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Sunday, May 31, 2020
May 31, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:10 PM :: 5073 Views
  5. HGEA 40% Furlough for State Employees?  
  6. HGEA Endorsement The Kiss of Death?
  7. COVID Restrictions Help Incumbents to Reelection
  8. Mayor Victorino Asks Governor to Lift Interisland Quarantine on June 15
  9. Alaska will lift mandatory quarantine for travelers, instead requiring they be tested before flying to Alaska
  10. USDOJ Challenges Quarantine Rules in Maine, Michigan 
  11. HIEMA Survey: Hawaii Is Already Enduring Widespread Socioeconomic Strain
  12. COVID Releases: “Dummies that are beating somebody up or stealing something or threatening somebody”
  13. Vigilantes hunt tourists
  14. Hawaii has never done a successful P3 project.
  15. Hawaii County Finally Completes TVR Registrations
  16. Airfield advocates hopeful Dillingham survives past June 2021
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Saturday, May 30, 2020
May 30, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 PM :: 3783 Views
  14. Hawaii Lockdown Could Kill 4 Times More People than COVID
  15. Travel Bubbles a Challenge for Airlines
  16. Consumer Advocate: Cancel Young Brothers’ rate hike request
  17. DoE Did Nothing for 45 Days—Will They Get Back to Work in Fall?
  18. Caldwell Leaving an Infected Mess for Successor
  19. Top DoH Execs Still Obstructing Testing—District Office Disagrees
  20. OHA Insiders: DoH Should Take Time to Track Racial Data so money will come to our Profitable Nonprofits
  21. Hawaii commercial real estate investment to drop by 50% in post-Covid 2020, Colliers says
  22. Hawaii Hospitals Losses Exceed $100M from Federal Health Care Bailout
  23. Business owners in Hawaii rally at the state Capitol
  24. Honolulu and Kauai Mayors: Property owners illegally renting to tourists are ongoing problem
  25. Calvin Say Leaving Long-Held House Seat For Council Run
  26. Emergency shelters on Maui will provide temporary shelter for displaced families
  27. Homeless Dude from Mainland Accused of Murder in Lahaina
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Friday, May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:06 PM :: 4364 Views
  5. Prosecutor Race: Alm 21%, Megan Kau 5%   
  6. Special master defends early release of Hawaii inmates, says 1-month recidivism rate lower than other criminals lifetime recidivism rate
  7. Newest projection: State tax revenues will drop by a jaw-dropping $2.25B this fiscal year
  8. Rail project expecting $100M shortfall, possibly $100M more
  9. Next Boondoggle: SB2940 Aloha Stadium Authority
  10. Ige to extend quarantine for mainland, international travelers beyond June 30
  11. StarAdv: Trade CARES Money for Reduced YB Rate Hike
  12. Maui In-person religious services allowed to resume today with social distancing
  13. Firm gets warning for hand sanitizer brouhaha
  14. Quarantine is a Joke: 1,000 Party on North Shore (again)
  15. Homeless Shelter-Refusers Get Ticket After Ticket
  16. After Supreme Court Ruling, Big Island Environmental commission urges fast work on sewage discharges
  17. Lawsuit: Oahu Hospital Allegedly Shielded 2 Sexual Harassers
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Thursday, May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:43 PM :: 3878 Views
