Voting explainer: 2024 Hawaiʻi Island charter amendment ballot ...
Oct 8, 2024 · Charter question 3: "Shall the Hawaiʻi County Charter be amended to increase the term length for members of the Cost of Government Commission from eleven to twenty-two months and extend the deadline for the Commission to submit its report from eleven months after appointment to twenty months after appointment?"
Voting explainer: 2024 constitutional amendment ballot questions
Oct 18, 2024 · Question 2: "Shall the Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi be amended to make the appointment and confirmation process for district court judges the same as the appointment and confirmation process for Supreme Court justices and intermediate court of appeals and circuit court judges, which would require:
Tropical Storm Hone steadily approaches Hawaiʻi, threatening …
Aug 24, 2024 · Tropical Storm Hone, whose name is Hawaiian for "sweet and soft," drew near the islands Saturday with breezes that were expected to intensify — and increase the wildfire risk for drier parts of the state even as memories are still fresh from last year's deadly blazes on Maui.
What does Lahaina look like today? The progress of debris …
Aug 8, 2024 · Lahaina resident Ashley Kahahane remembers the first time she visited her home after the fire. “I was dreading to walk to see it burned. And, you know, it was a hard time to come with the Samaritans and look through, sift through things, and pick up pieces that we never, ever gonna get back," she said.
COVID-19 is once again on the rise in Hawaiʻi - Hawai'i Public Radio
Jun 13, 2024 · Disease activity remains low for both influenza and the respiratory condition RSV. DOH recommendations include keeping up to date on the COVID-19 vaccines, staying at home if feeling sick, and wearing a mask, especially if recovering from COVID-19 symptoms.
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EPA Region 9 Administrator Martha Guzman covers the southwestern states and the Pacific. She was just on Maui this week and on Oʻahu as part of a program to help the state build greener ports under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
City Council advances bill to establish tax on empty homes
Oct 11, 2024 · Honolulu lawmakers have advanced a controversial measure to establish an “empty homes” tax on Oʻahu. The Honolulu City Councilʻs Bill 46 would create a property tax on homes not occupied by long-term residents for at least six months out of the year.. The empty home would be taxed at 1% of its tax-assessed value in the first applicable year, 2% for the …
Michael Titterton, longtime leader of Hawaiʻi Public Radio, dies at 76
Oct 4, 2024 · Michael Titterton, who served as president and general manager of Hawaiʻi Public Radio from 1999 to 2016, has died at his home in Honolulu. Titterton not only masterminded and executed the roll-out of a statewide network of transmitters and translators, he was also well-known for his trademark performances of joyful exuberance during live pledge drives to raise …
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