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Government & Politics

Government & Politics

Hawaiʻi Public Radio brings you the latest government and political news from the four county councils, the state Legislature, the Hawaiʻi State Judiciary, the governor's office, and Hawaiʻi's four U.S. senators and representatives.
  • FILE - A new housing tower is seen under construction in Honolulu on March 27, 2023.
    Audrey McAvoy
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    AP
    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.
  • Personnel in support of Joint Task Force-Red Hill tighten bolts on air gap flanges on pipelines disconnecting the Underground Pumphouse at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility on March 13, 2024. Air gaps were created when crews removed sections of pipes to disconnect Red Hill from the Underground Pump House.
    Staff Sgt. Orlando Corpuz/Joint Task Force-Red Hill
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    Digital
    The military has finished draining more than 104 million gallons of fuel from an underground fuel tank complex on Oʻahu that poisoned 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water in 2021. The task force will hand over responsibility for the tanks on Thursday to Navy Closure Task Force-Red Hill.