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Entries for September 2021
Saturday, September 18, 2021 |
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COVID Recovery: Hawaii 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 AM :: 2729 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... progress toward economic recovery has been largely due to the distribution of the vaccine and yet highly vaccinated Hawaii still finds a way to lag ....
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Saturday, September 18, 2021 |
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Applicants sought for Maui County Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 1:30 AM :: 1702 Views :: Maui County
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... The application deadline is Nov. 15, 2021 ....
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Saturday, September 18, 2021 |
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Problems on the Road to All-Electric Transportation
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:38 AM :: 2015 Views :: Energy
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... Enough electric generating capacity ....
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Friday, September 17, 2021 |
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Volunteers Needed for 45 Neighborhood Board Vacancies
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 1844 Views :: Honolulu County
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... contact your local Neighborhood Board Chair to volunteer for a vacant seat ....
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Friday, September 17, 2021 |
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Biden Tax Hike: Hawaii Combined Income Tax Rate to Hit 57.4%
By Selected News Articles @ 5:23 PM :: 2944 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... If Congress’s new tax hikes come through, successful residents in high-tax states will be placed in a terrible position. ....
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Friday, September 17, 2021 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 7.0%
By News Release @ 5:16 PM :: 1833 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Statewide, 601,800 were employed and 45,550 unemployed in August ....
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Friday, September 17, 2021 |
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COVID hits 10.6% of Marshallese in Hawaii
By News Release @ 10:08 AM :: 2789 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... among all Pacific Islander subcategories, the highest incidence of cases, 10,580 per 100,000 people, occurred among Marshallese individuals ....
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Friday, September 17, 2021 |
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UHERO Survey on COVID-19 Business Mandates
By UHERO @ 4:19 AM :: 2168 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... conducting a brief 10-minute survey for business managers and owners to understand the impacts of the new COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements on their business ....
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Thursday, September 16, 2021 |
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Restaurant Defies Oahu’s new COVID rules--Gets Red Tagged
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 3034 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... DOH Food Safety Branch has issued a Cease and Desist Order and a red “closed” placard to Doner Shack ....
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Thursday, September 16, 2021 |
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Robin Danner Moves to Washington, D.C. to Lobby for Fake Indian Tribe
By Video @ 4:27 AM :: 3180 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL
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... What New Trick Does Robin Have Up Her Sleeve? ....
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021 |
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Lawsuit Challenges Seizure of Guns by Hawaii County PD
By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 2902 Views :: Hawaii County , Second Amendment
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... In addition to the lawsuit, they filed a temporary restraining order against the Police department to stop them from taking away Lance's lawfully owned firearms ....
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021 |
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Not Just Covid: Hawaii Ranks 37th in Vaccinations
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 2657 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... Hawaii has low rates of vaccination against many diseases ....
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Tuesday, September 14, 2021 |
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Hawaii has Cheapest Auto Insurance Premiums
By Selected News Articles @ 4:26 AM :: 2207 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... In Hawaii, the average auto insurance premium comes in at just $1,096 ....
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Tuesday, September 14, 2021 |
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What knives can you carry in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 AM :: 4540 Views :: Second Amendment
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... A common misconception in Hawaii is that the size of a knife is used to determine the legality ....
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Tuesday, September 14, 2021 |
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How COVID Rules Affect Maui Businesses
By Video @ 3:02 AM :: 2473 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... Questions include whether the mandates are practical, whether they are supported by data, and whether they are narrowly tailored to achieve a specific goal without violating the freedoms of Maui residents generally ....
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Sunday, September 12, 2021 |
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What happened to our state’s balance of powers?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:44 PM :: 2439 Views :: COVID-19
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... When we got our first look at the tier system that outlined how our lives would be restricted by COVID-19 orders, we didn’t realize that eventually we, the people, would be divided into tiers ....
