The Conversation talked to Caroline Pratt, the state Department of Health’s Disease Investigations Branch chief, about the updated guidance not just for COVID-19 but for all respiratory diseases in our community.
New technology at the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting could make the city’s building permit process much shorter. With the changes, the permitting process for residential projects could take as little as two weeks. Commercial projects are estimated to take no longer than six months. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.