  11. Mayoral Race Blangiardi 21% Hanabusa 15%
  12. Cocaine: Earl Tsuneyoshi Announces Run For Menor’s Council Seat
  13. Hawaii senators support effort for ‘travel bubble’ agreement with Japan
  14. Union Hotel workers demand safe return to work with mass testing
  15. Reopening: Green, Caldwell One-upmanship
  16. Kauai Council Approves $2.3M Property Tax Hike
  17. Kauai County faces prohibited practices complaint for 4-day workweek
  18. What Have Lobbyists Been Doing While You Were Locked Down?
  19. HGEA Sues Kauai County Challenges Use of Emergency Order to Rewrite Labor Agreement for 4-day workweek
  20. Quarantine Vigilantes Harass Waikiki Residents
  21. Quarantine Manhunts ‘Creepy’
  22. House Speaker Scott Saiki lays off 3 in House, cancels contracts
  23. Fearing COVID-19, patients are delaying urgent care and putting their health at risk, hospitals say
  24. HPD: 50 inmates released early on Oahu due to COVID-19 fears were re-arrested
  25. CARES Funds Homeless Psych Triage Center
  26. Alternative Siting Methods Proposed for Hawai`i Energy Projects
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:49 PM :: 6141 Views
  7. Retired detective arrested for allegedly abusing councilwoman
  8. Collusion Keeps Your Electric Bill High: Solar Projects Represented by Same Lawyer Submit Identical Bids
  9. Ige: Reopening Interisland Travel is Test for Reopening Tourism
  10. Maui County 'Broad Reopening' on Friday
  11. Poll: Stop Virus First to Prevent Second Wave
  12. Hawaii hotels report huge declines in occupancy, revenue     
  13. Condotels ramp up security to ensure visitors comply with quarantine order
  14. As summer session starts, uncertainty clouds UH enrollment, financial outlook
  15. Energy industry lowers barriers affecting growth during Covid-19 pandemic
  16. The Other Coronavirus Crisis: Escalating Mental Health Problems
  17. COVID Catch and Release: Police Arrest Man For Second Time During Pandemic
  18. Suspect in violent sex assault cites COVID-19, speedy trial violation in release requests
  19. 9 candidates for Honolulu mayor to participate remotely in live online forum
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:16 PM :: 3977 Views
  2. Legislative Recess Designed to Prevent HGEA from Running Candidates Against Incumbents
  3. Poll: COVID a Winner for Josh Green, a Loser for Caldwell
  4. Council: ‘Kauai a Dictatorship’
  5. DoH Still Obstructing Mass COVID Testing at Nursing Homes
  6. Head of Labor Department: 190,000 could remain unemployed through end of year
  7. Hawaii’s Hotels Are Bleeding Cash Amid Shutdown
  8. Retail recovery to be slow, very slow
  9. Banks Only Process the Larges Companies' PPP Loan Requests
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Monday, May 25, 2020
May 25, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:30 PM :: 3571 Views
  4. COVID Cancels Massive Stormwater Fee Hike: Decision will be left to next mayor
  5. Bar Owner: PPP Loan Money Runs out June 30
  6. Church Services Allowed for First Time in Two Months
  7. MMMC: Another employee tests positive for virus
  8. Council Tinkers With Failed Affordable Housing Mandate
  9. University of California system has given $68M to TMT project
  10. Another HECO Solar-Battery Schemer Outs Itself
  11. It Takes a Strong Person to Clean up After the Homeless
  12. 6 cited for coronavirus violations in raid at suspected brothel near Waikiki
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Sunday, May 24, 2020
May 24, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:24 PM :: 3677 Views
  10. Business re-opening Limbo is on Fed’s radar as necessity for closures lessens
  11. Hawaii tourism pushing July 1 Reopening Date
  12. JABSOM Lab to Open End of June for coronavirus testing in Hawaii
  13. Saiki: When Legislature Reconvenes, We Will Abandon Plan to Convert CARES Money into HGEA Payroll and Instead Apply it to Unemployment Compensation
  14. It’s raining only when government employees don’t get paid
  15. Contract delays sidelined investigators crucial to quarantine enforcement
  16. Welcome to Puerto Rico, Now Line Up for Your Virus Screening
  17. As tourism stalls, military spending continues to boost Hawaii’s economy
  18. Aloha Stadium Bids Due Tuesday—Christmas for Politicians
  19. Homeless services burden Chinatown
  20. Hawaiians Move to California, Marry Indians, Get Casino
  21. Unemployed?  Deadline to Apply for Elected Job is June 2 
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Sunday, May 24, 2020
Letters to the Editor May, 2020
By Letters to the Editor @ 12:20 AM :: 5634 Views
  • A Non-Partisan, Peaceful Rally 
  • ​Memorial Day: Thanks for your Service Is Not Enough
  • Is the State Corona Plan Secret?
