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Sidewalk property ban gets enforced
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu has started to enforce a new city law that allows officials to remove personal property stored in public areas.
Mayor Peter Carlisle said Friday the city began enforcing the law late last month in response to complaints.
The city notified several property owners in Mililani that basketball hoop structures placed on sidewalks violated the ordinance. The city says the owners promptly removed the structures.
Critics, including the American Civil Liberties Union, say the law could unfairly target Oahu’s homeless. Many homeless keep belongings in parks and on sidewalks.
The city hopes people will voluntarily comply with the law.
The city will tag property left in public areas for more than 24 hours. Owners will have a day to remove the items. They may reclaim impounded property within 30 days.
State, teachers resolving dispute
HONOLULU (AP) — State officials say they’ve reached an “agreement in principal” with public school teachers in a labor dispute.
Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s spokeswoman says the state and the Hawaii State Teachers Association “came together to agree on moving forward.”
A news release late Friday from Donalyn Dela Cruz did not provide details of the tentative accord.
But a Hawaii newspaper reports that the announcement could signal the approaching end to a months-long dispute that has put Hawaii’s $75 million Race to the Top grant at risk.
The dispute stems from the state’s decision to unilaterally implement a “last, best and final” contract offer for teachers July 1.
The dispute has been blamed in part, for the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to place the grant on “high-risk” status. The DOE said if progress wasn’t made, the state’s $75 million Race grant could be lost.
Farm Bureau to meet in Honolulu
HONOLULU (AP) — The American Farm Bureau Federation will be holding its annual convention in Honolulu.
The federation’s 93rd annual meeting will be held at the Hawaii Convention Center today through Wednesday.
Convention center officials expect more than 6,000 people to attend.
Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist Dave Berry will deliver the meeting’s keynote address on Monday.
Facility dedicated for code work
HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. military personnel who specialize in deciphering foreign intelligence have a new home at Pearl Harbor.
Federal officials held a dedication ceremony Friday for a new building for soldiers who work in breaking codes of foreign adversaries.
Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, said military cryptography work has continued today to help the U.S. in countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq.
The facility will be named for Joseph J. Rochefort, a U.S. Navy captain who led a team that deciphered Japanese military messages during World War II.
