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Wednesday, May 27, 2020 |
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Public Hospitals: Hawaii Spends the Most, Gets Nearly the Least
By Selected News Articles @ 4:43 PM :: 3405 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... Hawaii Ranks 45th for Public Hospital System Quality ....
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020 |
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Debunked: YB Demands $25M COVID Relief on Top of Rate Hike
By News Release @ 4:26 AM :: 6458 Views :: Jones Act, Small Business, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... YB is absorbing operating costs for Saltchuck's unregulated services. This is a standard accounting trick for companies that are partly regulated and partly unregulated ....
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020 |
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COVID Count: Third Day in a Row With No New Cases
By News Release @ 7:07 PM :: 1798 Views :: COVID-19
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...out of 705 tests....
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020 |
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Alaska Is First to Fully Reopen After Pandemic Closures
By Selected News Articles @ 12:28 PM :: 2262 Views :: COVID-19
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...Alaska is a striking contrast to its noncontiguous counterpart Hawaii, which remains mostly locked down....
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Monday, May 25, 2020 |
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COVID Count: Another Day with No New Cases
By News Release @ 8:19 PM :: 2032 Views :: COVID-19
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...no new deaths, no new hospitalizations, one patient released....
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Sunday, May 24, 2020 |
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COVID Count: No new cases, no new hospitalizations, no new deaths
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 2100 Views :: COVID-19
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...and two patients were released today....
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Sunday, May 24, 2020 |
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Auditor Finds Another $483M
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:36 PM :: 3036 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...More than $483 million in excess moneys may be available to be transferred from 57 special and revolving fund accounts to the General Fund without adversely affecting programs....
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Sunday, May 24, 2020 |
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Money Laying Around?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3351 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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...the State Auditor has been busy at work trying to find options for legislators to consider for getting the state budget back on track....
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 |
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COVID Count: One New Case out of 583 Tests
By News Release @ 7:19 PM :: 2025 Views :: COVID-19
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...no new deaths, no new hospitalizations....
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 |
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Which Hawaii Zip Codes Have the Most Unemployed?
By UHERO @ 6:20 PM :: 5676 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Tourism, COVID-19
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...claims are clustered in zip codes where the tourism industry is a particularly important source of employment....
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 |
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HTA Using Spy Program to Watch Tourists
By News Release @ 6:04 PM :: 4765 Views :: Law Enforcement, Tourism, COVID-19
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...It allows all traveler information collected through the current processes to be integrated into its ArcGIS database....
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 |
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DBEDT: Hawaii Economy Will Shrink 12.1% in 2020
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 3739 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Assume visitor industry will start opening in September 2020 and will recover 30 percent of arrivals (from same month in 2019) in September and 45 percent in December 2020....
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 |
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Counties Reopening 'Medium Risk' Businesses
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 2828 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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...approved reopenings for Maui, Kauai, Oahu....
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 |
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Rule by Decree: Two Years Later Ige Still Extending Kauai Flooding Emergency
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 3173 Views :: Kauai County, COVID-19
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...Gov. David Ige issued the 14th supplementary emergency proclamation which extends the emergency relief period for the 2018 Kaua‘i floods. The proclamation was signed on Friday, May 22, 2020....
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 |
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Grassroot: Hawaii's Roadmap to Prosperity
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:40 AM :: 3502 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...proposals regarding how Hawaii can recover and even excel after the state's economically devastating coronavirus lockdown....
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 |
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Nigerian Princes Apply for Hawaii Unemployment
By News Release @ 12:19 AM :: 16548 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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...as of Sunday, May 17, Hawaii became Scattered Canary’s latest unemployment fraud victim....
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Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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26 States Will Protect Businesses from COVID-19-Related Unemployment Tax Hikes--Hawaii isn't one of them
By Tax Foundation @ 11:44 PM :: 4834 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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...One way policymakers can help expedite their state’s economic recovery is by protecting employers from facing higher UI tax rates at a time when they can least afford to pay them....
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Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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6 in 10 Hawaiʻi adults now live in a household in which at least one person has lost income
By News Release @ 11:32 PM :: 3086 Views :: Economy, Labor, COVID-19
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...According to the United States Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey, released on May 20....
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Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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COVID-19 Proves Hawai’i Central Planners Got it All Wrong
By Mary Smart @ 10:38 PM :: 3625 Views :: Land Use, Rail, COVID-19
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...Hawai’i central planners should reevaluate their push to implement more and more projects, such as TOD, mass transit, and shared vehicles, which contribute to the spread of disease....
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Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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COVID Count: No New Cases out of 559 Tests
By News Release @ 7:17 PM :: 1813 Views :: COVID-19
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...six released, one hospitalized, no new deaths....
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Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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Hawaii Now 3rd Highest Unemployment in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:52 PM :: 4126 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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...only Nevada and Michigan are higher....
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Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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Pandemic no excuse for government hostility to sunshine laws
By Selected News Articles @ 3:36 PM :: 4371 Views :: Maui County, First Amendment, COVID-19
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..."This time of emergency does not justify government secrecy. The Resort is certainly not entitled to have their permits fast-tracked behind closed doors while public gatherings are banned and also excluding the press."....
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Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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Why Honolulu Rail Should be Torn Down Now
By Video @ 3:26 PM :: 3581 Views :: Rail, COVID-19
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...They Never Saw It Coming....
