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Friday, May 15, 2020 May 15, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 3160 Views Schatz: State Needs to Stop Dragging Feet on Mass Testing CMS: Nursing Homes Should Screen for COVID  VIDEO: Three DOCARE Cops Wrestle Beachgoer to Ground Honolulu Reopens Churches, Athletic Fields COVID Count: No New Cases Today Hawaii 3rd-Highest Share of Workforce Filing for Unemployment HB117: Legislators Defer Raises for a Year Powerful stories highlight need to lift lockdown Fraudulent International Ship Registration Scandals hit Pacific Islands Caldwell says police can’t ‘babysit’ quarantined travelers, calls on state to improve ‘insane’ system       Major General Hara expresses concern about maintaining good relations with tourists Tourism Policy Should be Modeled on War on Drugs PPP Now Funds 170,000 positions in Hawaii Thielen, Kahele: Why No Direct Grants to Unemployed in State Budget? Applications for food stamps spike Lockdown Kills Too Hawaii auto sales plummet Maui Hospital down to 1 COVID-19 patient On front lines of COVID-19 battle, nurses also find themselves fighting stigma Catholics Left out of Religious Reopening Best Locations For The NBA To Resume The Season #13 Hawaii Audit: Bloated HECO Wastes $46M a Year Man allegedly busted with defaced gun, meth, released Read More..

Thursday, May 14, 2020 May 14, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 2962 Views Useless: Screeners Let Feverish COVID-Positive Passenger Enter Hawaii, Infect Family Two Months Late: UH and DOH Partner for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Training Program COVID Borrow and Spend Plan will Burden Taxpayers for Years to Come DLNR COVID Plan: Expand Hunting to Feed the People Rep Case to FAA: Allow Hawaii to Require COVID Testing to Board Airplane To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Individual Income Taxes? HIDOE closing out 2019-20 school year Feeding Molokai - Malama Meals Brings Hope Amidst Coronavirus DoH Bungling Allows COVID Cluster at Kalihi Valley Public Housing Hawaii futility and absurdity are the norms Did False Positive Shut Down Legislative Session? Kauai: Nearly 500 cited for breaking rules People struggling, and need help fast Public officials cite virus while limiting access to records DLIR has not begun processing PUA Payments Yet Poll: Majority believes Hawaii is moving in right direction against COVID-19 Fed re-open cycles would have cleared Hawaii twice -- as color-coded Hawaii plan with no timeline stays under wraps This Federal Bailout Is Bringing A Lot More Money To Hawaii Than The Last One In 2008 How Honolulu Will Spend $487 Million In Federal Funds Stopgaps and Creative Financing: Trimmed Budget Ready For Final Senate Vote Kauai Mayor proposes $33.6 million CIP budget Despite policy pronouncements, whether universities will reopen this year is an open question Pedestrian death count down nearly 50% in Hawaii Gary Hooser Toys With Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracy Theories Read More..

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 May 13, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 3342 Views Forcing United Public Workers to Enter New Era Executive Pay Hikes on Senate WAM Agenda Wednesday We can’t turn back the clock, and for some policies we don’t want to COVID Count: Only one new case out of 433 tests COVID Count: 3 new cases out of 391 tests States with the Most Vulnerable Populations to Coronavirus--Hawaii 33rd Petitioner Needs Counsel For Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Due Process Case Will Bankrupt Sandwich Isles Provide Sufficient Service to DHHL? Survey: Hawaii Solar installers slowed by COVID-19 CARES Money: Honolulu to Give $10K to Small Businesses Legislators Grab CARES Funds Earmarked for Unemployment to Pay HGEA, UPW—Businesses will be taxed to fund illegal scheme Suicide uptick raises concern COVID Blows $100M Hole in Rail Budget—Launch Date Postponed Rate Commission moves out massive Bus fare hikes due to Rail Opening Legislators Raid Aloha Stadium Project for $20M Honolulu Budget Down 6%—State Losing 12% PGV reboot delayed waiting for PUC to Approve Rebuild of Transmission Lines Child Abuse Reports Down During COVID Doctors worry people are avoiding hospitals despite serious medical needs Plastic Shield for Bus Drivers May Take All Year Harry Kim to Reopen Restaurants ‘Maybe Later this Month’ With Quick Testing, Tourism Could Reopen in Late June Report: Vacation Rentals Down 15% in March State aims to work with University of Hawaii to train contact tracers Corporation counsel responds to ACLU letter criticizing county’s decision to remove homeless camp Read More..