  • CMS: Nursing Homes Should Screen for COVID 
  • Hotel Policy?
  • Will Bankrupt Sandwich Isles Provide Sufficient Service to DHHL?
  • Michaels Organization Mismanages Affordable Housing Project
  • What a great time to battle a pandemic! 
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Saturday, May 23, 2020
May 23, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:52 PM :: 4181 Views
  12. Pre-flight COVID testing—As Usual the Hawaii DoH is Obstructing
  13. Star-Adv: Quarantine Enforcement is Good for Social Engineering of Tourists
  14. Hawaii Construction Industry Shows us an Alternate Reality Without Forced Shutdowns
  15. Problems with communication, testing spurred Maui Hospital virus outbreak
  16. Accused Rapist May Soon be Released Due to COVID
  17. Soft on Crime Crowd Complains that COVID released Criminals Aren’t being Given Enough Stuff
  18. Mainland Perfessers Complain About Homeless Sweeps in Honolulu Chinatown
  19. BOE questions lack of student data during shutdown
  20. Hilo Hospital Sees Big Drop In Patients — And Revenue — Amid Pandemic
  21. Residential care home operators call on state to provide more COVID-19 testing
  22. Another Inmate released due to pandemic is back behind bars following bus stop robbery
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Friday, May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:57 PM :: 4472 Views
  11. Without intervention, Hawaii government could run out of operating funds next year
  12. Hawaii lawmakers try to move COVID-19 relief money out of Ige’s reach
  13. Citing frustration with Ige administration, state Senate forms investigative committee
  14. Head of DBEDT Refuses to Testify After Legislators Cancel Ige Recovery Czar Funding
  15. Bumbling State May Need Two Months to Lift Interisland Quarantine
  16. DOH Says Its COVID-19 Testing Capacity Has ‘Increased Dramatically’
  17. CARES: Harry Kim has Two Days to Figure out How to Spend $80M
  18. Regents delay action on new Maunakea proposal
  19. Current Board of Education Member May Not Be Renominated
  20. Honolulu Council Gets Another Open Meetings Violation
  21. Have Hawaii's Covid emergency proclamations expired?
  22. Council resolution would scuttle Oahu construction landfill plans
  23. Young Bros Exploits COVID Crash to Push Massive Rate Hike
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:15 PM :: 4704 Views
  8. 7-Time Child Molester among the 47 rearrested after being Released for COVID (and that’s just on Oahu) 
  9. Sacrifice: Hawaii County Council Approves Pay Hikes, and Property Tax Hike Structure
  10. DoH Whines About Honolulu’s Plan to Test 100,000 for COVID
  11. Honolulu City Council wants pre-flight testing in place when Hawaii reopens for visitors  
  12. The Pay Keeps Flowing For Accused Honolulu Officials On Leave
  13. Queen’s resumes non-emergency surgeries at main Honolulu operating room
  14. Report shows huge increases in Hawaii households unable to pay mortgages, credit cards  
  15. Thousands of people again lined the parking-lot at Aloha Stadium to pick-up free food
  16. Hawaii hotel occupancy plunged 88% in April compared with 2019
  17. Oahu retailers struggling to climb out of slump from COVID-19 closures
  18. Bill 25: Honolulu Council Finds Two Ways to make Housing More Expensive—Approves Both of Them
  19. COVID Team Waihee: OHA Insiders hope to see new Cashflow
  20. Nigerian Scammers Apply for Hawaii Unemployment May 17th
  21. Hawaii lawmakers raise concern on notifying crime victims during the inmate release process
  22. Quarantine: The Regime has Spies Everywhere
  23. "I'm an American in America and I'm being treated like a criminal for being in America,"
  24. Online petition calls for continuing UH virtual classes through the end of the year – Only 57 Signatures
  25. With Just Days to go, Ruderman suddenly announces he won’t seek third Senate term
  26. Video Hearing on Youtube --- Calvin Say & Campaign Spending Commission
  27. Hawaii Reopened Its Civil Rights Office But Investigations Are Still Stalled
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 3294 Views
  8. Despite urgent social needs, legislators decide to bank state and federal funds
  9. Nearly 70,000 jobless still waiting for unemployment checks; state asks for patience
