Entries for March 2021

... HR148 to change McKinley High School’s name back to Honolulu High School will be heard by the House Committee on Education on Thursday, March 18, at 2 p.m. ....

... a kind of crabs-in-the-bucket argument ....

... Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at birth, 81.0 years in 2018, and West Virginia had the lowest, 74.4 years ....

... abortion, drugs, suicide ....

"...It's going to discourage economic growth that has already stalled...."

... Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald today appointed Jeffrey W. Ng to fill a judicial position in the District Family Court of the Third Circuit ....

“...Hawaii: First in taxation, last in affordability....”

... Some states have experienced meaningful revenue declines. But many don’t have losses to offset, so they would have to identify other ways to spend a large infusion of one-time money ....

... SB56 contains so many tax increases it's hard to fathom, yet at the end of the day, only one Hawaii senator opposed it ....

"...This includes people who work in hotels and hospitality, food service, banking and finance, transportation, construction, media, logistics, information technology and more...."

...Translation: Wage hikes coming on June 30 ....

... Independent pharmacies on O‘ahu and Hawai‘i Island have administered first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to about 10,000 residents and caregivers in approximately 1,700 small care homes and have now begun returning to administer second doses ....

... effective immediately, with the exception of the permitted team sports activities, which may begin as early as April 12, 2021 ....

... A Maui bill to increase affordability requirements is the backdrop for a discussion on how current housing policy can be improved ....

... BASF has been trying to break in to the US sunscreen market for nearly 20 years.  They have been blocked by protectionist FDA stalling ....  

... a working group to include seven (7) members who are Native Hawaiian to be nominated by Native Hawaiian groups, organizations, or communities to be appointed by the Speaker of the House ....

... The reduction would subject many state residents who consumed little more than a single drink prior to driving to imprisonment ....

... Like Hawaii, Alaska relies heavily on tourism .... 

... March 9, 2021: Feds declare Maui drought disaster, State declares Maui flood disaster ....

... A Notice of Civil Resource Violation from DLNR for “failure to comply with the remediation and monitoring actions and deadlines...” was issued on February 24, 2021 ....

... Almost 15 years to the day since deadly Ka Loko flood March 14, 2006 ....

... Hawaii and Nevada (both up 4.1 percentage points) logged the largest annual increase in overall delinquency rates ....

... eastern O'ahu has the highest emissions, at 324 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per ounce. That’s roughly equivalent to burning 16 gallons of gasoline....

... The oversized postcard measures eight by twelve feet long is now on display at Castle Medical Center ....

... The contract rewards the risks taken and sacrifices made by these workers during the pandemic ....

... Bills Introduced and Votes in Congress ....

... Recreational Marijuana and Abortion by Nurses ....

... Alaska's tourism industry is in deep trouble because foreign cruise ships may not carry passengers between U.S. ports without a foreign stop ....

... Senate Bill 56, with the ominous title “Relating to Revenue Generation,” has been granted its first hearing by the Senate Ways and Means Committee ....

... restarting student athletic programming for high schools beginning Monday ....

... Free Money from The Sky ....

... vaccination records will be supported by the standards being developed under the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI) ....

... Only 5 Hawaii Nursing Homes Score Better Than 'D' ....

... only nine states saw a drop in deaths -- Hawaii has the largest drop ....

... Latency is the time in milliseconds it takes for data to be transferred between source and destination ....

... The Hawai'i Legislature may be hard at work, but it looks like common sense is on vacation ....

... Under the American Rescue Plan Act, states would receive $195.3 billion in aid, divided according to each state’s share of national unemployed workers ....

... with the legislature threatening to force Kauai back into the fold, it's 'game over' for anti-tourism activists--for now .... 

... 1,126 Hawaiʻi business owners share their feedback ....

... Four prior EPA enforcement actions against Hawai‘i DLNR have closed 74 cesspools, collected $407,400 in fines ....

... Falling virus counts and vaccination progress set the stage for a strengthening visitor industry recovery ....

"... make a contribution of any amount to my campaign, and I’ll send you a Zoom invite to my webinar fundraiser. It’ll be worthwhile, I promise!...."

... And provided overdose prevention training and nasal naloxone to over 1,000 drug addicts ....

... the manipulation of federal Indian law and policy in an ongoing process ....

... Three anti-gun bills are eligible for floor action in their respective chambers ....

... an 8.1 earthquake in the Kermadec Islands ....

"... We will closely monitor how quickly vaccines are used and may open to people age 65 and up and those in phase 1c in a couple of weeks,” Char said....

... We reviewed 75 House and Senate bills proposing 51 special and revolving funds during the 2021 legislative session. None satisfied the criteria set forth in Section 23-11, HRS, for proposed special and revolving funds ....

"... The Endangered Species Act required the agency to designate critical habitat with its listing determination and develop a recovery plan for the bird. Yet the Service has failed to do so...."

... a list of candidates to Gov. David Ige to fill one Hawaiʻi County seat for a five-year appointment, beginning July 1, 2021 ....