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Sunday, September 12, 2021 |
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Public input requested for new Maunakea Master Plan
By News Release @ 7:48 PM :: 3195 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... the draft is going to the UH Board of Regents for review and possibly further changes before final approval, which is expected in early 2022 ....
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Sunday, September 12, 2021 |
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Can the Hawaii SMART Health Card record your sexual performances and store them in a database?
By Andrew Walden @ 6:41 AM :: 6905 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... the small print reveals a trail of breadcrumbs leading to your bedroom ....
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Sunday, September 12, 2021 |
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Vacant Homes Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 8722 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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... How does some bureaucrat sitting in the real property tax office have any idea whether a property is vacant? ....
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Saturday, September 11, 2021 |
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Hawaii most expensive state to raise children
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 AM :: 2777 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Parents in Hawaii may spend the most on bringing up their children with an estimated total cost of $281,597 to support a kid’s basic needs for 18 years ....
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Saturday, September 11, 2021 |
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FEMA Sends 30 Medics to Administer Antibody Treatment
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 1932 Views :: COVID-19
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... Monoclonal antibodies help the immune system temporarily respond to the immediate infection ....
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Saturday, September 11, 2021 |
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Friday, September 10, 2021 |
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Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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VIDEO: Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees, Contractors and Large Private Sector Employers
By Video @ 10:41 PM :: 2734 Views :: National News, Labor, COVID-19
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... More than 80 million Americans working in the private sector will soon be federally mandated to either get vaccinated against Covid-19 or get tested weekly ....
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Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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89% of DoE Employees Vaxxed--Lower on Maui
By News Release @ 3:20 AM :: 2541 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, COVID-19
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...the Hāna-Lahainaluna-Duckburg Complex Area is the lowest at 75%....
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Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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Spying on You: Digital Hawaii SMART Health Card
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 3216 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... Foil a Spy: Laminate a photocopy of your CDC vax card. Score it down the middle to fold to the size of a business card. Then put it in your wallet ....
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Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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Wednesday, September 8, 2021 |
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HSTA files class grievances over COVID school conditions, testing mandate
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 2413 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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"HIDOE has thus far refused to formally engage in the bargaining process, preferring only to sit informally over these issues...."
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Tuesday, September 7, 2021 |
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The Cost of Disinformation
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:55 PM :: 3244 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs, COVID-19
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... Hearing after hearing, the least informed made so many false claims and none could ever be corroborated with data. Like a virus, that same disinformation was repeated over and over until it was believed as fact. Not one politician asked these testifiers for evidence ever. ...
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Tuesday, September 7, 2021 |
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COVID mandates lead to crisis of aloha
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:41 PM :: 2218 Views :: COVID-19
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... we must come together when the government overreaches and threatens fundamental rights ....
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Monday, September 6, 2021 |
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Ethics Commission to Replace Dan Gluck
By Andrew Walden @ 9:47 PM :: 2527 Views :: Ethics
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“The Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission is accepting applications for the position of Executive Director.”
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Monday, September 6, 2021 |
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Judge Denies Feds’ motion to dismiss voting rights lawsuit in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:02 PM :: 2096 Views :: Office of Elections
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... A motion to dismiss a voting rights lawsuit involving U.S. citizens who moved to overseas territories was denied by a federal judge on Friday, allowing the case to proceed ....
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Sunday, September 5, 2021 |
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Manoa Rep Dale Kobayashi Speaks at Antivaxxer Rallies
By Andrew Walden @ 7:32 PM :: 9405 Views :: Democratic Party, Higher Education, COVID-19
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... Now that the cat is out of the bag, will voters in Manoa reelect their antivaxxer Rep in 2022? ....
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Sunday, September 5, 2021 |
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Honolulu Council urged to shelve digital vaccine passports resolution
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:43 PM :: 2144 Views :: COVID-19
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... The New York measure upon which this Honolulu resolution is based is already being challenged in court and has been criticized for its intrusions ....
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Sunday, September 5, 2021 |
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Counties, You’re TAT Collectors Now
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2265 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... HB 862 makes no provision whatsoever for joint collection. The counties are on their own ....
