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Saturday, January 25, 2025 |
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Kapolei Woman Indicted for COVID Fraud
By News Release @ 4:45 PM :: 521 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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... nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of aggravated identity theft in connection with fraudulent claims for unemployment insurance and pandemic unemployment assistance ....
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Friday, January 10, 2025 |
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Not Everybody is Leaving: COVID fraud helps one family move to Kapolei
By News Release @ 10:32 PM :: 698 Views :: Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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... as a result of the false and fraudulent applications, they received $1,365,000 in PPP loan funds ....
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Friday, December 13, 2024 |
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Kapaa Woman Indicted for COVID Fraud
By News Release @ 9:49 PM :: 983 Views :: Kauai County, COVID-19
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... Kaiawe fraudulently obtained at least approximately $126,026 in CRUA assistance benefits ....
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024 |
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Hawaii Net Loss of 8,896 Residents During COVID
By Tax Foundation @ 2:16 PM :: 1835 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... Notably, four of the top five states Hawaii residents moved to—Texas, Washington, Nevada, and Florida—forgo individual income taxes on wage income ....
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024 |
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Nigerian Prince Busted in Hawaii COVID Scam
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 1980 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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... conspired to fraudulently obtain at least $10 million in COVID-19 unemployment benefits from nine states including Hawaii ....
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Saturday, June 22, 2024 |
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Blangiardi signs City’s FY25 budget bills into law
By News Release @ 5:09 PM :: 1145 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, COVID-19
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... increase the appropriation for the COVID hazard pay contingency to $115 million ....
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 |
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‘Deadly Cocktail’: Hawaii Still Reeling From Job Losses Four Years After The Pandemic
By Selected News Articles @ 6:53 PM :: 1489 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... There are still around 27,800 fewer jobs in Hawaii than before the COVID-19 pandemic ....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
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Naming Names: Airports Division Ran Late-Night Parties Where Hawaii Politicians Raked In Money
By Selected News Articles @ 4:04 PM :: 7216 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, OHA, COVID-19
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... late-night parties in a cramped second-floor office where lobbyists and executives seeking government contracts lined up to drop cash and checks into a metal lockbox ....
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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‘Surprise’ state tax last straw for veteran Hawaii bar owner?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:42 PM :: 1912 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Comerford said his 45 years of living in Hawaii and 25 years of being a business owner are likely to end due to a recent state decision to collect taxes on federal Restaurant Revitalization Funds received during the COVID-19 lockdowns ....
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Friday, March 8, 2024 |
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Study: DoE Pandemic Failure will Cost Hawaii $31B
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 AM :: 2241 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Hawaii students in the COVID cohort can expect on average 3.7 percent lower lifetime earnings ....
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Monday, February 26, 2024 |
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SHOPO & Maui County Reach Agreement on COVID Hazard Pay
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 2114 Views :: Maui County, Labor, Police, COVID-19
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... officers who worked in a patrol function through the pandemic will receive 20% Hazard Pay based on the actual number of hours worked during the pandemic. All other officers will receive 15% Hazard Pay. All officers will receive 15% Hazard Pay for actual overtime hours ....
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Friday, February 23, 2024 |
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HGEA members win substantial hazard pay from the Hawaii Education Department
By News Release @ 6:10 PM :: 1948 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... 7,800 HGEA employees of the state’s public school system will receive 25% of their base salary for the duration of Gov. David Ige’s emergency proclamation from March 4, 2020, to March 25, 2022 ....
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Friday, February 23, 2024 |
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UHERO: Hawaii Economy Slowing
By UHERO @ 6:17 AM :: 1978 Views :: Maui County, Economy, COVID-19
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... disasters from COVID to Lahaina are the only thing holding Hawaii's economy together ....
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Sunday, January 28, 2024 |
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DoTAX Grabs for Restaurants' COVID Relief Money
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:23 PM :: 2066 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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... restaurants hit with surprise tax bill applicable to the financial aid received under federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund ....
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Thursday, January 4, 2024 |
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Tuesday, December 26, 2023 |
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Hawaii slowest to recover pandemic job losses
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 AM :: 1960 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... Hawaii has recovered only 81% of lost jobs since COVID ....
