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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Maui Liquor Comm Selects Son to Replace Father as Director
By News Release @ 11:25 PM :: 3690 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... Really Obvious Question: Would the son expose any wrongdoing committed under the father? ....

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Hawaii COVID Travel Testing Expands to Japan
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 3299 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19

... State announces 21 trusted testing partners in Japan ....

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
COVID Count 66 new cases out of 4,122 tests
By News Release @ 8:01 PM :: 2418 Views :: COVID-19

... 6 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 1.6% positive ....

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Lanai: Entire Island on COVID Lockdown
By News Release @ 6:56 AM :: 3429 Views :: Maui County, COVID-19

...Lanai residents and visitors may leave home or their place of lodging for only essential work and essential activities....

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Operation “Shine the Light” Recovers Five at-Risk Teens
By News Release @ 3:12 AM :: 6688 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement

...There are a number of custodial interference, child endangerment, and trafficking investigations ongoing....

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
20 Years Prison for Mortgage Fraudster Targeting Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:00 AM :: 2963 Views :: Law Enforcement

... Williams marketed a fraudulent mortgage debt reduction scheme to distressed homeowners, who were mostly non-native English speakers in the Filipino immigrant community in Hawaii ....

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
FCC Grants DHHL WiFi Spectrum Licenses
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 3037 Views :: DHHL

...the Department now has permission to utilize a portion of the 2.5 GHz band to deliver wireless broadband to rural homestead communities on Kauaʻi and in Maui County....

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Monday, October 26, 2020
Lawsuit: HPD Officer Arrests Kid After Fight with Son
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 6599 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Law Enforcement, Police

... J.R. was being bullied by an HPD officer’s son. One day in November 2018, J.R. was forced into a fight with the officer’s son at school. The next day, that same HPD officer showed up to J.R.’s school, and—in full view of teachers and students—arrested J.R. ....

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Monday, October 26, 2020
Hawaii gets 13 more weeks of unemployment
By News Release @ 11:19 PM :: 4264 Views :: Economy, Labor, COVID-19

... Federal-State Extended benefits begin Tuesday, Oct. 27 for Hawaii workers who have exhausted their state and federal jobless benefits ....

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Monday, October 26, 2020
Remember when U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye led the charge for Jones Act reform?
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:36 PM :: 4156 Views :: Hawaii History, Jones Act

... “If you are going to get the cost of living down … you are going to have to get the Jones Act amended.”  -- Alaska Gov. Walter Hickel, speaking to the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce, Sept. 12, 1967 ....

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Monday, October 26, 2020
Pension Debt: Hawaii Among 5 Worst
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 4549 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

...Five states continue to carry elevated long-term liability burdens above 20% of personal income in fiscal 2019, including Illinois (at 27% of personal income), Connecticut, New Jersey, Hawaii and Alaska. For all of them, pensions remain the driver of elevated liabilities....

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Monday, October 26, 2020
1960: Hawaii Sends Two Slates to Electoral College
By Selected News Articles @ 9:37 PM :: 26292 Views :: Hawaii History

... How Vice President Richard Nixon handled Hawaii's disputed electoral votes in 1960 ....

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Monday, October 26, 2020
COVID Count: 38 new cases
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 2578 Views :: COVID-19

...two new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 1.1% positive....

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Monday, October 26, 2020
Witch? Hirono Duck Test Joke Punished by Facebook
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 AM :: 6320 Views :: Congressional Delegation, First Amendment

... “Senator Hirono Demands ACB Be Weighed Against a Duck to See if She Is a Witch” ....

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Sunday, October 25, 2020
Hawai'i Tourism Reopening Strategy: Make COVID Positivity Numbers Look Good
By Andrew Walden @ 10:08 PM :: 4779 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19

... on Oct 7, the HawaiiCOVID19.com ‘dashboard’ added 131,999 new tests to the total ....

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Sunday, October 25, 2020
COVID Count: 121 new cases
By News Release @ 6:45 PM :: 2414 Views :: COVID-19

... no new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 2.6% positive ....