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 May 12, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:41 PM :: 4395 Views VIDEO: Keli'i Akina Urges Gov. Ige to Continue to Reopen Economy in Balanced Way  Legislature must rein in state budget COVID Count: Two New Cases Michaels Organization Mismanages Affordable Housing Project DHHL, Aloha United Way Launch Beneficiary Rental Relief Program HECO Selects 16 Solar Battery Projects--Keeps Locations Secret Big Island, Kauai are Completely COVID-Free  Hawaii COVID-19 incident commander says ‘rioting’ a possibility if economy not restored Legislators: Raid Unemployment Funds to Avoid any cuts to Public Employees Which Grant-in-Aid Requests will be Accepted? Legislative Money Raid Pots of Money to Protect Public Employees from Slightest Suffering As ER Volumes Drop, Hawaii Doctors Worry People Are Delaying Care Hilo hospital eyes testing for all admissions HGEA Obstruction of Tech Upgrades Costing State Millions of Federal Dollars ‘Clerical error’ overstated state’s coronavirus-related budget shortfall — but by how much?   Lt. Gov. eyes May 25 for ‘medium risk businesses’ to reopen   Maui Malls: A Mixed Reopening Hawaii Pacific Health CEO: Need to Reopen Economy Six More visitors sent home; 1 arrest over weekend Read More..

Monday, May 11, 2020 May 11, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 2207 Views 2020 Hawaii: How Safe is Your Hospital? DoE and DHS: Auditor Finds Significant Deficiencies Ethics: UPW Member Fined for Stealing Sand from DoT Base Yard Best States to Be a Police Officer -- Hawaii 13th Legislature’s Plan includes Pay Hikes for Public Employees COVID Plan is an Empire-Builder for DoT—114 New Positions Testing key to public health and future prosperity Will the Depression Kill More People than COVID? State House committee looks at when, how to reopen economy at Monday meeting Kauai Budget Cut Only $10M 31.5% Property Tax Hike to Help Hawaii County Public Employees Avoid the Slightest Discomfort Hawaii mothers say distance learning is failing their special needs children North Shore Residents Prefer COVID to Crowds State’s 14-day quarantine has loopholes Maunakea observatories prepare to reopen Clouds on real estate horizon Criminal Tries to Run Down Cop, Gets Probation, Steals a Rifle Gets Probation again, Absconds from Drug Treatment Gets Another Another Chance Did Homeland Security Blow Case Against Not-a-Pimp McCoy? Read More..

Sunday, May 10, 2020 May 10, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:54 PM :: 4417 Views Crossing the Rubicon Into Tax Suspension ‘Multiplier effect’ is poor justification for increased government spending Looking for $1.5B? Auditor Provides Handy List of GE Tax Hikes and Special Funds to Raid COVID Count: One New Case out of 706 Tests Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 9, 2020 Hawaii Legislators Should Cancel Their 10% Pay Hike How Kids of Insiders Became Big Players In Virus Response Luxe Condo Associations Snag COVID Aid Money Roberts takes over ‘Socially Distant’ Hawaii County Bus System Maui Council Has Figured Out How To Do Virtual Meetings With Live Public Testimony People filing jobless claims know how to fix the system Help hard-hit tourism workers with safe reopening of industry MMA Fighter Got Probation for brutal assault on Japanese tourists—Now Wanted for Violation   Some inmates seeking release are accused of violent acts Prison population plummets as COVID becomes the Excuse to Release Lots and Lots of Criminals With Feds in Town, Prosecutor Suddenly Successful Against Massage Parlors ‘Free’ Food Giveaways Cost $50 per Bag of Groceries Read More..

Saturday, May 9, 2020 May 9, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 3649 Views OHA to Ige: Bypass Legislature and Give Us $21,287,134 Not done yet with 'Let Hawaii Work' petition Letter to Governor to Open Up Small Business and Interisland Air Travel OHA COVID Agenda: Lets Give More Millions to CNHA Honolulu $90M grant money from the Federal Transit Administration 306 Candidates File for Election How Solvent is Hawaii Unemployment Trust Fund? COVID Count: 3 New Cases, 3 Released MMA star accuses Punahou School of retaliation after sex abuse lawsuit Tax collections tank as Hawaii lawmakers plan budget fixes to protect public workers from the slightest sacrifice $2.1B CIP Blowout, Public Employees will still get Pay Hike, ERS to be Raided, Mental Health Gutted After Diamond Head Attack Hotels Agree to Trap Quarantine Breakers Outside Their Rooms Caldwell and healthcare workers say DOH taking risks by not training more contact tracers Nearly 18,000 gig workers in limbo as state works to bring PUA platform online Cellphone spy data: Hawaii residents better than others at staying home during pandemic Kauai electricity use Down 16% Kauai: 100 Protest Lockdown Several Hawaii inmates released during coronavirus pandemic rearrested for new crimes Maui Co managing director charter proposal set for November ballot Read More..