  10. Senators Put Off Vote For Land Board Nominee due to his Support for Wind Farms
  11. Lifting 14-day quarantine will be key factor in Hawaiian Airlines’ recovery, says CEO
  12. Lawmakers discover more loopholes to quarantine order
  13. Cluster outbreak at hospital now deemed ‘closed’
  14. Tourism Shutdown Destroying Hawaiian-Owned Entertainment and Tour Businesses
  15. Soft on Crime Crowd Hoping for More Mass Releases of Criminals
  16. New homeless outreach effort zeroes in on Keeping Bums Happy on Waianae Coast
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 3418 Views
  7. The politics of fear overwhelming us today
  8. Ige Allows Anti-Testing Faction in Department of Health to Control Policy
  9. Ward, McDermott Plan for Reopening
  10. Pay raises a bad idea now, and in 2021
  11. Maui County outlines rules for salons, church services
  12. Hawaii distributes first pandemic unemployment assistance checks
  13. Revealed: Soft-on Crime Crowd Exhaust themselves to Release Criminals onto our Streets
  14. Roth: Jail releases possibly more dangerous than outbreak
  15. Governor says He’s Got Plenty of Money Sloshing Around so Navigator and mainland consultants will be funded
  16. Department Heads Fight to Save ‘Vacant Positions’
  17. Waikiki retailers find that reopening is only step 1. Staying open could be the bigger challenge.
  18. Hawaii Fishermen Are Stuck In Port As Federal Aid Falls Short
  19. The Madness Of Applying For Unemployment Insurance
  20. The Regime has Spies Everywhere -- Hawaii residents keep eye out for visitors who break quarantine
  21. Four More Criminals recently released from prison due to concerns about COVID-19 were re-arrested Sunday
  22. Hawaii lawmakers question release of inmates amid pandemic
  23. Hawaii’s Homeless Have Avoided COVID-19 — So Far
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Monday, May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 3635 Views
  4. COVID Fear Keeps Patients Away from Hospital Until Its Too Late
  5. Hawaii Medicaid Applications Soar Amid Widespread Job Losses
  6. Rep Creagan: We Need More Testing
  7. Schatz calls for more testing at Hawaii nursing homes
  8. Churches prepare strategy to open as state starts to re-open
  9. Sex assault lawsuit filed against former federal prison guard
  10. Honolulu Spared From Paying A Hefty Price For Lack Of Trash
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Sunday, May 17, 2020
May 17, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 2932 Views
  7. Political Divisiveness Fosters Virus Fears
  8. COVID is Opportunity for Illegal ‘Charitable’ Campaign Activities
  9. COVID-19 restrictions seen as opportunity to eliminate vacation rentals
  10. UH Prof: ‘Bring Tourism Down’ Use COVID as Excuse for Massive Hotel tax Hike
  11. As Hawaii visitor counts rise, officials weigh making residents complicit if their guests violate quarantine order
  12. Hawaii pension fund suffers worst quarterly loss since 2002
  13. $1B Hawaii budget hole might avoid pay cuts for now, but won’t allow for much growth of Government
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Saturday, May 16, 2020
May 16, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:51 PM :: 5223 Views
  9. ​LG says Mayor Caldwell is crossing the line by Reopening Restaurants
  10. Hidden COVID Cases Just Aren’t There  -- Less than 1% of tested Hawaii Pacific Health workers have coronavirus antibodies
  11. Lawmakers cut Recovery Navigator money: “There really wasn’t a plan. The plan was to only pay for consultants,”
  12. ‘Sheer Incompetence’ Senator claims state dragging its feet on thermal screenings, mass testings at airports
  13. More than a dozen granted early release amid pandemic have been re-arrested
  14. Honolulu Council Rebuked Again For Violating Open Meetings Law
  15. Maui Council Rejects Property Tax Relief for Shuttered Hotels
  16. No new coronavirus cases in Maui County for seven days
  17. Cluster identified at Kalihi Valley public housing complex
  18. HART: Utility Work In Town Will Cost At Least $135M More Than Expected
  19. Hawaii council approves luxury housing tax category proposal
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Friday, May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 3983 Views
