide the fate of controversial Malaekahana development
Zoning committee chair Anderson will introduce amendments that would kill most of the controversial proposed “Envision Laie” development on the rural northeast coast of Oʻahu.
Why are homeless community members opposing a proposed ‘Homeless Bill of Rights?’
House Bill 1889 is widely supported—but not by some of the very people who it would supposedly protect.