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Pledging to run a campaign that will touch all corners of urban Honolulu, City Councilman Stanley Chang on Wednesday became the first to declare his candidacy for the congressional seat expected to be vacated by U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa.

The city stepped up pressure on members of (de)Occupy Honolulu on Wed­nes­day, removing about six tents and other property from in front of the Blaisdell Center Concert Hall with just 15 minutes' warning.

The good news: Honolulu no longer ranks as America's worst city for traffic congestion. The bad news: It's now the second-worst.

A plan to replace the city's existing fuel tax with a highway user fee got an initial approval from the City Council Budget Committee on Wednesday but could be facing a bumpy road ahead.

Waikiki community leaders and activists are speaking out against a legislative effort to allow the state to make money off school lands through public-private partnerships.

State lawmakers have agreed on a bill that would enable the state to conduct historic preservation reviews of construction projects in phases, rather than all at once, but the final vote on the legislation could be difficult.

Kamehameha Schools Maui took home the top prizes for best overall newspaper in both print and online divisions in the 2013 Hawaii High School Journalism Awards Wednesday, in addition to six other honors.

Question: Whatever happened to the Filipino Community Center’s plan to install a photovoltaic system?

情報提供：人気ツアーを日本から安心予約　TPハワイ・ツアーズ

　ハワイ州当局が、オアフ島ダウンタウンにあるワシントン・プレイスの大規模な改修工事を検討していることが明らかになった。当局では今回、50万ドルから100万ドルの経費を費やし、屋根の葺き替えや柱や窓の補修、ペンキの塗り替えなどを行いたいとしている。　1841年に建設された2階建てのワシントン・プレイスは、ハワイ王朝の最後の君主であるリリウオカラニ女王の住居として利用されたほか、ハワイ州知事の公邸として活用されていたものの、2002年からは博物館として保存されている。
参考：パシフィック・ビジネス・ニュース

　ワイキキのインターナショナルプレイス内で18年間にわたって営業を行ってきた人気レストラン「ココナッツ・ウィリーズ」が昨日、カラカウア大通りとカピオラニ通りの角にある旧ハードロックカフェの建物に新店舗をオープンした。　ココナッツ・ウィリーズはインターナショナルマーケットプレイスで18年、そしてルワース通りで4年間にわたって営業していたものの、ルワース通り店を今年2月に閉店していた。　5月10日にグランドオープニングを行う新ココナッツ・ウィリーズには、ティキバー、屋外のバー、ビヤガーデンなどが併設されており、関係者はスポーツバーとナイトクラブが混合したような店舗になるとしている。
参考：パシフィック・ビジネス・ニュース

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Ed Lynch, managing editor/news, at 529-4758.

Unemployment has surpassed Great Depression-era levels in southern Europe. Recession is drifting to the once resilient economies of the north. Even some onetime hawks on government spending say they cannot cut any more.

With her leg snapped and folded excruciatingly over her shoulder, Elvira Lopez HernC!ndez lay flat on a railroad bed as the freight train hurtled above her, clinging tightly to two things: the railroad ties beneath her and the memory of the 4-year-old daughter she had left behind in Guatemala.

Hawaii island received a failing grade for particle pollution in the air, according to an American Lung Association report card released Wednesday.

Question: A friend has rheumatoid arthritis that makes her miss work when it acts up. When she told her human resources department that her doctor was going to fill out FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) forms for her because of her condition, they told her not to.

Moore Hall was burglarized for the second time in less than a week, University of Hawaii security officials said Wednesday.

UH workers to vote on contract • Family at odds over care of 2-year-old boy • Kauai County sets auction of foreclosed land

The first signs of weakness appeared Tuesday in the juggernaut that has been Hawaii’s tourism market.

As U.S. Rep. Colleen Hana­busa readies a campaign to take on appointed U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz in 2014, potential successors to her U.S. House seat are preparing for what promises to be a wide-open primary contest.