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Saturday, August 28, 2021 |
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How Much COVID does your school have?
By News Release @ 2:41 AM :: 3885 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Campbell HS is #1 followed by Waipahu, Kapolei, and Farrington ....
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Saturday, August 28, 2021 |
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Senate Votes Sonja M.P. McCullen to ICA
By News Release @ 2:16 AM :: 2439 Views :: Judiciary
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... Judge McCullen has served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with the Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for a combined 11 years in the Appellate Division ....
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Saturday, August 28, 2021 |
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1854: Hawaiian Kingdom Legislature Orders Mandatory Vaccines for Everybody
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 AM :: 4823 Views :: Hawaii History, Health Care, COVID-19
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... Would the Hawaiian Kingdom Compel Everyone to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine? The Answer is “YES” ....
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Friday, August 27, 2021 |
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SCOTUS Strikes Down CDC Eviction Moratorium And Leaves Tantalizing Clues About Takings
By Robert Thomas @ 11:48 PM :: 3258 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... The other shoe -- perhaps the most predictable shoe drop in legal history -- dropped yesterday ....
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Friday, August 27, 2021 |
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Sweet Deal for Maui Developer--DHHL Affordable Housing Credits
By Andrew Walden @ 6:49 PM :: 6260 Views :: DHHL, Maui County, Ethics
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... the affordable housing credits paid to Dowling are worth $1.4M to $20.6M over and above DHHL’s $10.8M parcel valuation ....
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Friday, August 27, 2021 |
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DBEDT: Delta Drives Down Hawaii Economic Forecast
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 3351 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... DBEDT revised its economic growth projection for 2021 to 2.7 percent, down from 3.5 percent ....
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Friday, August 27, 2021 |
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Poisoning of People
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:11 PM :: 5793 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, GMOs, COVID-19
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... I have to laugh because they mocked me as being sheep but, uh, they are the ones taking enough of a toxic substance made for sheep! ....
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Friday, August 27, 2021 |
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Hawaii County's Failed Bus System Cited for ADA Violations
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 2415 Views :: Hawaii County
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... The county agrees to fix “chronically inoperable” wheelchair lifts and make other changes to avoid getting sued ....
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Friday, August 27, 2021 |
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COVID Quackery: Medical Board Files Complaint Against Pang After Legislators Demand Firing
By News Release @ 6:34 AM :: 4625 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... Hawaii feed stores seeing spike in Ivermectin sales--One Person Poisoned ....
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Friday, August 27, 2021 |
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Hawaii: Highest Food Costs in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:21 AM :: 3322 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii Households spend the most dollars on food according to a LendingTree study ....
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Friday, August 27, 2021 |
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Maui Council Passes Organic Pesticide and Fertilizer Bill
By News Release @ 2:45 AM :: 3903 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Agriculture
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... Bill No. 72, which only allows pesticides and fertilizers that are compatible with organic systems and permitted under the USDA National Organic Program to be used on county property ....
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Thursday, August 26, 2021 |
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Secret Arbitration Revealed: How DPS Official Kept Crooked Cop On The Job After FBI Raid
By Selected News Articles @ 2:42 PM :: 12507 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Labor, Police
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... top Corrections Official was Secret Arbitrator keeping mafia-connected HPD officers on the job ....
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Thursday, August 26, 2021 |
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Secretary of the Army appoints Ti Leaf Group President as civilian aide
By News Release @ 12:42 PM :: 2279 Views
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... Noe Kalipi is one of two CASAs representing Hawaii, joining Gil Tam, CASA for Hawaii (O'ahu East). She currently serves as the chief strategy officer for Progression Energy and owns a consulting firm specializing in systems planning, food security, energy security and community empowerment ....
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Thursday, August 26, 2021 |
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98.6% of State Employees Comply with COVID Mandate
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 3314 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... 87% fully vaccinated and close to 5% partially vaccinated ....
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Thursday, August 26, 2021 |
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VIDEO: Dalai Lama Gets the Vax--Says You Should Too!
By Video @ 2:13 AM :: 3031 Views :: Religion, COVID-19
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... His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Zonal Hospital, Dharamshala, H.P., India ....