Friday, May 8, 2020 May 8, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 4791 Views Hawaii reports no new COVID-19 cases for the first time in 8 weeks Hawaii Womens' Commission 'Could be Easily Dismissed' ... but New Hawaii Unemployment Claims Still Running 1338% Above Last Year Hawaii Grade 'F' for Health Care Price Transparency Laws Tourism Industry Collapse ‘A Horror Show That is Just Beginning’ New Quarantine Form Designed to Set Tourists up for Prosecution The First Signs of Travel’s Return? Lawyer connected to Katherine Kealoha arrested for Allegedly Stealing Car, Selling Meth Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Kealohas Stuck In Limbo It’s time to reevaluate Hawaii inmate releases Punahou: Several Staff Placed on Leave over Child Molestation Suit CARES?  Hawaii County Grabs $250K to ‘Administer’ $1.25M Unemployment Update: 141,077 Claims Processed, Additional 84,500 Under Review Lawmaker proposes using Hawaii’s federal stimulus aid to rush payments to laid off workers Schools Chief: Use Federal Bailout Money To Avoid Teacher Pay Cuts (even though they are doing nothing) DOE pilot program to deliver free meals to families at home Former Meadow Gold owner explains why money was deposited, then withdrawn from employee accounts Hawaii’s Only Refinery Production Drops 18,000 Barrels Per Day Molokai Solar-Battery Scheme: Sue MECO to Force $0.18/kwh Project Read More..

Thursday, May 7, 2020 May 7, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:29 PM :: 3203 Views Could Hawaii go bankrupt? A new Hawaii Jones Act poll released Caldwell, Victorino Allow retail establishments to re-open  COVID Count: 3 New Cases, 7 Released Hawaii Lawmakers Will Go Back To Work Monday, Looking To Cut $1 Billion From The Budget  Ige Backs Off His Suspension Of State Open Government Laws Hawaii Tourism Industry Pushing for Testing as Alternative to Quarantine Default, Bankruptcy Coming for Hawaii Hotels? More dark financial clouds surround Honolulu’s rail project Another 4,000 People Line up for Free Food Clock ticks on companies’ survival To ease burden on system, state asks laid off workers to file certifications only on certain days Honolulu Police Commission allows public viewing—but only at HPD HQ Maui County sets Monday for reopening its shopping malls, retail operations On beach closures, the governor and lieutenant governor aren’t on the same page Mayor Caldwell announces plan to allow for deferral of Oahu property taxes Young Brothers predicts $11M loss due to Covid-19 Most Hawaii industrial landlords collected 84% of rents during Covid shutdown Soft-on-Crime Activists Still Trying to Sell ‘COVID in Prison’ Scare Stories After Bumfight Stabbing, City Moves to Sweep Iwilei Read More..

Wednesday, May 6, 2020 May 6, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:12 PM :: 2541 Views State Supreme Court: Victims of Homeless Criminals May Sue Those Who Enable Homelessness COVID Wipes Out 69% of Jobs on Maui Ige Announces First Round of Business Re-Openings List of State Parks Reopening COVID Count: One New Case, 7 Released Star-Adv: How to Test Tourists for COVID State says retailers on Oahu, Maui won’t be allowed to reopen this week as governor announced (Ooops!) Kauai Cancels Curfew, Reopens Malls, Elective Medical Procedures COVID: The Treatment is Worse than the Disease Hooser: COVID is great. This is Utopia. Health experts say it’s too soon to reopen Malls How An Antiquated IT System Failed Thousands Of Hawaii’s Unemployed Kim releases revised $585M budget—$14M Property Tax Hike Grubbing for CIP Funds, Homelessness Industry Announces Plan to Expand Homelessness in Hawaii This Summer Hawaiian Airlines reports $144M loss in first quarter, warns more economic pain ahead Coronavirus puts strain on Hawaii Electric Industries earnings Matson profit, revenue drop amid stormy seas of coronavirus pandemic Honolulu Council Can Meet By Video, But Not The Public Workers are shocked after money Meadow Gold promised to pay is deposited, then withdrawn from their accounts Read More..

Tuesday, May 5, 2020 May 5, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:45 PM :: 4081 Views Corona Virus: Hawaii Most Restrictive State How FDA and CDC aided coronavirus meltdown Oahu Storm Water Utility to hold virtual community meetings COVID-19: Developing Economic Recovery Scenarios for Hawaii Supreme Livestream: Maui Water Rights Case UH Plans Return to Classroom August 24 COVID Count: 1,169 Tests Reveal 4 New Cases Black Sand CEO Was Charged With Assault. Then The Case Languished For A Year Ige reopens Malls, Nonprofits and Telescopes in Hawaii Best Case: Hawaii Economy Down 25%—Double Digit Unemployment for Rest of Year Hawaii tourism leaders urge state recovery plan Head of State Emergency Response Says Health Department Dragging Feet On Expanding Contact Tracing Just Days After COVID Jail Release, Suspect Allegedly Murders Homeless Dude COVID Keeps Alleged Two Time Baby-Killer Free Prosecutors say dangerous offenders are being released to free up space in Hawaii correctional facilities Restore access to public meetings Government transparency critical at all times Hawaii among states with few coronavirus cases to get big share of relief aid The Long Wait For Unemployment Checks Is Taking A Personal Toll Unemployment is Sweet $1248 a week—Don’t Wanna go back to work and get paid less National Guard, Kauai police intercept plane with two people trying to sneak in Hawaii County seeks site in Kona for Plywood SRO homeless housing units ACLU Lawyers Harass Hawaii County for Annoying Homeless Drug Addicts Read More..

