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| Friday, May 8, 2020 |
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May 8, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 5596 Views
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Tourism Industry Collapse ‘A Horror Show That is Just Beginning’
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New Quarantine Form Designed to Set Tourists up for Prosecution
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The First Signs of Travel’s Return?
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Lawyer connected to Katherine Kealoha arrested for Allegedly Stealing Car, Selling Meth
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Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Kealohas Stuck In Limbo
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It’s time to reevaluate Hawaii inmate releases
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Punahou: Several Staff Placed on Leave over Child Molestation Suit
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CARES? Hawaii County Grabs $250K to ‘Administer’ $1.25M
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Unemployment Update: 141,077 Claims Processed, Additional 84,500 Under Review
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Lawmaker proposes using Hawaii’s federal stimulus aid to rush payments to laid off workers
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Schools Chief: Use Federal Bailout Money To Avoid Teacher Pay Cuts (even though they are doing nothing)
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DOE pilot program to deliver free meals to families at home
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Former Meadow Gold owner explains why money was deposited, then withdrawn from employee accounts
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Hawaii’s Only Refinery Production Drops 18,000 Barrels Per Day
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Molokai Solar-Battery Scheme: Sue MECO to Force $0.18/kwh Project
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| Thursday, May 7, 2020 |
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May 7, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:29 PM :: 4592 Views
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Hawaii Lawmakers Will Go Back To Work Monday, Looking To Cut $1 Billion From The Budget
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Ige Backs Off His Suspension Of State Open Government Laws
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Hawaii Tourism Industry Pushing for Testing as Alternative to Quarantine
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Default, Bankruptcy Coming for Hawaii Hotels?
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More dark financial clouds surround Honolulu’s rail project
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Another 4,000 People Line up for Free Food
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Clock ticks on companies’ survival
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To ease burden on system, state asks laid off workers to file certifications only on certain days
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Honolulu Police Commission allows public viewing—but only at HPD HQ
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Maui County sets Monday for reopening its shopping malls, retail operations
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On beach closures, the governor and lieutenant governor aren’t on the same page
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Mayor Caldwell announces plan to allow for deferral of Oahu property taxes
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Young Brothers predicts $11M loss due to Covid-19
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Most Hawaii industrial landlords collected 84% of rents during Covid shutdown
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Soft-on-Crime Activists Still Trying to Sell ‘COVID in Prison’ Scare Stories
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After Bumfight Stabbing, City Moves to Sweep Iwilei
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| Wednesday, May 6, 2020 |
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May 6, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:12 PM :: 3515 Views
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Star-Adv: How to Test Tourists for COVID
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State says retailers on Oahu, Maui won’t be allowed to reopen this week as governor announced (Ooops!)
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Kauai Cancels Curfew, Reopens Malls, Elective Medical Procedures
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COVID: The Treatment is Worse than the Disease
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Hooser: COVID is great. This is Utopia.
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Health experts say it’s too soon to reopen Malls
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How An Antiquated IT System Failed Thousands Of Hawaii’s Unemployed
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Kim releases revised $585M budget—$14M Property Tax Hike
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Grubbing for CIP Funds, Homelessness Industry Announces Plan to Expand Homelessness in Hawaii This Summer
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Hawaiian Airlines reports $144M loss in first quarter, warns more economic pain ahead
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Coronavirus puts strain on Hawaii Electric Industries earnings
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Matson profit, revenue drop amid stormy seas of coronavirus pandemic
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Honolulu Council Can Meet By Video, But Not The Public
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Workers are shocked after money Meadow Gold promised to pay is deposited, then withdrawn from their accounts
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| Tuesday, May 5, 2020 |
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May 5, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:45 PM :: 5386 Views
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Black Sand CEO Was Charged With Assault. Then The Case Languished For A Year
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Ige reopens Malls, Nonprofits and Telescopes in Hawaii
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Best Case: Hawaii Economy Down 25%—Double Digit Unemployment for Rest of Year
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Hawaii tourism leaders urge state recovery plan
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Head of State Emergency Response Says Health Department Dragging Feet On Expanding Contact Tracing
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Just Days After COVID Jail Release, Suspect Allegedly Murders Homeless Dude
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COVID Keeps Alleged Two Time Baby-Killer Free
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Prosecutors say dangerous offenders are being released to free up space in Hawaii correctional facilities
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Restore access to public meetings
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Government transparency critical at all times
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Hawaii among states with few coronavirus cases to get big share of relief aid
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The Long Wait For Unemployment Checks Is Taking A Personal Toll
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Unemployment is Sweet $1248 a week—Don’t Wanna go back to work and get paid less
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National Guard, Kauai police intercept plane with two people trying to sneak in
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Hawaii County seeks site in Kona for Plywood SRO homeless housing units
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ACLU Lawyers Harass Hawaii County for Annoying Homeless Drug Addicts
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| Monday, May 4, 2020 |
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May 4, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 3497 Views
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Bill 40: City Council to Save Construction Industry from Crooked Union PLA Requirement?