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021 |
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Tourist Busted after Lifting Turtle out of Sea and not Eating it
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 4310 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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... tourist fails to uphold traditional Hawaiian cultural practices ....
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021 |
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Honolulu Rail Critic Pushes for Middle Street Endpoint
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 8:02 PM :: 3467 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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... Then on August 3 came devastating confirmation from a respected FTA agent ....
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021 |
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Pope Francis: "Getting the vaccine is an act of love"
By Video @ 5:58 PM :: 3061 Views :: Religion, COVID-19
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"Getting the vaccines that are authorized by the respective authorities is an act of love. I pray to God that each one of us can make his or her own small gesture of love, no matter how small, love is always grand."
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021 |
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Oahu Workplace Survey: 1 in 3 Already Have Vaccine Mandate
By UHERO @ 4:58 AM :: 3450 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... The largest businesses of 50 or more employees reported the lowest proportion of vaccinations at their workplaces ....
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021 |
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City submits revised short-term rental bill to Planning Commission
By News Release @ 1:33 AM :: 3806 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... would not allow any new STRs in residential areas, but allow STRs adjacent to existing resort areas ....
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Monday, August 23, 2021 |
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Beam-in-the-Eye Environmentalism
By Selected News Articles @ 8:35 PM :: 11571 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"... States and localities enact symbolic green regulations while embracing land-use regimes that harm the environment ...."
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Monday, August 23, 2021 |
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No Land for TMT on La Palma: Spanish Court Revokes Telescope License (again)
By News Release @ 5:19 PM :: 6229 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... a judge of the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands has revoked the concession of public forest land to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) ....
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Monday, August 23, 2021 |
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No Longer EUA: FDA Full Approval for COVID Vaccine
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 2818 Views :: COVID-19
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“While millions of people have already safely received COVID-19 vaccines, we recognize that for some, the FDA approval of a vaccine may now instill additional confidence to get vaccinated."
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Monday, August 23, 2021 |
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Trump Tells Crowd: 'Take the Vaccines'
By Video @ 1:45 PM :: 3820 Views :: Republican Party, COVID-19
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"I recommend: Take the vaccines. I did it." -- Donald J Trump, August 22, 2021
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Monday, August 23, 2021 |
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Lawsuits bring significant changes to Hawaii gun laws
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 AM :: 4087 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... Today's ruling against the State eliminates the ten-day expiration period of pistol permits....and the requirement that an individual physically brings a firearm to the police station to register....
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Monday, August 23, 2021 |
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Union Lawsuit Compares COVID Vaccine to Nazi Experiments
By Andrew Walden @ 12:18 AM :: 6987 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... Nazi experiments? Flu is worse? Livestock deworming pill is the cure? Hydroxychloroquine? All of these tired old anti-vaxxer chestnuts are front and center ....
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Sunday, August 22, 2021 |
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Have We Unwittingly Put the Brakes on HART?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2949 Views :: Rail
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...What you might not have seen is the difficulty the HART board is having making decisions....
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Sunday, August 22, 2021 |
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Trustee: Criminal Al Hee Rakes in $15M While on Parole
By Selected News Articles @ 5:51 AM :: 6099 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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... SIC allowed third-party telecommunication carriers to use the Paniolo Cable Network without permission, without compensation to Paniolo and in violation of the Settlement Agreement ....
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Saturday, August 21, 2021 |
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"One step forward, two steps back"
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:10 PM :: 2744 Views :: COVID-19
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... Everywhere you look, there are indications that people are losing patience with the current style of governance and the uncertainty of living under executive orders ....
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Saturday, August 21, 2021 |
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Saturday, August 21, 2021 |
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Second Amendment: Honolulu Concedes Defeat, Another Win For Beck
By Selected News Articles @ 2:04 AM :: 3859 Views :: Second Amendment
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... On August 16th, a fully executed stipulation and order was finalized, delivering a huge victory to attorney Alan Beck and his clients ....
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Friday, August 20, 2021 |
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List: Did Your School Have COVID this week?
