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Entries for August 2020
Thursday, August 13, 2020 |
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COVID Count 355 new cases out of 3,384 tests
By News Release @ 6:41 PM :: 1924 Views :: COVID-19
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...2 new deaths, 9 hospitalized....
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Thursday, August 13, 2020 |
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COVID: 116 Cases in OCCC--Jail Inmates Purposefully Spread Disease
By News Release @ 6:04 PM :: 2966 Views :: Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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...with the ACLU egging them on by the offer of early release, guards report inmates are purposefully spreading COVID at OCCC. 92 criminals and 24 staff are found to be infected after mass testing results came in today. COVID is also spreading among homeless criminals who are not currently incarcerated....
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Thursday, August 13, 2020 |
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HSTA Files Lawsuit to Block School reopening--No Request for Injunction
By Video @ 5:53 PM :: 3931 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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...Injunction to stop students from returning to campus dropped....
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020 |
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Election 2020: Democrats Aim to Eliminate All Republicans from Hawaii Legislature
By Andrew Walden @ 11:02 PM :: 3902 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Republican Party
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...For the first time since 2002, Hawaii Democrat candidates will be on the ballot in the General Election challenging every single sitting Republican incumbent legislator....
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020 |
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Blood Test can Determine Who is Most Likely to Die of COVID
By News Release @ 6:34 PM :: 2352 Views :: COVID-19
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...George Washington University researchers analyzed five biomarkers present in the blood of hundreds of COVID-19 patients, finding elevated levels associated with higher odds of clinical deterioration and death....
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020 |
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Racketeering Indictments for Saipan Casino Operators
By News Release @ 6:25 PM :: 3111 Views :: Gambling, Law Enforcement
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...Three executives from Imperial Pacific International (IPI) and MCC International Saipan have been indicted on federal criminal charges, including Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) conspiracy, harboring illegal aliens, unlawful employment of aliens, and international promotional money laundering....
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020 |
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DHHL Submits Wireless Spectrum Applications to FCC
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 2403 Views :: DHHL
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...The waiver affirms DHHL as the only entity with the legal standing to apply in the Window and implement broadband service on Hawaiian Home Lands....
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 202 new cases out of 2,726 tests
By News Release @ 5:12 PM :: 2410 Views :: COVID-19
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...4 deaths, 9 new hospitalizations....
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020 |
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VIDEO: A Honolulu Woman's Story of COVID Survival
By Video @ 5:06 AM :: 1866 Views :: COVID-19
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...Sarah Bolles of Salt Lake thought she was going to die....
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020 |
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DoE Sister Isles Plan: Almost all Schools go Virtual
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 2799 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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...Public schools on Kaua‘i, Hawaiʻi Island, and Maui County – with the exception of Moloka‘i schools and Hāna High & Elementary – will transition to full distance learning for the first four weeks of the 2020-21 school year....
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020 |
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Flashback: Tulsi Gabbard Torches Kamala Harris
By Video @ 7:53 PM :: 4906 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians, Tulsi Gabbard
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... Tulsi Gabbard is the gift that just keeps giving ....
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020 |
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HSTA: COVID on Nine Campuses--No Public Announcement
By News Release @ 7:42 PM :: 3044 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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...In the last 11 days, there have been at least nine campuses with coronavirus cases in which some staff were quarantined and campuses were closed....
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 118 new cases out of 1,671 tests
By News Release @ 6:32 PM :: 1675 Views :: COVID-19
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...9 new hospitalizations, no new deaths (but two deaths will be reported tomorrow)....
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Monday, August 10, 2020 |
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Lawsuit Victory: American Samoans Win Gun Rights in Hawaii
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 4701 Views :: Second Amendment
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... As soon as the HPD officers working the desk found out he was a US national and not a citizen he was swiftly denied the opportunity to apply ....