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Economic Downturn Could Hit Public Pension Funds Hard
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Queen’s Medical Center takes down coronavirus triage tent as Hawaii’s infection rate remains low
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As financial pain grows, Hawaii’s ‘nonessential’ retailers await OK to reopen
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As new coronavirus cases dwindle, the state looks at a ‘phase-in’ approach to reopening
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Carnival to resume cruises in summer when coronavirus order ends, but not from Hawaii
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With virus under control, Australia and New Zealand may form a travel ‘bubble’
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50,000 QUEST beneficiaries to be forced to change their insurance plans?
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Jail population in Wailuku drops below 300 with inmate releases
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HGEA Members Playing Solitaire on their Wang Computers are the Key to Economic recovery
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| Sunday, May 3, 2020 |
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May 3, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:10 PM :: 4633 Views
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OHA Insiders’ COVID Plan: “Push Money to Us”
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DoT Preps Thermal Scanning for Airports
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Burglars and Killers among 37% of Prison Population Released for COVID
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Contract Tracing Devolves into Bureaucratic Turf Battle, Squabble over Funding
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Slow-footed governor leaves Hawaii’s unemployed hanging
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Amid much talk of new normal, expect much to stay the same
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Hawaii can’t be world’s safest place with Homeless Tent Cities Everywhere
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Several Mainland Homeless Arrive at Airport as Senators Watch—Only One Deported
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Bumfight: One Homeless Dude Kills Another
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Hawaii couple that contracted COVID-19 recounts harrowing and frustrating battle against the disease — and red tape
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Waikiki bartender awake in hospital, tests negative for COVID-19 after 6-week battle
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DOH apologizes for director’s mention that Kona McDonalds Patients are Marshallese
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Layoffs and Cutbacks at Hawaii Newspapers
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Hawaii County Mayor: Mitch Roth Leads Fund Race
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Mary Day Disappearance: Another Hawaii Child Welfare Failure
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Global Warmers: Seawalls Will not Save Hawaii from Sea Level rise
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| Saturday, May 2, 2020 |
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May 2, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:43 PM :: 3941 Views
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Kauai: 56% of Households have Lost a Job
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Child Molestation Suits Raise Question About DoE Hiring Practices
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A sign of the times: Food distribution sites slammed with long lines
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Phased Reopening Plan to be Announced Soon?