  10. Caldwell says police can’t ‘babysit’ quarantined travelers, calls on state to improve ‘insane’ system      
  11. Major General Hara expresses concern about maintaining good relations with tourists
  12. Tourism Policy Should be Modeled on War on Drugs
  13. PPP Now Funds 170,000 positions in Hawaii
  14. Thielen, Kahele: Why No Direct Grants to Unemployed in State Budget?
  15. Applications for food stamps spike
  16. Lockdown Kills Too
  17. Hawaii auto sales plummet
  18. Maui Hospital down to 1 COVID-19 patient
  19. On front lines of COVID-19 battle, nurses also find themselves fighting stigma
  20. Catholics Left out of Religious Reopening
  21. Best Locations For The NBA To Resume The Season #13 Hawaii
  22. Audit: Bloated HECO Wastes $46M a Year
  23. Man allegedly busted with defaced gun, meth, released
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
May 14, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 3826 Views
  9. DoH Bungling Allows COVID Cluster at Kalihi Valley Public Housing
  10. Hawaii futility and absurdity are the norms
  11. Did False Positive Shut Down Legislative Session?
  12. Kauai: Nearly 500 cited for breaking rules
  13. People struggling, and need help fast
  14. Public officials cite virus while limiting access to records
  15. DLIR has not begun processing PUA Payments Yet
  16. Poll: Majority believes Hawaii is moving in right direction against COVID-19
  17. Fed re-open cycles would have cleared Hawaii twice -- as color-coded Hawaii plan with no timeline stays under wraps
  18. This Federal Bailout Is Bringing A Lot More Money To Hawaii Than The Last One In 2008
  19. How Honolulu Will Spend $487 Million In Federal Funds
  20. Stopgaps and Creative Financing: Trimmed Budget Ready For Final Senate Vote
  21. Kauai Mayor proposes $33.6 million CIP budget
  22. Despite policy pronouncements, whether universities will reopen this year is an open question
  23. Pedestrian death count down nearly 50% in Hawaii
  24. Gary Hooser Toys With Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracy Theories
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 4399 Views
  11. Legislators Grab CARES Funds Earmarked for Unemployment to Pay HGEA, UPW—Businesses will be taxed to fund illegal scheme
  12. Suicide uptick raises concern
  13. COVID Blows $100M Hole in Rail Budget—Launch Date Postponed
  14. Rate Commission moves out massive Bus fare hikes due to Rail Opening
  15. Legislators Raid Aloha Stadium Project for $20M
  16. Honolulu Budget Down 6%—State Losing 12%
  17. PGV reboot delayed waiting for PUC to Approve Rebuild of Transmission Lines
  18. Child Abuse Reports Down During COVID
  19. Doctors worry people are avoiding hospitals despite serious medical needs
  20. Plastic Shield for Bus Drivers May Take All Year
  21. Harry Kim to Reopen Restaurants ‘Maybe Later this Month’
  22. With Quick Testing, Tourism Could Reopen in Late June
  23. Report: Vacation Rentals Down 15% in March
  24. State aims to work with University of Hawaii to train contact tracers
  25. Corporation counsel responds to ACLU letter criticizing county’s decision to remove homeless camp
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