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Monday, August 10, 2020 |
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Honolulu Hale closing to the public --Caldwell Tests Negative
By News Release @ 9:29 PM :: 3414 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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...all city workers are instructed to work from home through September 6, if possible....
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Monday, August 10, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 140 new cases, 3 deaths, 3 hospitalizations
By News Release @ 8:27 PM :: 1994 Views :: COVID-19
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... and 3,892 new tests. This is a two-day test count total--all other totals are for one day....
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Monday, August 10, 2020 |
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Ige Replaces DoTax, DLIR Directors
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 2253 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Scott Murakami resigned on Aug. 5 as director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations....
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Monday, August 10, 2020 |
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UH reduces presence on campuses as COVID-19 impacts Hawaii
By News Release @ 7:49 PM :: 2390 Views :: Higher Education, COVID-19
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... This message was shared with the students, faculty, and staff of the 10-campus University of Hawaii system on August 10, 2020 ....
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Sunday, August 9, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 152 new cases
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 1669 Views :: COVID-19
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...two more hospitalized, no new deaths....
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Sunday, August 9, 2020 |
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How We’re Going to Spend CARES Act Money
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2838 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...In the meantime, the unemployed need to survive without any plus-up at all....
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Sunday, August 9, 2020 |
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OHA to Take Over Honolulu Council?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 AM :: 9914 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use, OHA
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...two OHA operatives are in the Council runoff elections this November with one goal in mind--help OHA upzone Kakaako Makai so it can build hotels and condos up to the sky....
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Sunday, August 9, 2020 |
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Fourth Read: Results from 406,425 votes
By Andrew Walden @ 12:25 AM :: 6365 Views :: Office of Elections
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... final results for all races ....
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Saturday, August 8, 2020 |
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Will pandemic keep Hawaiʻi residents from moving away?
By UHERO @ 10:09 PM :: 3263 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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...due to the increased difficulty of navigating a trans-Pacific move. There is also fear of a spike in COVID-19 cases in states such as California and Texas....
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Saturday, August 8, 2020 |
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Lockdown mania, at what cost?
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:45 PM :: 2113 Views
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...Day after day we learn of businesses that have filed for bankruptcy or shut their doors for good....
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Saturday, August 8, 2020 |
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COVID Count 223 new cases out of 2,698 tests
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 1638 Views :: COVID-19
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...six new hospitalizations, one new death....
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Friday, August 7, 2020 |
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Hawaii Lowest Physician Medicare Acceptance Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:11 PM :: 3186 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...2020’s Best & Worst States for Health Care....
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Friday, August 7, 2020 |
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After Five Months of ACLU Dreams, First Inmate Finally Tests Positive for COVID
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 2254 Views :: Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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...but he was quarantined right away so the hope for another mass release of criminals may be dashed....
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Friday, August 7, 2020 |
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DoE: No In-person Oahu Schools for First Four Weeks
By News Release @ 9:49 PM :: 3171 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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...Starting on Aug. 17, all O'ahu public schools will be implementing full distance learning models....
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Friday, August 7, 2020 |
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COVID Count 201 new cases out of 3,962 tests
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 1677 Views :: COVID-19
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...6 new hospitalizations, 2 new deaths....
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Friday, August 7, 2020 |
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HSTA: Pay our members for fake 'distance learning' classes
By News Release @ 6:43 PM :: 2931 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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"...One-hundred percent virtual instruction will allow many of these teachers to remain on the job...."
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Friday, August 7, 2020 |
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VIDEO: Mazie Hirono walks out of Senate Portland Antifa Hearing
By Video @ 4:42 AM :: 5146 Views :: Congressional Delegation, First Amendment
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...Senator Ted Cruz invites Senator Mazie Hirono to say 'one negative thing' about Antifa....
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Friday, August 7, 2020 |
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$100 Worth Only $84.67 in Hawaii
By Tax Foundation @ 4:21 AM :: 3302 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...What is the Real Value of $100 in Your State?....
