Breezy trade winds keep Honolulu mostly sunny and warm today; Small Craft Advisory active through early Sunday.

Mapunapuna’s Ahua‑Kilihau intersection floods at high tide and neighbors say daily life and business are being disrupted. City officials promise valve checks and are studying a $40M road‑raising plan.

Lawmakers want to extend emergency‑hire permits from three to five years to keep teachers in hard‑to‑staff Hawai‘i classrooms, but research and licensing officials warn of tradeoffs.

Sen. Kurt Fevella introduced SB 3195 to let Medicaid and Medicare Part D cover FDA‑approved GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs, setting off a debate over access and cost.

The Honolulu City Council advanced a resolution urging state approval of the GEMT Medicaid program to reduce ambulance co‑pays for low‑income residents.

HCDA paused presales for a proposed 377‑unit Kakaako leasehold tower as lawmakers weigh changes to owner‑occupancy rules and financing hurdles.

Senate Judiciary advanced SB2055, a bill that would require the Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission to run a 24‑hour, toll‑free helpline for civil‑rights and hate‑crime reports. The measure now heads to Ways and Means for funding and implementation details.

A Honolulu solo bike officer was seriously injured Thursday night after a suspected drunk driver struck his motorcycle at the Kunia Road on‑ramp; the driver was arrested, police say.

A Lahaina boat operator admitted using a forged Merchant Mariner Credential after a 2022 Lanai crash that threw five passengers overboard. Sentencing is set for June 15.

A package of state bills would extend living-expense benefits, speed advance payments and change replacement-cost rules — proposals lawmakers say grew out of the Maui wildfire experience.

A Senate housing panel advanced SB2194, a bill that would require recipients of Rental Housing Revolving Fund money to reinvest surpluses into more housing, invoking a ‘Vienna model’ approach.

Sunny and warm today; a strong cold front late Friday, February 6 could bring heavy rain, gusts to 35 mph and coastal flooding.

Warning-level surf and a coastal flood statement are in effect through midweek; inland Honolulu will be warm and mostly sunny with highs near 81°F.