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Oʻahu lawmakers want more to be done about invasive species, and they say the city needs to play a bigger role. The Honolulu City Council just approved a measure asking the city administration to do so.
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Local leaders want the City and County of Honolulu to be more involved in managing Oʻahu’s invasive species. Coconut rhinoceros beetles, little fire ants, invasive coral, coqui frogs and other species have been recently growing threats to the island.
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The islandwide police chase of an armed suspect on Oʻahu on New Year's Day has prompted calls to the City and County of Honolulu to permit more access to first responders' radio communications. Local news outlets and the public lost access to real-time communications two years ago when the city encrypted dispatcher radio transmissions. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.
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Sam Moku, who previously served as the mayor's chief of staff, will be tasked with producing concrete initiatives to address homelessness while collaborating with the mayor's administration, service providers, the state homeless coordinator and other stakeholders.
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Honolulu City Council wants to create a framework to pay businesses affected by ongoing rail construction on Oʻahu. A new measure is concerned with a fund established in 2015 to distribute money to negatively impacted businesses. The city allocated $750,000 in 2018, but none of it was distributed and the funding lapsed. It hasn’t received any funding since. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.
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Honolulu City Council wants to shore up its smoking laws in case it becomes responsible for them again in the future. The council has filed a bill that would ban stores from selling herbal cigarettes to anyone younger than 21 years old.
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On Wednesday Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi signed Honolulu City Council Bill 50 and 51, expanding and rezoning the area covered by the Hālawa Area Transit-Oriented Development Plan.
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Honolulu could be on its way to lower residential speed limits. By default, residential speed limits are 25 mph, but Honolulu City Council Vice Chair Esther Kiaʻāina wants it reduced to 15 mph.
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The Maui fires in August and the ongoing fire in Central Oʻahu have put a new focus on emergency evacuation routes for drier, leeward communities. The military held a community event last week for stakeholders to talk about Kolekole Pass and the chain of command to open the road during major emergencies.
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The latest on Ramona Okumura, a former Hawaiʻi resident and humanitarian worker stuck in Gaza; Resident safety amid a fire in a remote area of Mililani; A U.S. Department of Agriculture plan to spread non-native seeds on the burned landscapes on Maui; The benefits of freight farming; Today's edition of "StoryCorps: The Military Voices Initiative"