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Airline CEO thinks Hawaii is poised for a major tourism boom after the pandemic
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Jobless filing a source of stress, frustration, long wait for checks
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Nothing Screams ‘Aloha’ Like An Ankle Monitor
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Kauai resident finishes 14-day quarantine without being checked on
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COVID Death Rate not what it Seems
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1,400 Sign up for Antibody Testing at HPH
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15-Minute COVID Test -- DOH distributes rapid test equipment to all Counties
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If you’re flying Hawaiian Airlines, you’ll need a face mask going forward
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Farmers react to Young Brothers shipping schedule change
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Caldwell wants four-day work week for city workers, but could take several months to implement
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Let’s Stop Calling Them Leaders
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| Friday, May 1, 2020 |
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May 1, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:46 PM :: 3943 Views
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Ige to step back from blanket suspension of open meetings law
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4,400 people wait in line for hours for food on Oahu
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811 Criminals Set Loose to Roam Streets—COVID is Excuse this time
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Criminal Released for COVID is Arrested for Carjacking
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DLIR Won’t Process Self-Employed Checks Anytime Soon
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A&B: 89% of Restaurants Did Not Pay April Rent
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Senators: Quarantine Not Working
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Plans in the works to market Hawaii as the ‘safest place in the world’
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Maui Council Votes 2% Raise for Top Managers, Cuts Property Taxes—But not as much as Mayor Wanted—TVRs Soaked
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Hawaii County Officials mull extra property tax on second homes to shore up county budget
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Nishihara Patient Zero? ‘I had COVID Before I Went to Vegas’
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Hawaii Lawmakers Have no Plan for Returning to Legislative Session
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Information Lockdown At Hawaii Labor Department Stymies Coronavirus Stories
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Car Dealers Excited to Reopen
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Despite pandemic, Big Island real estate market fairly stable
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DoE to Establish Classrooms in Homeless Tweeker Camps?
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Challenges to Hawai`i Renewable Energy Projects
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| Thursday, April 30, 2020 |
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April 30, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 5025 Views
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Caldwell Admin Official Sued for Child Molestation
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Alleged Child Molester Hired by DoE, Taught Second Grade
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Ige Reopens Realtors, Car Dealers, Professional Services
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Hawaii Officials Mull Further Restrictions On Tourists, But Data Show Most Virus Cases Are Residents
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Kauai Curfew and County-Organized Homeless Tent Cities Still in Effect
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60% of Unemployment Claims Not Yet Acted on
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DLIR Finally Ready for Self-Employed to Apply for Unemployment
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Dental and eye care offices plan to open-up appointments slowly
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Aussies Already Planning Hawaii Vacations
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Another 35-MW wind farm is proposed in Ulupalakua
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Telemedicine: Abortion by Mail in Hawaii
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| Wednesday, April 29, 2020 |
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April 29, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:35 PM :: 3726 Views
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Maui Council to Hike Property Taxes, Boost Pay for ‘High Level Attorneys'
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COVID-19 Monitoring Could Turn Hawaii Into A Tourist ‘Prison Camp,’ Critics Say
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Caldwell eyes May 1st for possible reopening of low-risk businesses
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‘By mid-month we could see some significant changes,’ LG Green on slowly re-opening the state
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Coronavirus antibody tests will start Thursday in Hawaii
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Public In The Dark as HART Board Approves Another $40M in Change Orders
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An optimistic film industry prepares for the day productions can resume in Hawaii
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Ward Village stores form Hui, ask landlord for price break
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Kauai hasn’t seen a new COVID-19 diagnosis in 15 days. Now, they’re reporting no active cases
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Kim eyes reopening some businesses as long as safety measures are in place
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Kokua Kalihi Valley among Oahu clinics demanding access to COVID-19 testing
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Hawaii Labs Improve COVID-19 Testing Turnaround Times
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Some Adult Care Homes Want Inspections Halted—COVID is their latest Excuse
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Kauai Homeless Tent City Festers Under Bridge
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Mainland Criminal Flies to Hawaii, gets Deported
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Baltimore Consulting Firm Relocates Entire Staff to Hawaii, Violates Quarantine
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| Tuesday, April 28, 2020 |
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April 28, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:01 PM :: 8127 Views
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Punahou Board Member Resigns over Child Molestation Allegations
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Economist predicts parts of state’s economy could soon reopen
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Less than one-third of Hawaii’s unemployment claims have been paid since March 1
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Honolulu Police Commission to hold second secret meeting
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Squeaky Wheel Political Quarantine: Governor changes his mind on flower deliveries (No science here)
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Maui Business Leaders Push To Join Western States Pact, Ige Demurs
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Closure of mainland processing plants raises some concern among local cattle ranchers
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Hawaii in line for close to $7 billion in federal assistance, Rep. Ed Case says
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HECO Companies Bad Debt Is Rising -- Utilities Seek Deferred Accounting for COVID-19 Expenses
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Lawsuit: Hawaiian Airlines fraud on Corona Refunds
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City resumes homeless sweeps, citing concerns about infection risk
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| Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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April 27, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:19 PM :: 5418 Views
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‘Insider Trading’ Wrecks Meadow Gold Sale?
