Entries for November 2020

... Speaker Scott K. Saiki announced the House leadership and committee chair assignments for the 2021 legislative session that will convene on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 ....

...The newly-elected House Majority members are Patrick Branco, Greggor Ilagan, Matt Lopresti, Jeanné Kapela, Sonny Ganaden, Jackson Sayama, Lisa Marten, and Adrian Tam....

... 13 new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 2.3% positive ....

...“I don’t see any end in sight, really, because it just seems to have gotten worse"....

... Leadership and members in the sixteen standing committees are ....

... The election results are in ....

...Jordan Lowe most recently worked at the Honolulu Department of Prosecuting Attorney as the Chief Investigator for the Investigative Services Division....

...The South Kohala District Court courtroom will be temporarily closing beginning December 1....

... 1 new hospitalization, no new deaths ....

... FINAL Read -- Total turnout   579,784 -- 69.6% ....

...The total number of Hawai‘i inmates in medical isolation at Saguaro with active positive COVID-19 cases is 378. There are six (6) inmates in the hospital....

... Advice to Crooks: Stay in Hawaii where things like this won't happen to you ....

...10 confirmed positives out of 11,027 tests conducted for a positivity rate of .091%....

... 13 new hospitalizations, no new deaths ....

...voters must return their ballot to a place of deposit (ballot drop box) before Tues 7PM -- DO NOT MAIL YOUR BALLOT ....

... 4 new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 1.3% positive ....

...seeking additional trusted testing partners for domestic transpacific travel as part of the state’s pre-travel testing program....

...I am voting for Keli'i Akina because he has consistently been an advocate for accountability and transparency at OHA....

... Remember 'Mbloom'? -- financed by Hawaii taxpayers via Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC) ....

...Complaints have been filed with the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission and the Honolulu Ethics Commission....

... FAITH IN POLITICS: Rise of the Blank Votes ....

... 2 new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 2.4% positive ....

... measures were being taken to detect the fraudulent claims and turn them over to the appropriate authorities ....

... the Governor issued a Fourteenth Supplementary Proclamation, in which the language suspending the Procurement Code was radically changed ....