Entries for August 2020

...The lawsuit alleges that Hawaii's ban on Handgun magazines with a capacity greater than ten rounds in unconstitutional....

...Cases currently being investigated are not included in the count and will be reported in the following weeks....

...Pacific Islanders other than Native Hawaiians have ten times the infection rate of all other ethnic groups in Hawai‘i....

...a lack of public trust came from a lack of transparency....

...phase two of the new thermal temperature screening equipment installation has been completed....

... The unemployment rate would have been much higher except that there were nearly 30,000 fewer people in the labor force than a year ago ....

... 20 new hospitalizations, one new death ....

...expecting what the resolution describes as, “a steep reduction of general fund support” that is expected to directly impact all aspects of operations....

... BOR approved a revised plan to restructure the internal management of UH-managed lands on Maunakea ....

... INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI, THURSDAY AUGUST 20 @ 8PM ....

...3 new deaths, 14 new hospitalizations....

...including a strip club, bars, Honolulu Hale, homeless shelter, and jail.... 

...now they claim COVID outbreak makes case for even more criminals on our streets.  Will you be fooled too?  Read their report and find out....

...but the Big Island is much more affordable....

...calling for outright repeal of the protectionist federal maritime law known as the Jones Act so far has not been a successful strategy....

... Certificate of Need (CON) laws increase mortality rates for COVID-19 patients and others ....

"...Through the issuance of a 'no action message,' DFI is not taking any action against these companies...."

...3 new hospitalizations, 2 new deaths (one of which will be reported with tomorrow's numbers)....

...The scheme began with three days of meetings in Hong Kong in March 2001....

...Caldwell said at the news briefing that county and state leaders discussed the modified restrictions for O‘ahu over the past five days, trying to decide whether to use a scalpel or a hammer. “We’ve chosen a scalpel,” Caldwell said....

...HD 18 Candidate Lori Ford was contacted by a special agent with the Hawaii Attorney General's office and was requested to fly back to Hawaii so she could be arrested.... 

...one new death, twelve new hospitalizations....

...“While the mayor has ordered these gardens closed for nearly a month, we need to make sure that when they reopen, more people can have access to garden plots, with increased awareness, easier access and clearer guidelines that minimize red tape. The program needs to be expanded,” Pine said....

...$30 Million Purchase of Honolulu ABC Network Affiliate (KITV-ABC 4) from SJL Broadcasting is 16th Station Purchase for Allen's 'Allen Media Broadcasting' Division....

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... Keli'i Akina & Colin Moore Talk Story ....

... Hawaii 5th largest quarterly increase in overall delinquency rate ....

...5 new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...technology has brought us great advances in life and in how we connect, but it has also opened us up to a whole new host of dangers....

...Now that the economy is down and tax revenues are in the tank, we are now seeing cases of our Department of Taxation using some particularly nasty provisions in the tax code....

...the testing method is immediately available to other diagnostic laboratories that want to start using the new test, which can be scaled up quickly for use across the nation — and, perhaps, beyond — in the coming weeks....

...4 new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...even U.S.-built tugboats suffer from similar excess costs. That means that tugboats built in the United States for $20 million would cost only $4 million-$5 million if constructed in another country....

…More than 100 Democratic politicians urge DNC to reform abortion platform….

...Every Friday, DOE to inform families about COVID cases by complex area, not by campus....

...2 new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...this is national news....

...Eco-Hypocrisy: How Obama Got a Legal Seawall for Another 55 Years....

...Growing the budget and approving government employee pay raises when Hawaii is running out of money is an unsustainable way to run a state....

...make your antibodies available to hospitalized COVID-19 patients who are at the greatest risk....

...the postives are being kept inside and the negatives are kicked out....

...With the exception of jobs in information technology and other services, no industry category saw a meaningful increase from the devastating April 2020 job numbers....

...10 new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...The position has been vacant since the retirement of Associate Judge Alexa D.M. Fujise in April 2020....

...seeking public comment on judicial nominees for vacancies in the District Court and District Family Court of the First Circuit (Oahu)....

...Dozens of people have drowned in the Hanakapiai Valley over the years, and KFD personnel have numerous stories – myself included – on the precarious positions we put ourselves in whenever we perform rescues in this area....

...At 11am today, the Hawaii Supreme Court is hearing a motion from the State Public Defender’s office using COVD as an excuse to order another mass release of criminals from Hawaii’s prisons and jails....

...some parents or guardians are hesitant for their trans child to start hormones before they’re eighteen...Now I’m 19 years old and about three years on testosterone....

...Mr. Rosenlee encouraged teachers to show up for paid training days over the past two weeks, and now he is telling teachers not to show up for students. The union demanded this additional training for teachers, at a cost of nine fewer instructional days for students, but is trying to prevent students from having the same opportunity....

...COVID surge prompts HGEA to tell Departments: Limit physical presence at worksites....