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Sunday, November 19, 2023 |
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Caldwell's COVID Slush Fund: 'Follow the Money'
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:36 PM :: 2260 Views :: Ethics, Taxes, Tourism, COVID-19
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... you have to follow the money, especially when there’s a huge surge of funds given to the government to dole out ....
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Sunday, November 12, 2023 |
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Audit Exposes Caldwell’s $175M Slush Fund
By Andrew Walden @ 9:19 PM :: 5815 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, COVID-19
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... Could credit union executives go to jail? ....
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 |
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DoH Hosts Healthy Hawaiʻi Strategic Plan 2030 Summit
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 2089 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... DOH convened more than 250 stakeholders, advocates, and visionaries across the state to discuss the Healthy Hawai‘i Strategic Plan 2030 ....
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Friday, October 27, 2023 |
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Waipahu Resident Charged with COVID Fraud, Tax Evasion
By News Release @ 5:09 PM :: 2166 Views :: COVID-19
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... filing false tax returns, wire fraud, money laundering and structuring related to her fraudulent application for unemployment assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic ....
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Thursday, October 12, 2023 |
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023 |
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Fired After Refusing Vax: Lawsuit Alleges Religious Discrimination by Hawaii Symphony Orchestra
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 3165 Views :: First Amendment, Religion, COVID-19
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... In October 2021, HSO imposed a COVID vaccine mandate on all its musicians, which even allowed for religious accommodations ....
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Saturday, September 16, 2023 |
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New 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines offers enhanced protection
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 1987 Views :: COVID-19
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... The new vaccines address the XBB-lineages of the Omicron variant that accounts for 99% of COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i ....
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Friday, September 8, 2023 |
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Kunia Woman Arraigned on Scheme to Defraud Pandemic Unemployment Recipients
By News Release @ 5:55 AM :: 2602 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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... Vakameilalo allegedly changed the bank account she previously had designated to receive the PUA unemployment benefit payments from the claimant’s bank account to her own ....
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Tuesday, September 5, 2023 |
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CNHA Buys Another Apartment Building--No New Affordable Units Created
By News Release @ 4:28 AM :: 2694 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, COVID-19
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... “Our goal is to build equity and acquire more properties" ....
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Friday, August 11, 2023 |
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Maui, Oahu COVID Hospitalizations Up
By News Release @ 3:06 PM :: 2907 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, COVID-19
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... the hospital admission rate for Honolulu and Maui counties increased to 10.4 new COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people ....
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Saturday, July 15, 2023 |
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Free Money from the Sky: More COVID Cash for Honolulu's Profitable Non-profits
By News Release @ 12:19 AM :: 2344 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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... City to accept applications for a second tranche of relief funding for non-profits affected by Covid-19 ....
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Monday, July 3, 2023 |
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OHA Ends 'Work-from-Home' for Employees
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:00 PM :: 2540 Views :: Labor, OHA, COVID-19
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... concerns raised by OHA’s administration in response to the directive to end telework ....
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Saturday, July 1, 2023 |
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Long COVID and Unemployment in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 8:50 PM :: 2343 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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...Roughly 10-30% of people who get COVID, suffer persistent symptoms colloquially known as “long COVID”....
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Wednesday, June 7, 2023 |
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Want More COVID Cash? Apply June 13
By News Release @ 10:05 PM :: 2614 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, COVID-19
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... ask for up to three months of additional support ....
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Saturday, June 3, 2023 |
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New video says telehealth calls with mainland docs should be allowed
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:23 PM :: 2264 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... The ban on teleconferencing with mainland doctors was lifted during the COVID-19 crisis, but should be lifted permanently ....
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Friday, May 12, 2023 |
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Federal COVID Emergency Ends
By News Release @ 12:29 AM :: 2154 Views :: COVID-19
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... high levels of vaccination, widespread population immunity, and available treatments have significantly reduced the risk of severe COVID-19 disease, hospitalization, and death ....
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Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
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Trumpsters Fight Antivaxxers for Control of Maui GOP--Preview for Republican State Convention
By Andrew Walden @ 12:23 AM :: 4147 Views :: Maui County, Republican Party, COVID-19
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... The fight over control of the Maui County Republican Party provides a preview for the Upcoming Hawaii GOP State Convention set for May 5-6, 2023, in BJ Penn’s hometown of Hilo ....