Monday, May 4, 2020 May 4, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 2348 Views VIDEO: Is Hawaii taxing healthcare to death? Why Did Gov. Ige Lock Hawaii Down Till May 31? Hawaii 3rd Worst State for Nurses  COVID Count: Another day with only one new case Bill 40: City Council to Save Construction Industry from Crooked Union PLA Requirement? Economic Downturn Could Hit Public Pension Funds Hard Queen’s Medical Center takes down coronavirus triage tent as Hawaii’s infection rate remains low As financial pain grows, Hawaii’s ‘nonessential’ retailers await OK to reopen As new coronavirus cases dwindle, the state looks at a ‘phase-in’ approach to reopening Carnival to resume cruises in summer when coronavirus order ends, but not from Hawaii With virus under control, Australia and New Zealand may form a travel ‘bubble’ 50,000 QUEST beneficiaries to be forced to change their insurance plans? Jail population in Wailuku drops below 300 with inmate releases HGEA Members Playing Solitaire on their Wang Computers are the Key to Economic recovery Read More..

Sunday, May 3, 2020 May 3, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:10 PM :: 3448 Views Do Our Laws Still Apply? Keli'i Akina Calls for Balanced Approach to Re-opening the Economy COVID Count: 1,825 tests uncover 2 new cases OHA Insiders’ COVID Plan: “Push Money to Us” DoT Preps Thermal Scanning for Airports Burglars and Killers among 37% of Prison Population Released for COVID Contract Tracing Devolves into Bureaucratic Turf Battle, Squabble over Funding Slow-footed governor leaves Hawaii’s unemployed hanging Amid much talk of new normal, expect much to stay the same Hawaii can’t be world’s safest place with Homeless Tent Cities Everywhere Several Mainland Homeless Arrive at Airport as Senators Watch—Only One Deported Bumfight: One Homeless Dude Kills Another Hawaii couple that contracted COVID-19 recounts harrowing and frustrating battle against the disease — and red tape Waikiki bartender awake in hospital, tests negative for COVID-19 after 6-week battle DOH apologizes for director’s mention that Kona McDonalds Patients are Marshallese Layoffs and Cutbacks at Hawaii Newspapers Hawaii County Mayor: Mitch Roth Leads Fund Race Mary Day Disappearance: Another Hawaii Child Welfare Failure Global Warmers: Seawalls Will not Save Hawaii from Sea Level rise Read More..

Saturday, May 2, 2020 May 2, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:43 PM :: 3074 Views A Low-Risk Plan to Re-Start Hawaii Tourism Now Police Arrest 3 Ticket 20 at 'Reopen Hawaii' Protest OHA Trustee Keli‘i Akina Raises $100K+ Toward Re-Election 291 Candidates File for Election Hawaii COVID Count: 861 tests uncover only 1 new case, 6 released COVID Count: 920 Tests Reveal Only One New Case Justice Department Approves Sale of Dairy Producer Amid Antitrust Concerns Court Orders FAA Clampdown on Helicopter Tours over National Parks Hawaii Unemployment Claims Jump 2785% Kauai: 56% of Households have Lost a Job Child Molestation Suits Raise Question About DoE Hiring Practices A sign of the times: Food distribution sites slammed with long lines Phased Reopening Plan to be Announced Soon? Airline CEO thinks Hawaii is poised for a major tourism boom after the pandemic Jobless filing a source of stress, frustration, long wait for checks Nothing Screams ‘Aloha’ Like An Ankle Monitor Kauai resident finishes 14-day quarantine without being checked on COVID Death Rate not what it Seems 1,400 Sign up for Antibody Testing at HPH 15-Minute COVID Test -- DOH distributes rapid test equipment to all Counties If you’re flying Hawaiian Airlines, you’ll need a face mask going forward Farmers react to Young Brothers shipping schedule change Caldwell wants four-day work week for city workers, but could take several months to implement Let’s Stop Calling Them Leaders Read More..

