COVID-19

...it is precisely during times of crisis when the public needs and deserves clear, concise, and transparent communication from its government....

... 11% of tests come back positive -- 25 new hospitalizations -- two new deaths ....

...Ige has approved Honolulu’s Emergency Order No. 2020-25, reinstating a “Stay at Home/Work from Home” Order for the island of O‘ahu, effective at 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 27, through September 9....

...Hawaii’s local businesses have taken the economic brunt of stopping the spread of COVID-19....

...No symptoms necessary...Surge test participants will not be subject to the fourteen-day quarantine that other test programs require. ...

...The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says the lack of transparency is ‘eroding public trust in the management of the pandemic’....

...20 new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...DOH Official: Some Inmates Who Were Released Caused ‘Spillover’ Infections....

...3 new hospitalizations, 2 new deaths....

...Discussion with OCCC Sgt. Lana Hughes about pandemic conditions at the facility - August 23, 2020....

...19 new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...having to forgo, or pay back, a bunch of that money is not going to be a happy thing....

...40 new hospitalizations, one new death....

...Cases currently being investigated are not included in the count and will be reported in the following weeks....

...Pacific Islanders other than Native Hawaiians have ten times the infection rate of all other ethnic groups in Hawai‘i....

...a lack of public trust came from a lack of transparency....

...phase two of the new thermal temperature screening equipment installation has been completed....

... 20 new hospitalizations, one new death ....

...expecting what the resolution describes as, “a steep reduction of general fund support” that is expected to directly impact all aspects of operations....

...3 new deaths, 14 new hospitalizations....

...including a strip club, bars, Honolulu Hale, homeless shelter, and jail.... 

...now they claim COVID outbreak makes case for even more criminals on our streets.  Will you be fooled too?  Read their report and find out....

... Certificate of Need (CON) laws increase mortality rates for COVID-19 patients and others ....

...3 new hospitalizations, 2 new deaths (one of which will be reported with tomorrow's numbers)....

...Caldwell said at the news briefing that county and state leaders discussed the modified restrictions for O‘ahu over the past five days, trying to decide whether to use a scalpel or a hammer. “We’ve chosen a scalpel,” Caldwell said....

...HD 18 Candidate Lori Ford was contacted by a special agent with the Hawaii Attorney General's office and was requested to fly back to Hawaii so she could be arrested.... 

...one new death, twelve new hospitalizations....

...“While the mayor has ordered these gardens closed for nearly a month, we need to make sure that when they reopen, more people can have access to garden plots, with increased awareness, easier access and clearer guidelines that minimize red tape. The program needs to be expanded,” Pine said....

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... Hawaii 5th largest quarterly increase in overall delinquency rate ....

...5 new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...Now that the economy is down and tax revenues are in the tank, we are now seeing cases of our Department of Taxation using some particularly nasty provisions in the tax code....

...the testing method is immediately available to other diagnostic laboratories that want to start using the new test, which can be scaled up quickly for use across the nation — and, perhaps, beyond — in the coming weeks....

...4 new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...Every Friday, DOE to inform families about COVID cases by complex area, not by campus....

...2 new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...this is national news....

...Growing the budget and approving government employee pay raises when Hawaii is running out of money is an unsustainable way to run a state....

...make your antibodies available to hospitalized COVID-19 patients who are at the greatest risk....

...the postives are being kept inside and the negatives are kicked out....

...With the exception of jobs in information technology and other services, no industry category saw a meaningful increase from the devastating April 2020 job numbers....

...10 new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...At 11am today, the Hawaii Supreme Court is hearing a motion from the State Public Defender’s office using COVD as an excuse to order another mass release of criminals from Hawaii’s prisons and jails....

...Mr. Rosenlee encouraged teachers to show up for paid training days over the past two weeks, and now he is telling teachers not to show up for students. The union demanded this additional training for teachers, at a cost of nine fewer instructional days for students, but is trying to prevent students from having the same opportunity....

...COVID surge prompts HGEA to tell Departments: Limit physical presence at worksites....

...2 new deaths, 9 hospitalized....

...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....

...Injunction to stop students from returning to campus dropped....

...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....

...4 deaths, 9 new hospitalizations....