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Sunday, October 25, 2020
Making Up for Budget Shortfalls
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3538 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

...we have a state budget hole of more than 2 billion dollars....

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Sunday, October 25, 2020
Ethics: DCCA Audit Examiner likes Nobu, Suntory, Hihimanu
By News Release @ 1:53 AM :: 3645 Views :: Ethics

... What does an Audit contract cost in Hawaii?  The Hihimanu Sushi meal was $669 but Nobu was only a measly $500 ....

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Sunday, October 25, 2020
Sexual Preference: Senator Hirono’s Double Standard
By Selected News Articles @ 12:50 AM :: 4853 Views :: Congressional Delegation

"... Oh, stop it. The world is in flames ...." -- Mazie Hirono

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Sunday, October 25, 2020
Ige 45th: ALEC Ranks Governors
By News Release @ 12:23 AM :: 3390 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

...Laffer-ALEC Report on Economic Freedom: Grading America’s 50 Governors....

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Saturday, October 24, 2020
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 24, 2020
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 2487 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... bills introduced and votes in Congress from GovTrack.us ....

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Saturday, October 24, 2020
COVID Count: 90 new cases out of 4,163 tests
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 3039 Views :: COVID-19

... 8 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 2.1% positive ....

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Saturday, October 24, 2020
How We Found Low-Income Hawaiians Were Left Behind by the Homesteading Program
By Selected News Articles @ 7:22 PM :: 2879 Views :: DHHL

... In three of the past five years, the awards fell into the single digits. ...

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Saturday, October 24, 2020
To Reclaim Ancestral Land, All Native Hawaiians Need Is a $300,000 Mortgage and to Wait in Line for Decades
By Selected News Articles @ 7:14 PM :: 3667 Views :: DHHL

... the homes have proved too expensive for many applicants ....

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Saturday, October 24, 2020
Honolulu GOP Chair Violated Federal Hatch Act
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 4419 Views :: Ethics, Military, Republican Party

...Navy Employee Fined, Debarred from Federal Service for Numerous Hatch Act Violations....

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Saturday, October 24, 2020
State Business Tax Climate Index--Hawaii Ranks 37th
By Tax Foundation @ 3:18 AM :: 2816 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... how different states' tax codes compare with the 18th edition of our State Business Tax Climate Index ....

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Saturday, October 24, 2020
Hawaii Energy Consumption During Lockdown
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 3857 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19

... commercial and industrial use down sharply, residential use up ....

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Saturday, October 24, 2020
Prison for Natural Supplement Makers Behind Wave of Liver Damage, Death in Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:09 AM :: 4248 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement

...CDC identified 97 people with acute non-viral hepatitis in an outbreak that began in Hawaii—72 of whom reported exposure to an OxyElite Pro branded product....

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Saturday, October 24, 2020
Coast Guard to Deploy More Fast Response Cutters to West Pacific
By News Release @ 1:53 AM :: 2771 Views :: Military

... The new generation of Fast Response Cutters will conduct maritime security missions, such as fisheries patrols, enhance maritime domain awareness and enforcement efforts in collaboration with regional partners ....

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Saturday, October 24, 2020
Hawaii Hits 99.9% Complete in 2020 Census
By News Release @ 12:57 AM :: 2631 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... As of the end of data collection for the 2020 Census, 99.9% of housing units and addresses have been accounted for in Hawaii ....

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Friday, October 23, 2020
Ige Names Todd Eddins Supreme Court Justice
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 4799 Views :: Judiciary

...The seat had been vacant since Associate Justice Richard W. Pollack retired in June 2020....

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Friday, October 23, 2020
Chief Justice Appoints Stephanie Char Fifth Circuit District Family Court
By News Release @ 11:54 PM :: 5510 Views :: Kauai County, Judiciary

... Char has been with the Office of the Public Defender since 2003 and was named Supervising Deputy Public Defender in the Kauai office in 2017 ....