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Homeless Camp Blocks COVID Testing Team
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Immigrants And Others Struggle Applying For Hawaii Jobless Benefits
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New management structure for Maunakea proposed
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Public participation critical for real property tax rates, FY 2021 budget
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Council members push programs to help beleaguered businesses
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Another Child Welfare Fail -- Former foster kids sue parents and state over abuses
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| Sunday, April 26, 2020 |
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April 26, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 3549 Views
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Some fear liberties will be lost in Hawaii’s COVID-19 pandemic orders
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State Supreme Court: Release More Criminals from Jail
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Credit-rating agencies lower Hawaii’s debt outlook to ‘negative’
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Star-Adv: As long as COVID-19 cases tamped, strategic phased reopening in Hawaii makes sense
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UHPA: Re-Start Academic Research
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Oahu’s mayoral race and rail problems obscured by coronavirus crisis
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Covid-19 Financial Impacts -- HECO, MECO & HELCO
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Despite pandemic, some protesters continue camping on Maunakea
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Tulsi Gabbard is Back
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| Saturday, April 25, 2020 |
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April 25, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:03 PM :: 2771 Views
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Bill 41 Property Tax Relief for Businesses?
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Kauai Council eyes reducing current budget
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Covid impact on Hawaii home sales will be more severe next month
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Hawaii Paid $68 Million In Unemployment Claims This Week
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Hawaii lawmakers are advised to prepare for more cases of COVID-19
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State attorney general tells Hawaii Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 that 14-day visitor quarantine may last
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With donations, nonprofit puts homeless families up in Waikiki hotels
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Young Brothers requests to scale back service to Maui, Hawaii counties
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Coronavirus outbreak strikes another U.S. Navy ship after Pearl Harbor Port Call
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About 100 victims come forward with new claims of sex abuse
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Aquarium trade releases final EIS for reopening West Hawaii fishery
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The Trash That Fuels Oahu’s Power Plant Is Vanishing As Fast As The Tourists
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| Friday, April 24, 2020 |
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April 24, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 4330 Views
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Chinky Mahoe Sued for Child Molestation
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Friday is Deadline for Child Molestation Lawsuits
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Self-Employed Gig Workers Unemployment Checks Must Wait for DLIR to Build New Computer System
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Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell outlines plan to reopen Hawaii businesses
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How to rescue Maui from the coronavirus recession
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Caldwell: Use Kauai as Guinea Pig for COVID Tourism
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25% of Hawaii’s COVID-19 patients who are 60 and over have been hospitalized
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Visitor: I was Here for Two Weeks, took Four Flights to three islands—nobody checked on me
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More than 3,500 visitors have come to Hawaii since quarantine began
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Hawaiian Airlines Got $654 Million From Feds
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Homeless Tent City Expands
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| Thursday, April 23, 2020 |
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April 23, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:09 PM :: 5045 Views
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‘What Was It All For?’: Divide Grows Over Hawaii’s Lockdown
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Caldwell to Reopen Car Dealers, Realtors
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Kauai to Reopen May 3?
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For those awaiting elective surgeries, physical pain & the unknown of when surgeries will resume is unbearable
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Senators say plan needed as airlines resume flying to Hawaii
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No Surprise: DoH Against City Purchase of 10,000 Test Kits
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DoH Accused of COVID Cluster Coverup
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Tourists Leave Address Blank to Fake Quarantine
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1980s Computers Slow Unemployment Backlog
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Contact tracers follow-up positive COVID-19 cases in Hawaii
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Antibody tests show COVID-19 was in Hawaii before first positive test
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Sunshine: Kauai Council Rushing Housing Density Law under Quarantine?