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Sunday, September 5, 2021 |
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Unemployment: State Refunds $700M to Feds
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 1593 Views
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... DLIR today announced it paid $700M to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for advances it has received to pay regular unemployment insurance benefits ....
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Sunday, September 5, 2021 |
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Registration Opens for 2021-2022 Hawaii LifeSmarts Competition
By News Release @ 2:56 AM :: 1773 Views :: Education K-12
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... LifeSmarts is a free national educational program that teaches students critical life skills through online quizzes and in-person competitions covering five key areas: Personal Finance, Consumer Rights & Responsibilities, Health & Safety, the Environment, and Technology ....
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Sunday, September 5, 2021 |
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JSC Announces Two Judicial Vacancies
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 3110 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Judiciary
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...Third Circuit and Fifth Circuit ....
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Saturday, September 4, 2021 |
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Anti-Vaxxer to Lead Hawaii Democratic Party?
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 6051 Views :: Democratic Party, COVID-19
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... We have a duty to elect pro-science leaders, but some of our elected Democrats protest with anti-vaxxers ....
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Friday, September 3, 2021 |
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DoH Report: Delta Variant now nearly all of Hawaii COVID Cases
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 2074 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... DOH released a new cluster report identifying 70 COVID-19 clusters statewide, totaling 1,374 cases. Eighteen clusters occurred on Oʻahu, 44 occurred on Maui, one occurred on Hawaiʻi Island and seven occurred on Kauaʻi. ....
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Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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Akina: OHA is Becoming More Accountable in How It Gives Out Money
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:21 PM :: 2663 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... How effective were our reform efforts? Well, I am pleased to say that one of the first report cards has just arrived ....
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Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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Liliʻuokalani Took Decisive Action to Stop the Spread of Smallpox
By Selected News Articles @ 11:08 PM :: 2612 Views :: Hawaii History, COVID-19
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... the science behind creating vaccines is not new. It has been around for more than 200 years ....
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Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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VIDEO: Blangiardi shows us why it is useless to argue with antivaxxer fools
By Video @ 4:28 PM :: 2912 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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... Instead of drawing attention to these protesters, political leaders should be out at vaccination sites thanking people for getting vaxxed and highlighting the stories behind their decision to get vaxxed. These stories will convince others to get vaxxed ....
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Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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DoE Enrollment Down 1.7% for 2021-22
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 2439 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Enrollment at Hawaii's public and charter schools for the 2021-22 school year decreased to 171,600 students, compared with enrollment of 174,704 students at the start of last school year — a difference of 1.7% ....
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Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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Two Hawaii Lawyers Appointed to Interior Department
By News Release @ 2:46 AM :: 2563 Views :: DHHL, OHA
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... Summer Lee Haunani Sylva and Keone Nakoa ....
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Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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Must Upload COVID Database to Enter UH Campus
By News Release @ 1:17 AM :: 2203 Views :: Higher Education, COVID-19
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... Unvaccinated UH students and employees are required to upload proof of a negative COVID-19 test to the LumiSight UH app to be on a UH campus or property during the fall 2021 semester ....
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Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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City Releases Draft Right-of-Way Widths for Planned Streets
By News Release @ 12:24 AM :: 2665 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use
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"...to implement Complete Streets which provide equitable access across all modes and for all abilities, including pedestrians, bicycles, cars, trucks, and buses...."
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Wednesday, September 1, 2021 |
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The Danger of Politics
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:01 PM :: 1866 Views :: COVID-19
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... Disinformation continues to flow all over the social media while the unvaccinated are filling hospital beds on ICUs ....
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Wednesday, September 1, 2021 |
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Hawaii Catholic Diocese not giving religious exemptions for COVID vaccines
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 2700 Views :: Religion, COVID-19
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... “Pope Francis has made it clear that being vaccinated can be an act of charity toward the community in order to curtail the spread of the virus.” ....
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