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Hawaii home rentals ruled exempt from 90-day change
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 1—U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson's order keeps the city from enforcing or implementing Ordinance 22-7, which essentially prohibits home rentals for anything less than 90 days. A U.S ...
Ex-OCCC guard sentenced in meth smuggling case
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDec. 15—Chief U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson has sentenced a 52-year-old ex-corrections officer to 3-1 /2 years in prison and two years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute ...
Plainview man arrested with makeshift bomb sentenced in federal court
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA federal district judge recently handed down a three year-sentence to a 61-year-old man arrested...
Judge halts Honolulu's 90-day short-term rental law
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 14—A U.S. District Court judge has granted a preliminary injunction ordering the city not to enforce the provisions in a new Oahu law that pertains to increasing the minimum allowable stay ...
Waianae man sentenced to more than 6 years in prison for gun possession during meth trafficking
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 16—A Waianae man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for gun possession during methamphetamine trafficking. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson on Wednesday sentenced 43- ...
A 90-day minimum on 'harmful' short-term rentals? Oahu residents speak up.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA group of neighborhood and environmental organizations is seeking a seat at the table in the latest...
City seeks dismissal of LGBTQ+ lawsuit involving liquor commission
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 8—The city was in court Friday before Chief Judge Derrick Watson arguing its motion filed May 5 for a summary judgment to move the case beyond a trial and resolve the matter outright. Honolulu ...
Complications expected for registration of Oahu short-term rentals
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 24—Enforcement of city Ordinance 22-7, a controversial bill to regulate short-term rentals, is supposed to start today. Enforcement of city Ordinance 22-7, a controversial bill to regulate ...
Enforcement of Oahu's short-term rental law to begin Monday
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 21—Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi says the city will defend its right to restrict Oahu short-term rentals outside of resort districts to 90 days, and starting Monday will begin aggressively ...
Registration for Oahu short-term rentals is progressing
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 5—Short-term rental owners in resort districts submitted 132 applications to register their properties with the Department of Planning and Permitting as of Thursday. The long-awaited city ...