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Friday, August 7, 2020 |
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Ige Reinstates Inter-Island Quarantine
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 2555 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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...the inter-island travel quarantine will be reinstated, in part, on Tuesday, Aug. 11....
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Friday, August 7, 2020 |
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Oahu: List of What's Closed Under New COVID Order
By News Release @ 1:40 AM :: 3750 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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...The “Act With Care – Do Not Gather” Order is effective Saturday, August 8, 2020, at 12 a.m., and will continue through 11:59 p.m. on September 4....
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Thursday, August 6, 2020 |
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Homeschooling? Hawaii State Library offers free 'Scholastic Teachables'
By News Release @ 11:57 PM :: 3836 Views :: Education K-12, Family, COVID-19
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...Scholastic Teachables materials are of high-quality and are ready-to-use for all age ranges from Pre-K to grade 8....
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Thursday, August 6, 2020 |
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Temperature screening equipment now active at Five Airports
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 2378 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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...Phase 2 of the project will install the temperature scanning equipment at the remaining gates by Aug. 20....
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Thursday, August 6, 2020 |
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Pine urges direct federal oversight of rail’s P3 contract awards
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 8:52 PM :: 3117 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Pine is urging the Federal Transit Administration to conduct in-person oversight of rail project awards of so-called public-private-partnership, or P3 contracts....
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Thursday, August 6, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 152 new cases, 2 deaths
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 2445 Views :: COVID-19
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...two new deaths, nine new hospitalizations....
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Wednesday, August 5, 2020 |
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Hawaii Democrats Select Lobbyist as Party Chair
By News Release @ 11:24 PM :: 3076 Views :: Democratic Party
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...Election results also released for State Central Committee members....
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Wednesday, August 5, 2020 |
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COVID Count 173 new cases out of 2,383 new tests
By Andrew Walden @ 10:42 PM :: 1868 Views :: COVID-19
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...six new hospitalizations, no new deaths....
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Wednesday, August 5, 2020 |
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Honolulu Streets to be Wired for Autonomous Vehicles
By News Release @ 5:09 AM :: 3130 Views :: Honolulu County, Higher Education
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...Project preps traffic for self-driving cars, more....
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Wednesday, August 5, 2020 |
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15 People Died in Assisted Suicides in Hawaii, State Wants More People to Kill Themselves
By Selected News Articles @ 4:55 AM :: 3747 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Life
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...The Hawaii Department of Health urges the government to remove safeguards....
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Wednesday, August 5, 2020 |
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Tenants Being Evicted Illegally
By News Release @ 4:45 AM :: 3498 Views :: Homelessness, Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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...The moratorium is currently in place through August 31, 2020....
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 144 New cases out of 1,814 tests
By News Release @ 7:01 PM :: 1729 Views :: COVID-19
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...seven new hospitalizations, one new death....
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020 |
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Former Matson Lawyer: Why It's Time to Update Jones Act
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:00 AM :: 3486 Views :: Jones Act
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...Corporate and maritime attorney Wayne Parker talks about how the Jones Act affects the shipping industry in unexpected ways....
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Monday, August 3, 2020 |
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Free Speech? UH Manoa Policy Encourages Abuse
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 3222 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...University of Hawaii at Manoa has been given the speech code rating Yellow....
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Monday, August 3, 2020 |
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Free Speech? UH Hilo policy encourages abuse
By News Release @ 11:47 PM :: 2789 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...ambiguous policy that too easily encourages administrative abuse and arbitrary application....
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Monday, August 3, 2020 |
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Oahu COVID Restrictions Back--Parks, Gatherings
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 2699 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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...Order 2020-22 does not allow for indoor or outdoor social gatherings to exceed 10 people....
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Monday, August 3, 2020 |
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Ige Appoints Cathy Betts to Head DHS
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 2127 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Betts will replace Pankaj Bhanot who is stepping down as the department’s director for health and family reasons on Aug. 31, 2020....
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