By News Release @ 1:46 PM :: 3827 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Total cases: 383 (of these, 276 cases had no HIDOE facility impact) ....
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Thursday, August 19, 2021 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 7.3%
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 3147 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... in comparison with July 2020 nonfarm jobs have risen by 53,000, or 10.0 percent. However, in comparison with March 2020 (last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 72,400, or -11.1 percent. ...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021 |
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UH Students over 90% Vaxxed
By News Release @ 11:57 PM :: 3771 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, COVID-19
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... More than 90% of students attending the 10 campuses of the University of Hawaiʻi have been vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus or plan to be ....
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021 |
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UH extramural funding hauls in a near-record $485.5M in FY2021
By News Release @ 11:47 PM :: 3063 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... just $3.1 million shy of UH’s best extramural funding year total of $488.6 million in FY2011 ....
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021 |
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OHA: Hawaiians Should Get Vaccinated
By News Release @ 10:55 PM :: 2810 Views :: OHA, COVID-19
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... During most of this pandemic, the infection rate in the Native Hawaiian community was below the curve. That has changed with the more aggressive Delta variant ....
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021 |
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Inside Look: U.S. Army-Hawaii Responds to the Waimea Wildfire, the Largest in Hawaii History
By News Release @ 10:21 PM :: 3058 Views :: Hawaii County , Military
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... U.S. Army-Hawaii (including Hawaii Army National Guard) support Hawaii County Fire Department to battle the 40,000 acre Waimea wildfire, considered the largest in Hawaii Island history ....
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021 |
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DoH to Receive 500 Healthcare Surge Staff
By News Release @ 9:54 PM :: 2748 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... They are expected to work in Hawai‘i for eight weeks each ....
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021 |
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DLIR Delays Reopening Unemployment Offices (again)
By News Release @ 9:51 PM :: 2688 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... DLIR today announced it will not open statewide offices as planned on September 7, 2021 due to the significant increase in COVID-19 cases ....
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021 |
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Video: First Responders Oppose Vaccine Mandate
By Video @ 11:42 PM :: 2956 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... A class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court on Friday for City and County workers who believe they are being forced to take the COVID- 19 vaccine ....
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021 |
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Unions Ask Gov. Ige to Intervene in C&C of Honolulu's Vaccine Mandate
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 3379 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, COVID-19
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... The City & County of Honolulu is the only Hawaii government employer that is not providing all unvaccinated employees the “alternative” of regular COVID-19 testing ....
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021 |
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DBEDT Releases 2020 Hawaii Data Book
By News Release @ 6:24 AM :: 2371 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... The book is in electronic form and is available on the DBEDT website ....
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Monday, August 16, 2021 |
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Two Hawaii Gun Regulations Struck Down
By Selected News Articles @ 10:26 PM :: 4219 Views :: Second Amendment
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... the Government has entirely failed to demonstrate how each law effectuates its asserted interest in public safety, neither law can pass constitutional muster ....
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Monday, August 16, 2021 |
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UH Community Colleges named best system in U.S.
By News Release @ 10:18 PM :: 4154 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... The study ranked the schools and their systems through cost and financing, educational outcomes and career outcomes ....
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Monday, August 16, 2021 |
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Public Employee Unions Join Anti-Vaxxers
By News Release @ 2:38 AM :: 2986 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... they believe their sacred union contracts supersede all other laws including health emergency laws ....
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Monday, August 16, 2021 |
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NEA announces support for educator vaccine and testing requirement
By News Release @ 2:25 AM :: 3169 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... HSTA parent union supports Ige's mandatory vaccination-or-testing program ....
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Monday, August 16, 2021 |
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How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 5094 Views :: Ethics, Labor, COVID-19
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... what may turn out to be the biggest fraud wave in U.S. history ....
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Sunday, August 15, 2021 |
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Three Years Later: Auditor Reviews OHA Compliance
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:33 PM :: 2938 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"We found the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has implemented 10 and partially implemented 1 of the 11 recommendations made in our report...."
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Sunday, August 15, 2021 |
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The Time Tax
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2974 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... government not only taxes people by taking their money, but also imposes administrative burdens that waste countless precious hours of people’s time ....
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