Friday, May 1, 2020 May 1, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:46 PM :: 2861 Views Petition: 'Let Hawaii Work!' Cellphone Tracking Data Reveals Which Hawaii Counties are Best at 'Social Distancing' Newlyweds Arrested for Quarantine Violation Ige to step back from blanket suspension of open meetings law 4,400 people wait in line for hours for food on Oahu 811 Criminals Set Loose to Roam Streets—COVID is Excuse this time Criminal Released for COVID is Arrested for Carjacking DLIR Won’t Process Self-Employed Checks Anytime Soon A&B: 89% of Restaurants Did Not Pay April Rent Senators: Quarantine Not Working Plans in the works to market Hawaii as the ‘safest place in the world’ Maui Council Votes 2% Raise for Top Managers, Cuts Property Taxes—But not as much as Mayor Wanted—TVRs Soaked Hawaii County Officials mull extra property tax on second homes to shore up county budget Nishihara Patient Zero? ‘I had COVID Before I Went to Vegas’ Hawaii Lawmakers Have no Plan for Returning to Legislative Session Information Lockdown At Hawaii Labor Department Stymies Coronavirus Stories Car Dealers Excited to Reopen Despite pandemic, Big Island real estate market fairly stable DoE to Establish Classrooms in Homeless Tweeker Camps?         Challenges to Hawai`i Renewable Energy Projects Read More..

Thursday, April 30, 2020 April 30, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 4063 Views City to reopen certain businesses with limitations on May 1 VIDEO: Police Ticket 'Reopen Hawaii' Protesters Mālama Meals - Bringing Hope Amidst the Coronavirus Crisis Hawaii’s Successful Experience With Weighted-Student Formula Has Improved Funding Equity Can Hawai‘i Rise from the Ashes of COVID-19 as a Smart Destination? RIMPAC to be Held Entirely at Sea Department of Human Services Big Island Hospitals Re-open Elective Surgeries, Outpatient Services March Tourist Arrivals Down 50% Hawaii COVID Count: 539 Tests Uncover 5 New Cases, 10 Released Caldwell Admin Official Sued for Child Molestation Alleged Child Molester Hired by DoE, Taught Second Grade Ige Reopens Realtors, Car Dealers, Professional Services Hawaii Officials Mull Further Restrictions On Tourists, But Data Show Most Virus Cases Are Residents Kauai Curfew and County-Organized Homeless Tent Cities Still in Effect 60% of Unemployment Claims Not Yet Acted on DLIR Finally Ready for Self-Employed to Apply for Unemployment Dental and eye care offices plan to open-up appointments slowly Aussies Already Planning Hawaii Vacations Another 35-MW wind farm is proposed in Ulupalakua ​Telemedicine: Abortion by Mail in Hawaii Read More..

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 April 29, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:35 PM :: 2929 Views Hawaii ERS headed for disaster if economy keeps heading south Contact Tracing: Hawaii Falls Far Short Even After Expansion USS Kidd Arrives in San Diego to Treat COVID-19 Outbreak; First Cases Emerged More than A Month After Hawaii Port Visit Wall Street Journal Denounces Maui Liquor Commission Captain’s Ouster From Virus-Plagued Navy Ship Faces Full Probe COVID Count: 1,180 Tests reveal 4 new cases, 11 released Maui Council to Hike Property Taxes, Boost Pay for ‘High Level Attorneys' COVID-19 Monitoring Could Turn Hawaii Into A Tourist ‘Prison Camp,’ Critics Say Caldwell eyes May 1st for possible reopening of low-risk businesses   ‘By mid-month we could see some significant changes,’ LG Green on slowly re-opening the state Coronavirus antibody tests will start Thursday in Hawaii Public In The Dark as HART Board Approves Another $40M in Change Orders An optimistic film industry prepares for the day productions can resume in Hawaii Ward Village stores form Hui, ask landlord for price break Kauai hasn’t seen a new COVID-19 diagnosis in 15 days. Now, they’re reporting no active cases Kim eyes reopening some businesses as long as safety measures are in place Kokua Kalihi Valley among Oahu clinics demanding access to COVID-19 testing Hawaii Labs Improve COVID-19 Testing Turnaround Times Some Adult Care Homes Want Inspections Halted—COVID is their latest Excuse Kauai Homeless Tent City Festers Under Bridge Mainland Criminal Flies to Hawaii, gets Deported Baltimore Consulting Firm Relocates Entire Staff to Hawaii, Violates  Quarantine Read More..

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 April 28, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:01 PM :: 6532 Views Memo: U.S. Attorneys to be on ‘Lookout’ for Civil Liberties Violations Amidst Coronavirus Crisis VIDEO: Police Ticket Mayoral Candidate for Videotaping Ala Moana Trees Being Cut Down Reopen Hawaii--Rally Set for Capitol Friday May 1 COVID Economics: Who Suffers Most? COVID Count -- 2 Deaths -- 1 New Case -- 5 Recover COVID Count: 2 new cases, 12 released Kahuku Windfarm Case Appealed to Supreme Court Lyon Connection? Micronesia Acts Against Fake Shipping Registry City to Open Second Homeless Tent City Hawaiian Electric preparing new phase of community solar Punahou Board Member Resigns over Child Molestation Allegations Economist predicts parts of state’s economy could soon reopen Less than one-third of Hawaii’s unemployment claims have been paid since March 1 Honolulu Police Commission to hold second secret meeting Squeaky Wheel Political Quarantine: Governor changes his mind on flower deliveries (No science here) Maui Business Leaders Push To Join Western States Pact, Ige Demurs Closure of mainland processing plants raises some concern among local cattle ranchers Hawaii in line for close to $7 billion in federal assistance, Rep. Ed Case says HECO Companies Bad Debt Is Rising -- Utilities Seek Deferred Accounting for COVID-19 Expenses Lawsuit: Hawaiian Airlines fraud on Corona Refunds City resumes homeless sweeps, citing concerns about infection risk Read More..

