The measure has strong backing from the state’s lucrative wedding industry.

The measure would make it easier to transform commercial spaces into residential. Some say the measure goes too far.

HART, trying to manage public expectations, wanted to keep that target vague.

The Honolulu City Council is considering loosening some housing codes to allow empty commercial buildings to more easily be converted to housing units.

A recently incorporated nonprofit in Alaska points back to Oahu residents who say someone else is using their names.

The appointments are all volunteers and will still need to be confirmed by council.

Too many in the private sector have seen their wages stagnate since the pandemic.

The increases arise amid a wider conversation about how to hire and retain workers

$100 million for affordable housing and a $300 tax credit for some homeowners are also in the draft.