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Saturday, September 26, 2020
Mauna Kea Comprehensive Management Plan -- Community Meetings Set
By News Release @ 12:09 AM :: 3469 Views :: Higher Education, OHA

...We have scheduled three virtual community meetings on the Independent Evaluation of UH’s Implementation of the Mauna Kea CMP....

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Friday, September 25, 2020
Hawaii Medicare Advantage Premium Drops 10.3% for 2021
By News Release @ 11:55 PM :: 3777 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living

...The average monthly Medicare Advantage premium changed from $63.86 in 2020 to $57.28 in 2021. This represents a -10.30 percent change in average premium....

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Friday, September 25, 2020
Ige Approves Honolulu COVID-19 Recovery Framework
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 4494 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19

...Tier 1 includes, but is not limited to, the following changes....

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Friday, September 25, 2020
Atrazine to Be Banned in Hawaii, Territories
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 4295 Views :: Environment, Agriculture

...in the wake of a legal agreement between the EPA and the Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America....

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Friday, September 25, 2020
Honolulu Ethics Commission Ballot Questions 3 and 4
By News Release @ 11:16 PM :: 5495 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

...Two questions on the upcoming general election ballot relate to the Honolulu Ethics Commission's budget and staffing.... 

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Friday, September 25, 2020
Vote by Mail: Ballot Drop Dates by County
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:47 PM :: 2991 Views :: Office of Elections

... October 5, 2020 is the final day to register to vote for the General Election online or by mail with the Clerk’s Office ... but ... Voters are eligible for same day voter registration for the General Election at voter service centers ....

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Friday, September 25, 2020
Pollyana approach not working
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:08 PM :: 4734 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19

... At the beginning of the year, our governor boasted about his efforts to put the state on a “sound financial footing.” What a difference a few months can make ....

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Friday, September 25, 2020
COVID Count 112 new cases out of 1,445 tests
By News Release @ 7:59 PM :: 2355 Views :: COVID-19

... 8 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 7.8% positive ....

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Friday, September 25, 2020
Even More Jammed with Bus Lane and Bike Lane "It’s about getting people out of their cars”
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 5779 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail

...a bus-only lane on King St thru downtown just 1 block from the existing Hotel Street Busway....

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Friday, September 25, 2020
After Secret Meeting, BoE Agrees to Re-Hear Kahuku Windfarm Petition
By News Release @ 6:01 PM :: 5157 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Energy, Ethics

...The proposed rule would require the Department to hold a community meeting and solicit family and community feedback before providing official comment on proposed developments....

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Friday, September 25, 2020
Reform state LUC to encourage more housing, new report says
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:50 AM :: 3671 Views :: Land Use, Cost of Living

...The state Land Use Commission has strayed from its core mission, leading to fewer homes and higher home prices for Hawaii residents....

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Friday, September 25, 2020
Rep Gabbard backs H.R.6866, the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act
By News Release @ 7:27 AM :: 3580 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19

...Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Joins Bill to Protect Americans’ Civil Liberties and Privacy During the Coronavirus Pandemic....

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Friday, September 25, 2020
COVID Spending: Hirono questions Ige's ‘lack of transparency’
By News Release @ 7:14 AM :: 3372 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19

...“I remain concerned that Hawaii will not spend these federal resources before the end of the year, and that a lack of clear information provided by the state on how funds are being used is creating frustration and confusion among Hawaii’s residents,” Senator Hirono wrote....

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Thursday, September 24, 2020
COVID Count 90 new cases out of 1,737 tests
By News Release @ 7:05 PM :: 2372 Views :: COVID-19

...16 new hospitalizations, 2 new deaths, 5.2% positive....

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Thursday, September 24, 2020
Federal Appeals Court hears American Samoa Citizenship Case
By Court House News @ 8:07 AM :: 3665 Views :: National News

...The government of American Samoa argued his arrangement preserves the islanders’ traditional way of life, or fa’a Samoa, including communal property ownership which would be impossible to protect under the U.S. Constitution....