Monday, April 27, 2020 April 27, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:19 PM :: 3645 Views Is Hawaii taxing healthcare to death? Harry Kim Pulls Papers to Run for Reelection Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 25, 2020 DoT Outlines New Verification Process for Airline Passengers Lahaina Injection Wells: Ad hoc rules and non-exhaustive lists of "factors" COVID Risk: Hawaii #1 State for Multi-Generational Homes Why Does Brian Schatz Want to Save Iran's Theocracy? ‘Insider Trading’ Wrecks Meadow Gold Sale? Homeless Camp Blocks COVID Testing Team Immigrants And Others Struggle Applying For Hawaii Jobless Benefits New management structure for Maunakea proposed Public participation critical for real property tax rates, FY 2021 budget Council members push programs to help beleaguered businesses Another Child Welfare Fail -- Former foster kids sue parents and state over abuses Read More..

Sunday, April 26, 2020 April 26, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 2456 Views Can the Governor Raise Taxes Now? How to kill civic trust Ige extends stay-at-home order through May 31—Limits Mayors Authority  COVID Count: 519 Tested, 2 New Cases, 6 Released Some fear liberties will be lost in Hawaii’s COVID-19 pandemic orders State Supreme Court: Release More Criminals from Jail Credit-rating agencies lower Hawaii’s debt outlook to ‘negative’ Star-Adv: As long as COVID-19 cases tamped, strategic phased reopening in Hawaii makes sense UHPA: Re-Start Academic Research Oahu’s mayoral race and rail problems obscured by coronavirus crisis Covid-19 Financial Impacts -- HECO, MECO & HELCO Despite pandemic, some protesters continue camping on Maunakea Tulsi Gabbard is Back Read More..

Saturday, April 25, 2020 April 25, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:03 PM :: 2132 Views Democracy in peril: Upholding government transparency during a crisis A 50-State Visual Guide to Unemployment Benefit Claims 275 Candidates File for Election Partnership to provide meals to the newly unemployed COVID Count: 3 new cases, 19 released Bill 41 Property Tax Relief for Businesses? Kauai Council eyes reducing current budget Covid impact on Hawaii home sales will be more severe next month Hawaii Paid $68 Million In Unemployment Claims This Week Hawaii lawmakers are advised to prepare for more cases of COVID-19 State attorney general tells Hawaii Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 that 14-day visitor quarantine may last With donations, nonprofit puts homeless families up in Waikiki hotels Young Brothers requests to scale back service to Maui, Hawaii counties Coronavirus outbreak strikes another U.S. Navy ship after Pearl Harbor Port Call About 100 victims come forward with new claims of sex abuse Aquarium trade releases final EIS for reopening West Hawaii fishery The Trash That Fuels Oahu’s Power Plant Is Vanishing As Fast As The Tourists Read More..

Friday, April 24, 2020 April 24, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 3501 Views COVID Testing: DLS Lab Corrects Caldwell Admin COVID Count: 2 deaths, 5 new cases, 8 released KIUC Reports 56% Renewable Generation for 2019 Chinky Mahoe Sued for Child Molestation Friday is Deadline for Child Molestation Lawsuits Self-Employed Gig Workers Unemployment Checks Must Wait for DLIR to Build New Computer System Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell outlines plan to reopen Hawaii businesses How to rescue Maui from the coronavirus recession Caldwell: Use Kauai as Guinea Pig for COVID Tourism   25% of Hawaii’s COVID-19 patients who are 60 and over have been hospitalized Visitor: I was Here for Two Weeks, took Four Flights to three islands—nobody checked on me More than 3,500 visitors have come to Hawaii since quarantine began Hawaiian Airlines Got $654 Million From Feds Homeless Tent City Expands Read More..

