Entries for September 2020

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

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

...“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....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

... 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 ....

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

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

... 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 ....

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

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

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

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

...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....

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

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

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

...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....

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

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

...Meanwhile: Top Three Failure Reward: Former DLIR Director Scott Murakami takes job at DBEDT....

“...Black Futures Lab is a fiscally sponsored project of the Chinese Progressive Association....”

...Gov. Ige vetoes bill limiting “revolving door” between government and lobbyists....

...Survey in Hawaii Finds: 55% Believe Something Like the Holocaust Could Happen Again; 65% Cannot Identify How Many Jews Were Killed During the Holocaust; 55% Cannot Name a Concentration Camp, Death Camp, or Ghetto....

...Hawaii is the most restrictive state in USA....

... 16 new hospitalizations, one new death, 6.0% positive ....

...Governor Ige's emergency proclamations during the Coronavirus pandemic have violated the constitutional rights of individuals. So says attorney Marc Victor, who is taking the matter to court....

...To be considered for a one-year appointment, please submit a letter indicating your interest and a resume by December 4, 2020....

...DOH Names Care Homes Affected by COVID-19....

...National healthcare scorecard: Where does your state rank?....

...Hawaii was the second-most-dependent state on the additional $600 in unemployment benefits that expired at the end of July.....

...2 new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 3.4% positive....

...even if we develop an effective vaccine to combat the pandemic, it will have a reduced impact if people don’t choose to get it....

...OHA Sacrifices $3.2M to Hide Lawyer’s Conflict of Interest?....

...147 new releases from isolation -- NOTE: Releases exceed new cases for first time in weeks....

... The Auditor was supposed to start on the first chunk last year and finish the report before the start of the 2020 legislature, but ....

...news from Hawaii Judiciary....

...The yo-yo nature of Hawaii’s lockdowns is destroying local businesses....

...Hawaii's public and charter schools combined enrollment for school year 2020-21 totals 174,704 students, compared to 179,331 last year, a difference of 2.6 percent....

...HRS127A contains no language prohibiting supplementary or additional emergency proclamations....

... 13 new hospitalizations, 1 new death, 2.1% positive ....

... Lt. Gov. Green plans to continue his duties from his home as long as he’s feeling well ....

...Judge Nakasone has served on the First Circuit Court since 2011. Previously, she was a deputy public defender....

"...we should expect that the impact to the State economy as a result of the pandemic will persist for at least 5 years...."