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Thursday, September 24, 2020
Ige Proclamation Allows Oct 15 Tourism Reopening
By News Release @ 5:54 AM :: 3345 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19

...the proclamation also empowers the counties to adopt a negative test exception process for travelers subject to the inter-island travel quarantine....

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Chief Justice Recktenwald Retained for Another 10 Years
By News Release @ 6:34 PM :: 3176 Views :: Judiciary

...Associate Justice Paula A. Nakayama administered the oath of office remotely on Friday, September 11, 2020....

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
COVID Count 168 new cases out of 2,716 tests
By News Release @ 6:29 PM :: 2454 Views :: COVID-19

... 14 new hospitalizations, 2 new deaths, 6.2% positive ....

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
My OHA Recommendations
By Samuel Wilder King II @ 3:15 AM :: 4708 Views :: OHA

...KELI'I AKINA is the most important person to vote for and donate to in the OHA race.... 

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
COVID Count: 63 new cases out of 1,489 tests
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 3148 Views :: COVID-19

... 14 new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 4.2% positive ....

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
City Drops $10.5M for 29 Units that were already affordable
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 5252 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living, COVID-19

...This purchase adds ZERO new affordable units because these units were already affordable in the private sector....

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
List of Honolulu Charter Amendments on General Election Ballot
By Brett Kulbis @ 4:49 AM :: 12189 Views :: Honolulu County, Republican Party

...Term Limits for Prosecutor and other questions ....

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Common Cause 2020 Legislative Wrap Up
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 4369 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Office of Elections

...Ige’s deadline to veto bills has passed, so we know which of the bills that made it through this most unusual session will become law....

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they Voted Sept 20, 2020
By GovTrack .us @ 4:13 AM :: 2647 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Kauai on a Slippery Slope with New COVID Bracelets
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:32 AM :: 5378 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19

...they’ve got to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet, which will be tracked by participating resorts....

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
VA and HIEMA Report on Hilo Veterans Home COVID Deaths
By News Release @ 2:17 AM :: 4259 Views :: Hawaii County , Military, COVID-19

...The VA report noted “There was very little proactive preparation/planning for COVID...."

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Feds Bust DoH Lab Tech--Allegedly Making LSD During COVID outbreak
By Andrew Walden @ 1:02 AM :: 7589 Views :: Military, Drugs, COVID-19

...“You would think that employees at the state disease outbreak control center would be too busy these days for such extracurricular activities,” Dan Grazier, an ex-Marine Corps officer who now works for the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight, told The Daily Beast....

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Monday, September 21, 2020
Council Candidate Greg Thielen Cautions Against Awarding P3 Contract Under Robbins' Tenure
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 5107 Views :: Ethics, Rail

“...a potential worse case scenario of a contract award just before a leadership transition at HART and the City and County of Honolulu....”

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Monday, September 21, 2020
COVID Count 56 new cases out of 1,162 tests
By News Release @ 6:22 PM :: 2478 Views :: COVID-19

... 5 new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 4.8% positive ....

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Sunday, September 20, 2020
'Hush Money' and Retaliation: FBI Investigates Kauai Charter School tied to OHA Trustee
By Andrew Walden @ 6:34 PM :: 12792 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Education K-12, Ethics, OHA

... similar to sandwich lease schemes common during the Broken Trust days ....

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Sunday, September 20, 2020
COVID Count 77 new cases out of 1,678 tests
By News Release @ 6:33 PM :: 2939 Views :: COVID-19

... 4 new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 4.6% positive, releases again exceed new cases ....

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Sunday, September 20, 2020
Applicants sought for Maui County Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2800 Views :: Maui County

...Applicants are being sought for 46 vacancies on Maui County boards, commissions, councils and committees....

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Sunday, September 20, 2020
Abercrombie and Waihee on COVID Leadership
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3622 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19

...The governors zeroed in on two principal drivers of our government’s response, namely structural capability and leadership....