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Friday, October 23, 2020
Rail and Bill 80 two peas in a pod
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:43 PM :: 4669 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Rail, Tourism

...Two examples of the old way of thinking, both in Honolulu....

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Friday, October 23, 2020
COVID Count: 131 new cases out of 4,843 tests
By News Release @ 7:36 PM :: 2904 Views :: COVID-19

... 12 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 2.9% positive ....

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Friday, October 23, 2020
Ige Announces Vaccine Rationing Plan
By News Release @ 12:15 AM :: 2809 Views :: COVID-19

... The plan outlines four priority groups that would get the vaccine, which will be available in limited supply ....

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Thursday, October 22, 2020
COVID Count 102 new cases out of 4,329 tests
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 2391 Views :: COVID-19

... 12 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 2.5% positive .... 

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Thursday, October 22, 2020
It’s Time to Review Your Medicare Coverage
By News Release @ 7:48 PM :: 2443 Views :: Health Care

...Medicare’s annual Open Enrollment season is underway....

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Thursday, October 22, 2020
Aloha and Mahalo from Rep Cynthia Thielen
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 7:28 PM :: 4008 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party

...I am retiring from the Hawaii House of Representatives on November 3, 2020, after 30 wonderful and fulfilling years....

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Thursday, October 22, 2020
UH Manoa ranked 378th by U.S. News and World Report
By News Release @ 6:05 AM :: 3282 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

...UH Manoa is ahead of the University of Oklahoma (No. 414), California State University, Fresno (No. 494)....

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Thursday, October 22, 2020
Measuring Climate Intentions, Not Results
By Selected News Articles @ 5:53 AM :: 3215 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy

...It doesn’t matter whether those restrictions actually do anything to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; all that matters is that they be as restrictive as possible....

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Thursday, October 22, 2020
COVID News: Domestic Violence up 46% Since March
By News Release @ 5:36 AM :: 4728 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement, OHA, COVID-19

...Hawaiʻi’s DVAC saw a 46 percent increase in contacts between March and October 2020, indicating a rise in the need for domestic violence services....

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Low COVID: Ige Approves 'Tier 2' for Oahu
By News Release @ 11:10 PM :: 4976 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19

... Personal Services prepare to re-open, hoping Mayor's Tier 2 proposal is approved by Thursday ....

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Here's Who to Vote for at OHA
By Video @ 11:00 PM :: 6135 Views :: OHA

... Keli'i Akina is OHA’s Only Watch Dog & He’s Helped Stop Corruption ....

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Old federal maritime law holds back Hawaii tourism, new report shows
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:53 PM :: 3952 Views :: Jones Act, Tourism

...Ocean cruising has been suspended during the coronavirus lockdowns, but when it resumes, the industry needs more freedom to benefit Hawaii....

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
COVID Count: 78 new cases out of 4,329 tests
By News Release @ 7:11 PM :: 2340 Views :: COVID-19

... 8 new hospitalizations, 14 new deaths, 1.8% positive ....

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Convicted Palestinian Hijacker Set to Speak at UH Manoa--Unless Zoom Blocks her (again)
By News Release @ 11:29 PM :: 4136 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education

... her terrorism convictions in connection with the 1969 hijacking of TWA Flight 840 and the 1970 hijacking of El Al Flight 219 ....

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Hawaii 2nd-Highest Young Adult Vaping Rate
By Selected News Articles @ 11:01 PM :: 3566 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... A Growing Epidemic: States with the Highest Young Adult Vaping Rates ....

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
COVID Count: 91 new cases out of 3,681 tests
By News Release @ 10:38 PM :: 2064 Views :: COVID-19

... 13 new hospitalizations, two new deaths, 2.5% positive ....

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Ige Announces $25M 'Pivot Grants' for Businesses
By News Release @ 10:11 PM :: 3001 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19

...$25M in financial and training support....

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
DoH Revises COVID Guidance for School Reopening
By News Release @ 2:38 AM :: 2807 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19

... Last month, the Hawai‘i Department of Health issued a comprehensive, 28-page guidance document for public and charter schools ....

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