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Three Hawai`i Solar Projects Test The Legal Limits
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Will There Be “Vote Buying”?
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Mauna Kea: Hawaii Co Council votes to accept $5.3 million for police overtime
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MMA star Macfarlane among women suing Punahou, former basketball coach for sex abuse
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Why Go Away to College if it is Going to Be Online-Only?
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| Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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April 22, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 PM :: 4744 Views
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Hawaii’s Virus Response: ‘Medieval Frankenstein’ Sidelined
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Japan: Travelers Get COVID Test at Airport—Result within Hours
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100% Tested Tourists Key to Reopening
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Hawaiian Airlines Cuts More Flights
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Public worker union urges Ige to borrow $4B to pay them to sit at home
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Unions Exploit Maui Memorial COVID Cluster
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Lawmakers pretend to look to diversify Hawaii’s economy away from tourism
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Gabbard Spending a Lot of Time Trying to Reconnect with Her Constituents … Hmmmmm
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Mayor Kim Mandates Face Masks in All Stores
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Contradictory, Changing COVID Orders Confuse Public
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| Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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April 21, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:51 PM :: 8832 Views
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Prisoners ARE being released from jail because of pandemic --- One of them is now charged with sex assault
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One Note Band: DoH Focus on Discouraging use of Antibody Tests
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Beach Ban: All Sister Isle Mayors have questions—Caldwell Reopens Parks ‘for Exercise’
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COVID: What Cost?
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Hawaii unemployment fund could run out in 3 weeks, state could seek federal loan
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HMSA Exec in Control of Plan -- Gradual Lifting of Hawaii’s economy from coronavirus shutdown to start within a month
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Congressional delegation wants effective school plan from DOE
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HPD Writes 2,800 Tickets for Emergency Order Violations
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Maui Liquor Comm. Harasses Local Distillery over Hand Sanitizer Giveaway
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During COVID, Solar Schemers Grab for Megabux
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Hawaii farmers may shut down due to hardships
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Homeless COVID Center was all Fake
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Tulsi Gabbard Has More Than $640,000 In Presidential Cash
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| Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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April 20, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 6052 Views
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Budgets Can Be Cut 20% Without Salary Reductions—If Decisions are not made by Empire Building Department Heads
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Anderson: COVID Will be Around for Years, We Can Live With it if we Keep Tourists Out
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‘Open Hawaii’: A small group of protesters feel its time to ease up restrictions
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Stay-home order likely to be extended past April 30, Gov. Ige says
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Unions Finally Agree to Help Process Unemployment Claims
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Hawaii County Mayor Job Attracts More Than A Dozen
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Soft-on-Crime Activists Dream About COVID Infecting Hawaii’s Arizona Prisoners
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COVID Becomes Excuse to Build Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities on Kauai—Newly Arrived Mainland Homeless is Media Contact
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Arrests Cut down 33% to Keep COVID out of Jails
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| Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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April 19, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:13 PM :: 3259 Views
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Surprise! Hawaii officials brace for ‘big surge’ of newly homeless after shutting down economy
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Heavy reliance on tourism dollars leaves Hawaii with tough options like pay cuts
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20% Pay Cut vs Empty Talk from Congressional Delegation
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How’s that endorsement of Gov. David Ige feeling right now?
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Pandemic Helps Incumbents
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Property tax base protects county coffers—Hawaii County Still Hiring
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Victorino to Ige: Reconsider beach exercise ban
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Kauai Protests Lockdown
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Honolulu Council advances bill to defer property tax for pandemic-stricken Hawaii businesses
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Kona COVID-19 cluster doubles in one day
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Results promising for first COVID-19 blood tests in Hawaii
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2nd grade teacher creates forum to help educators with 'distance learning'
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BoE Holds Illegal Secret Meeting on Windfarms
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Capacity of new Aloha Stadium not set in concrete
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