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Sunday, September 20, 2020
Hawaii Gun Control Bills Become Law
By NRA ILA @ 3:58 AM :: 4669 Views :: Second Amendment

...Governor Ige signed SB 3054, and HB 2744 went into law without his signature, due to his failure to veto the measure....

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Saturday, September 19, 2020
COVID Count: 110 new cases out of 5,852 tests
By News Release @ 6:27 PM :: 2257 Views :: COVID-19

... 26 new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 1.9% positive....

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Saturday, September 19, 2020
Hawaii Attorney General and Ethics Commission Join Forces to Address Fraud, Waste and Abuse
By News Release @ 4:56 PM :: 3588 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement

... Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors announced today that her department has joined the Hawaii State Ethics Commission in an effort to identify fraud, waste and abuse involving government funds ....

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Saturday, September 19, 2020
Caldwell Signs Bills to Delay TVR Registration, Ease Building Permit Requirements
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 4380 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Tourism

...Bill 48 elevates the exemption threshold of home repairs from $1,000 to $5,000....

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Saturday, September 19, 2020
Transit and the Mania for Density
By News Release @ 2:30 PM :: 4722 Views :: Development, Land Use, Rail

...the Rasputin of urban planning....

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Saturday, September 19, 2020
Ninth Circuit Upholds Planned Pentagon Buildup on Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 1:34 PM :: 3536 Views :: Environment, Military

... A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday affirmed a federal judge’s finding that the U.S. Navy and the Department of Defense properly assessed the environmental impact ....

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Saturday, September 19, 2020
"Good intentions are not alone enough"
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:33 AM :: 2882 Views :: COVID-19

...the road to tyranny can be paved with good intentions....

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Saturday, September 19, 2020
Hawaii Lost the Most Construction Jobs Between July and August
By News Release @ 3:25 AM :: 3417 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics

...Hawaii lost the highest percentage (-3.5 percent, -1,300 jobs) of construction jobs for the month....

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Friday, September 18, 2020
COVID Count 114 new cases out of 4,559 tests
By News Release @ 8:35 PM :: 2458 Views :: COVID-19

... 15 new hospitalizations, 13 new deaths (mostly official classification of already-announced deaths at Okutsu) ....

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Friday, September 18, 2020
Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 12.5% as Workers Leave Workforce
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 4292 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

...Jobs declined by 105,200 over-the-year....

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Friday, September 18, 2020
DoE Announces New COVID Benchmarks for Reopening
By News Release @ 5:37 AM :: 2591 Views :: COVID-19

...HIDOE will use newly released guidance from the Hawaii State Department of Health to plan for appropriate learning models for the remainder of the academic year....

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Thursday, September 17, 2020
Waikoloa Mauka Project Now Subject of FBI Investigation, Developer Says
By Selected News Articles @ 7:51 PM :: 7269 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Land Use

...he unwittingly bought into a scheme that is now the subject of an FBI investigation....

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Thursday, September 17, 2020
COVID Count 160 new cases out of 3,829 tests
By News Release @ 7:11 PM :: 2365 Views :: COVID-19

... 18 new hospitalizations, 4 new deaths, 4.2% positve ....

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Thursday, September 17, 2020
Second Round of Pandemic EBT Cards for 93,500 DoE Students
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 3440 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19

...max EBT of $286 per kid....

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Thursday, September 17, 2020
Ige: COVID pre-travel testing program will start October 15
By News Release @ 6:13 AM :: 3483 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19

...Pre-travel testing enables travelers to avoid a mandatory 14-day quarantine if they are tested no earlier than 72 hours before their flight arrives....

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020
HECO Releases info on Solar Battery Projects -- Prices Vary by 46%
By News Release @ 8:24 PM :: 3774 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living

... Oahu projects run as high as $0.13 pkwh even as competitors offer $0.089 pkwh ....

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020
COVID Count: 102 new cases out of 2,492 tests
By News Release @ 7:56 PM :: 2248 Views :: COVID-19

... 13 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths--Releases exceed new cases for 4th day in a row ....

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