Entries for September 2020

... 12 new hospitalizations, 2 new deaths, 4.7% positive ....

...Especially noteworthy is Miske’s involvement with unions, particularly International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 996, which represents drivers hired to do movie and television scenes....

...The District Court opinion shows how appeals courts hostile to the Second Amendment have been successfully salami slicing away Second Amendment rights....

...the dashboard is meant to ensure transparency and allow the public to view in real time City progress in allocating and spending CARES funds....

...Obama and his longtime colleague Marty Nesbitt want a 100-year-old sea wall rebuilt and fortified to protect a planned Hawaii retreat....

...6 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 2.3% positive rate....

...Live at Facebook.com/KokuaCouncil on Monday, September 14, 2020, from 11am to 12:30pm....

... The staff were doing their job to eliminate a suspected contraband pathway and the fact of the matter is, the inmates didn’t like it .... 

...Ruiz is employed by the Hawaiʻi Police Department and last served as a patrol officer in the district of South Kohala in August of 2015.  He is currently assigned to a limited duty position at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Kona....

...He called the situation "classic whistleblower retaliation.”....

... with mortgage scams on the decline, sovereignty activists appear to be shifting to phony Hawaiian Kingdom bond sales as a means to pay for lavish trips to NYC, Geneva, and The Hague ....

... The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii advises Maui planners against adding more regulations if they wants more housing ....

... 5 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 6.7% positive ....

...we...have to have plans for healing and creating transformed futures; futures without (those we deem to be racist) ....

...Pilot Program testing sites for exclusive travel between neighbor island counties (e.g. Maui-to-Kauai, Kauai-to-Big Island), with the possibility of including O‘ahu interstate travel once the surge in cases subsides....

... Kokua Council has filed a petition for mandamus with the Supreme Court ....

... “Josh Green basically took her case to the Attorney General and presented to the Attorney General for whistleblower immunity,” Dr. Miscovich said ....

...federal assistance for Hawai‘i renters at risk of eviction for non-payment of rent because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic....

...City parks, botanical gardens, certain park facilities, and beaches will reopen on Thursday, Sept. 10....

... Fred Hyun is the current chair of the Paroling Authority. Effective immediately and through the month of September, he will serve as special master of the department.... 

... 1 new hospitalization, 2 new deaths, positive rate back up to 8.5% ....

... Information from Multiple Sources in One Location ....

...1 new hospitalization, 1 new death....

...Carlson, Castillo and Lamboy were contacted at the Kahului airport by Officers of the Maui Police Department.  While filling out their travel forms, screeners discovered they had reservations at a non-approved location....

...5 new hospitalizations, 1 new death....

... “They have to be trained on what we do." --Dr. Sarah Park .…

...in Honolulu, the 2016 Porsche Cayenne S e-Hybrid is only 2mpg better than the vehicular embodiment of excess--the 2010 Hummer H3....

...These notices only represent announcements by companies in the state that have 100 or more employees....

... 9 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, positive rate drops to 2.6% ....

...Ogden Newspapers is seeking the ability to have Mainland workers edit stories and design the pages....

... The AlertMedia software offers a host of benefits aside from quick and efficient message dissemination.  It also offers message tracking, “geofencing” and weather alerts.  Geofencing, allows the system administrator to encircle an area on a map and transmit messages just to users inside that geographic area ....

...environmental impact statement to analyze its proposal to retain up to approximately 23,000 acres of state-owned land at Pōhakuloa Training Area (PTA) to support continued military training....

... 10 new hospitalizations, 2 new deaths, positive rate continues low at 3.5%....

...that crisis finally came, and we were unprepared for it....

...Sharecare and Boston University School of Public Health launch Community Well-Being Index....

...Hawaii and Washington State have the highest estate tax top rates in the nation at 20 percent....

...A clear-eyed look at the numbers ought to serve up giant slices of humble pie for any governor who boasted his state had the pandemic under control....

... according to the 2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings released on September 2 ....

...state and local governments may be breathing a sigh of relief: thanks to this order, the feds have just stepped up to be the defendant in takings lawsuits and to be on the financial hook for any judgments for eviction moratoria (at least in those jurisdictions that have not adopted more protective restrictions)....

...Hawaii shows the largest disparity in weekly teacher interactions between more-educated and less-educated households. The gap for the nation is roughly 8%, while the gap for Hawaii is nearly 54%....

...21 new hospitalizations, 4 new deaths, 3.4% positive rate, big drop....

...A knock on the door and a “good morning, Special Agents from the Attorney General’s Office” greeted nearly two dozen people under travel quarantine orders at two Waikīkī hotels....

...Other media outlets are incorrectly reporting 339 new cases.  Read the footnote and see where the 90 case discrepancy comes from....

...we will ...uh... exclude these videographers, whoever they are, in the name of  ..uh... inclusivity....

...12 of the people named have addresses on the Big Island — four in Hilo, two in Pahoa, two in Waimea, one in Keaau, one in Kealakekua, one in Mountain View and one in Hawi. The remaining 10 addresses are on Oahu....

...Balisong knives are legal to possess and carry in at least 43 states (16 because of Knife Rights' efforts repealing switchblade and butterfly knife bans since 2010), and Hawaii is one of only three states that specifically ban these knives....

...The revision is mainly due to the delayed pre-test program for trans-Pacific travel and the two-week Stay-at-Home, Work-from-Home order for Oahu....

...24 new hospitalizations, 4 new deaths, positive rate drops to 4.5%....

...Gov. David Ige has notified legislative leaders and key lawmakers of his Intent to Veto the following 6 measures....

...On July 31, 2020, Governor Ige returned SB126 with line item vetoes. Of the $321,000,000 that was struck from the bill the Governor intends to utilize the funding for the following priorities....