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Thursday, April 20, 2023 |
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Hawaii Federal Court Dismisses Meth Dealer's Challenge to COVID Emergency Proclamations
By News Release @ 10:52 PM :: 3745 Views :: Kauai County, COVID-19
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... The Plaintiffs—a non-profit corporation called “For Our Rights” and five residents of Kauaʻi—sought monetary damages, claiming that Gov. Ige violated their due process rights ....
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023 |
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Hawaii COVID Hospitalizations Jump 90% in Week
By News Release @ 5:25 PM :: 2565 Views :: COVID-19
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... The number of total positive COVID-19 hospitalizations has increased over the past week (3/26 – 4/4) from 39 to 74 patients, which is an 89.7% increase....
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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
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Schatz, Hirono Vote to Continue Trump's COVID Emergency
By Selected News Articles @ 10:10 PM :: 2921 Views :: Congressional Delegation, COVID-19
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... the 68-23 Senate approved a resolution Wednesday aimed at ending the national COVID emergency declared by then-President Donald Trump in 2020 ....
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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
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Hawaii Population Declines 0.8% During COVID
By News Release @ 4:17 PM :: 2457 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Between July 1, 2020 and July 1, 2022 the state population declined at an average rate of 0.4% per year ....
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Friday, March 24, 2023 |
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Lancet: Hawaii Lowest COVID Death Rate--Highest Economic Impact
By News Release @ 3:25 AM :: 2098 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Hawaii, Washington DC, and New York had the largest reduction in employment ....
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Monday, March 20, 2023 |
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Counties where the most people work from home in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 10:30 PM :: 4053 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... Hawaii County -- 13.0% of workers work from home ....
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Sunday, March 19, 2023 |
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CNHA Hands out $130M COVID Money
By News Release @ 10:32 PM :: 3063 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL, Ethics, COVID-19
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... an average of $15K each to 8,625 households ....
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Tuesday, March 7, 2023 |
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Hawaii Meth Supplier Gets 24 Years for $5.5M COVID Fraud
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 2800 Views :: Hawaii County , Drugs, COVID-19
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... L.A. Man Sentenced to More Than 24 Years in Prison for $5.5 Million COVID Jobless Benefits Scam, Tax Fraud and Drug Trafficking ....
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 |
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Profitable Non Profits: COVID Slush Fund Ends Feb 6
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 1769 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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... the deadline for submissions for relief through the Non-Profit Relief Program is set for Monday, February 6, 2023 at 11:30 p.m. HST. ....
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Saturday, January 28, 2023 |
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I Caught COVID
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:53 PM :: 2653 Views :: COVID-19
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... 3 out of 5 of my household turned positive in a matter of a few days ....
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Thursday, January 19, 2023 |
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Corruption at every level: Why I left Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:47 PM :: 5590 Views :: Ethics, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... To this day, I still wonder where the $58 million that was earmarked for testing and tracing went or whose pockets it lined ....
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023 |
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The COVID Emergency Lives on in Food Stamps
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 1970 Views :: Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... Governor Josh Green, M.D. signed a sixth emergency proclamation to extend federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) emergency allotment benefits, in keeping with ongoing federal COVID relief efforts ....
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Thursday, January 5, 2023 |
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Hawaii COVID Economy: Working only Two Jobs Instead of Three
By UHERO @ 3:26 PM :: 2503 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... "7.2% of the individuals were furloughed, or reduced their working hours while 6.6% of them reported having someone in their family furloughed or reducing working hours" ....
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Sunday, December 25, 2022 |
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Emergency Rule Extends Licensure Waiver for Nurses to Temporarily Practice in Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:00 PM :: 2304 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... The emergency rule is effective for 120 days (eff. 12/5/2022 – 4/4/2023) ....
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Thursday, December 22, 2022 |
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Paroled Pimp Defrauds Hawaii Unemployment
By News Release @ 12:25 PM :: 2403 Views :: COVID-19
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... Wire Fraud Conspiracy, Identity Theft While on Federal Supervised Release for Sex Trafficking ....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022 |
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The effects of the pandemic on the economy of Hawaii
By UHERO @ 10:58 PM :: 2372 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... comparing the actual outcomes during the affected period with the pre-pandemic forecast ....
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Thursday, December 8, 2022 |
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