Thursday, April 23, 2020 April 23, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:09 PM :: 3555 Views New management structure for Maunakea proposed to regents How Many DoE Students are Receiving Consistent Education? -- Congressional Delegation Demands Answers Planet of the Humans: Michael Moore Debunks Hawaii's Clean Energy Initiative Maui Injection Wells: Supreme Court Overturns 9th Circuit, Creates New Test Planes, trains and automobiles — but not ships COVID Count Apr 22: 6 New Cases, 7 Released COVID Count Apr 23: 4 New Cases, 11 Released States with the Biggest Increases in Unemployment Due to COVID-19 Another Maui COVID Coverup: Three Cases, 65 Exposed at Merriman’s Restaurant ‘What Was It All For?’: Divide Grows Over Hawaii’s Lockdown Caldwell to Reopen Car Dealers, Realtors Kauai to Reopen May 3? For those awaiting elective surgeries, physical pain & the unknown of when surgeries will resume is unbearable Senators say plan needed as airlines resume flying to Hawaii No Surprise: DoH Against City Purchase of 10,000 Test Kits DoH Accused of COVID Cluster Coverup Tourists Leave Address Blank to Fake Quarantine 1980s Computers Slow Unemployment Backlog Contact tracers follow-up positive COVID-19 cases in Hawaii Antibody tests show COVID-19 was in Hawaii before first positive test Sunshine: Kauai Council Rushing Housing Density Law under Quarantine? Three Hawai`i Solar Projects Test The Legal Limits Will There Be “Vote Buying”? Mauna Kea: Hawaii Co Council votes to accept $5.3 million for police overtime MMA star Macfarlane among women suing Punahou, former basketball coach for sex abuse Why Go Away to College if it is Going to Be Online-Only? Read More..

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 April 22, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 PM :: 3859 Views A Low-Risk Plan to Re-Start Hawaii’s Economy Now UHERO: Hawaii Needs Free Money from the Sky to Support Local Economy COVID-19 Relief Options Approved by Hawaiian Homes Commission Hawaii Air Quality Cleanest in the Nation Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion Hawaii’s Virus Response: ‘Medieval Frankenstein’ Sidelined Japan: Travelers Get COVID Test at Airport—Result within Hours 100% Tested Tourists Key to Reopening Hawaiian Airlines Cuts More Flights Public worker union urges Ige to borrow $4B to pay them to sit at home Unions Exploit Maui Memorial COVID Cluster Lawmakers pretend to look to diversify Hawaii’s economy away from tourism Gabbard Spending a Lot of Time Trying to Reconnect with Her Constituents … Hmmmmm Mayor Kim Mandates Face Masks in All Stores Contradictory, Changing COVID Orders Confuse Public Read More..

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 April 21, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:51 PM :: 7494 Views Hawaii is State Slowing Down the Most During the COVID-19 Pandemic Kahuku Mother Sues Board of Education over Secret, Closed-Door Meeting and Vote Global Warmers Feeling Forgotten: Civil Beat Agrees to Help COVID Count -- 2 Deaths -- 2 New Cases -- 14 Recover Prisoners ARE being released from jail because of pandemic --- One of them is now charged with sex assault One Note Band: DoH Focus on Discouraging use of Antibody Tests Beach Ban: All Sister Isle Mayors have questions—Caldwell Reopens Parks ‘for Exercise’ COVID: What Cost? Hawaii unemployment fund could run out in 3 weeks, state could seek federal loan HMSA Exec in Control of Plan  -- Gradual Lifting of Hawaii’s economy from coronavirus shutdown to start within a month Congressional delegation wants effective school plan from DOE HPD Writes 2,800 Tickets for Emergency Order Violations Maui Liquor Comm. Harasses Local Distillery over Hand Sanitizer Giveaway During COVID, Solar Schemers Grab for Megabux Hawaii farmers may shut down due to hardships Homeless COVID Center was all Fake Tulsi Gabbard Has More Than $640,000 In Presidential Cash Read More..

Monday, April 20, 2020 April 20, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 4534 Views COVID Count: Only 4 New Cases Antibody Tests Reveal 4.1% of Los Angeles Adults have had Corona Virus Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Work at Home Hawaiian Electric Releases 2019-2020 Sustainability Report Budgets Can Be Cut 20% Without Salary Reductions—If Decisions are not made by Empire Building Department Heads Anderson: COVID Will be Around for Years, We Can Live With it if we Keep Tourists Out ‘Open Hawaii’: A small group of protesters feel its time to ease up restrictions Stay-home order likely to be extended past April 30, Gov. Ige says Unions Finally Agree to Help Process Unemployment Claims "We went off a cliff together" - Economist tells Hawaii Realtors to brace for COVID-19 impact Hawaii County Mayor Job Attracts More Than A Dozen Soft-on-Crime Activists Dream About COVID Infecting Hawaii’s Arizona Prisoners COVID Becomes Excuse to Build Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities on Kauai—Newly Arrived Mainland Homeless is Media Contact Arrests Cut down 33% to Keep COVID out of Jails Read More..

Sunday, April 19, 2020 April 19, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:13 PM :: 2439 Views UPW: We Like Sitting at Home Getting Paid--Do Not Reassign Us HSTA Claims 20% Pay Cut Will be 'Implemented' June 1 UHPA: Ige Has No Right to Cut our Pay Mobile Device Tracking Reveals Which Hawaii Counties are Really Staying at Home Taxing Medical Practice to Death Surprise! Hawaii officials brace for ‘big surge’ of newly homeless after shutting down economy Heavy reliance on tourism dollars leaves Hawaii with tough options like pay cuts 20% Pay Cut vs Empty Talk from Congressional Delegation How’s that endorsement of Gov. David Ige feeling right now? Pandemic Helps Incumbents Property tax base protects county coffers—Hawaii County Still Hiring Victorino to Ige: Reconsider beach exercise ban Kauai Protests Lockdown Honolulu Council advances bill to defer property tax for pandemic-stricken Hawaii businesses Kona COVID-19 cluster doubles in one day Results promising for first COVID-19 blood tests in Hawaii    2nd grade teacher creates forum to help educators with 'distance learning' BoE Holds Illegal Secret Meeting on Windfarms Capacity of new Aloha Stadium not set in concrete Read More..

