Ikaika Hussey enters the race for Honolulu City Council in the 6th District.

The financial incentive that short-term rentals offer exerts a market force that drives costs up and saps economic activity in the aggregate.

A bill that would have given the state broader authority to preempt county ordinances it finds inconvenient, such as those restricting biotech, failed to find enough support to pass through the senate agriculture committee.