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Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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Final Public Health Recovery Task Force Report
By News Release @ 5:46 AM :: 2562 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...report by the Hawaiʻi COVID-19 Public Health Recovery Task Force on reopening our economy....
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Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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Legislature Passes $1B Stop-gap Budget Cuts, Adjourns
By News Release @ 5:41 AM :: 2651 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...Bills passed during the past two weeks include....
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Thursday, May 21, 2020 |
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COVID Count: Four New Cases out of 669 Tests
By News Release @ 8:12 PM :: 1847 Views :: COVID-19
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...one new hospitalization....
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Thursday, May 21, 2020 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Jumps to 22.3% in April
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 3158 Views :: Economy, Labor, COVID-19
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...Jobs declined by 121,800 over-the-month....
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Thursday, May 21, 2020 |
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Got Medicare? Get a no-cost test for COVID-19
By News Release @ 12:39 AM :: 2147 Views :: COVID-19
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...Medicare covers tests with no out-of-pocket costs. Medicare does not require a doctor’s order for you to get tested....
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Thursday, May 21, 2020 |
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FAA OKs Testing of Tourists
By Rep Gene Ward @ 12:23 AM :: 3474 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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...“Promises quicker and safer opening of our economy”....
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020 |
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COVID Count: Two New Cases out of 819 Tests
By News Release @ 7:24 PM :: 1849 Views :: COVID-19
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...no new deaths, no new hospitalizations....
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020 |
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Honolulu Sewage Being Tested for Corona Virus
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 2555 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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... Sampling wastewater is experimental but can provide broad testing results to indicate COVID-19 prevalence ....
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020 |
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Travel-Related Unemployment Hits 51% Just Ahead of Memorial Day
By News Release @ 8:04 AM :: 3578 Views :: Economy, Labor, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Double Nat'l Unemployment at Height of Great Depression....
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020 |
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UH, DOH working on plan to test out-of-state students for COVID-19
By News Release @ 3:09 AM :: 3094 Views :: Higher Education, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Protocols for testing, along contact tracing and quarantine as needed, are key components in UHʻs plans to resume in-person instruction at UH....
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020 |
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Roll back government to revive Hawaii’s economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:30 AM :: 2583 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... like the business closures, curfews, checkpoints and drones ....
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020 |
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COVID: City, UH, Labs Team up to Test 100,000 on Oahu
By News Release @ 1:26 AM :: 3135 Views :: Honolulu County, Higher Education, COVID-19
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...TMC Lab will collaborate with Community Health Centers across Oʻahu and provide capacity to perform up to 50,000 COVID-19 tests and 49,000 antibody tests through the end of 2020....
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020 |
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COVID Count: One New Case out of 641 Tests
By News Release @ 7:19 PM :: 1812 Views :: COVID-19
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...A total of 41,205 individuals have been tested in the state....
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020 |
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COVID: Hawaii 6th Most Restrictive State
By Selected News Articles @ 4:49 PM :: 2320 Views :: COVID-19
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...two weeks ago Hawaii was the most restrictive state....
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020 |
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Health Department Orders Shutdown of Free Meal Service
By News Release @ 5:33 AM :: 2808 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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...Malama Meals has provided nearly 350,000 free meals to individuals impacted by the Coronavirus Crisis....
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020 |
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House Passes Bills to Allocate CARES Funds--Keeps $635M for a 'Rainy Day'
By News Release @ 4:23 AM :: 2597 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...The House also passed SB 3139 SD1 HD1 to transfer the remaining $635 million of the CARES Act money into the State’s Emergency Budget Reserve or “rainy day” fund to hold until decision can be made in June how to best use the funds....
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Monday, May 18, 2020 |
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Ige Extends Quarantine, Releases Recovery Plan
By News Release @ 9:22 PM :: 3112 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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...According to the plan – the state will start to gradually re-open medium-risk businesses and operations beginning in June – assuming the state’s COVID-19 activity remains manageable....
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Monday, May 18, 2020 |
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COVID Count: Another Day with No New Cases
By News Release @ 6:31 PM :: 1835 Views :: COVID-19
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...no new hospitalizations, no new deaths....
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Monday, May 18, 2020 |
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McDermott: Reopen With 100% COVID Testing for Arrivals
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 2:46 PM :: 2902 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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...Fully one-third of our economy has evaporated. We need to rectify this, at least partially, immediately....
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Sunday, May 17, 2020 |
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COVID Count: One New Case out of 369 Tests
By News Release @ 7:33 PM :: 1933 Views :: COVID-19
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... no new deaths, no new hospitalizations ....
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Sunday, May 17, 2020 |
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Government in the Darkness
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2634 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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... In the Seventh Supplemental Proclamation on May 6, the Administration backed off a bit ....
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Sunday, May 17, 2020 |
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Hawaii Wastes Thousands of COVID Testing Opportunities Every Day
By Andrew Walden @ 12:13 AM :: 6909 Views :: Economy, Health Care, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Hawaii has a 5,000 test per day capacity, yet access to testing is restricted and day after day only a few hundred tests are performed....
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Saturday, May 16, 2020 |
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Could Hawaii go bankrupt?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:39 PM :: 6072 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...Hawaii’s economy has tanked and local tax revenues are plummeting, leaving the state and counties in danger of going bankrupt — starting with the state's public pension and health-benefits systems....
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