Saturday, April 18, 2020 April 18, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:23 PM :: 2938 Views Model Shows Hawaii Could Ease Social Distancing in Early May Crush the Curve: Urgent Steps Hawai‘i Can Take to Contain the Covid-19 Pandemic 259 Candidates File for Election Judiciary Postpones Trials Until End of May COVID Count: 919 Tests, 21 New Cases, 20 Released 18 Ways To Get Hawaii Back On Its Feet Again Serving their Union Masters: Senators Blast Governor’s Plan to Cut HGEA, HSTA, UPW Salaries      Hawaii has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, USA Today reports Dozens of emergency homeless shelters built in Hilo parking lot Maui Council Priority-- Near ban on plastic disposable utensils OK’d Governor Allows Bars to Reopen for Take-out Liquor Sales Domestic Violence Shelter Flooded with Calls With schools closed, parents are navigating a new reality in which they’re tasked with steering their children’s education. Lassner: ‘Uncomfortable’ changes ahead at UH Hawaii’s jail population drops by 619 inmates since March Because Courts Stop Sending Criminals Flu cases drop in East Hawaii Bailed Out Airlines Ask Permission to Cut Hawaii Service Read More..

Friday, April 17, 2020 April 17, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:55 PM :: 4498 Views Governor Ige Orders Face Masks in Stores Statewide Who's Going to Ride Rail with COVID? COVID Count: Another Day Without a Death COVID Count 12 New Cases, 16 Released COVID-19 Turmoil Places Renewed Focus on Costly Maritime Protectionism Hawaii County Police 162 Arrested or Cited for Stay-at-Home Violations New Dean for UH Law School -- Focus on 'Critical Race Theory' Judge Orders Habitat Protection for 14 Hawaii Species The Lowdown on Lockdowns Maui COVID Patients ‘Treated’ by DoH--‘Released’ by Telephone, Never Saw a Doctor Unemployment in Hawaii tops 37% as coronavirus shutdown continues Murky Ethical Firewall After HECO Installs COVID Recovery Czar in Governor’s Office Maui County No Furloughs, 1/3 of ‘Workers’ Faking it at Home Honolulu lockdown to last for months Gov. Ige: 'We do not meet criteria to re-open May 1' as President Trump encouraged Pandemic Further Postpones Federal Civil And Criminal Trials HART: Give STG $100M to Build past Middle Street Because Nan isn’t getting job done (and pay Nan too!) Honolulu Salary Commission members unanimously vote no to city officials’ raises Navy ‘ready to flex’ Rim of the Pacific exercise in Hawaii despite coronavirus outbreak Should the State use federal funds to pay for rapid antibody tests? Lt. Gov. Josh Green said they should Schatz: Free Money from the Sky Will Stop Pay Cuts Supreme Court: Inmate Release Motions Due by Monday April 20 108 inmates on Big Isle seek early release because their lawyers think we might be dumb enough to give it to them Excellent News: Honolulu Homeless Sweeps To Resume COVID Found at Wailuku Homeless Shelter Homeless Flies in From Arizona, Outsmarts Airports Division, Arrested in Waimanalo After Posting Online Videos Tweekers Begin Looting Parts from Parked Rental Cars Read More..

Thursday, April 16, 2020 April 16, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 2759 Views Rep Case, Legislators Challenge Ige on Union Pay Cuts Sound the Horn Thursday 9AM Class Action Filed Against Hawaii Department of Education for Discrimination Against Disabled Students UHERO Webinar: How to Control the Coronavirus Epidemic and Bring Back Hawaiʻi’s Economy HDoT Gives Dillingham Airfield Another Year Kauai Announces New Standard Operating Procedures for Boards and Commissions meetings Hawaii #1 State Hit Hardest by COVID-19’s Impact on Tourism How Well-Funded Are Pension Plans in Your State? HSTA: Pay Cuts a ‘Done Deal’ Take Effect May 1 HART officials project $80 million less in revenues for 2021—More City Borrowing Expected   Unemployment: DLIR Shoveling Money out the Door  With tourism in coronavirus tatters, Hawaii gets a negative outlook from Moody’s  Loosening stay-at-home orders could come as early as May   Kaiser Coronavirus Experts Fly In For Damage Control At Maui Hospital Coronavirus Site For Oahu’s Homeless Will Not Offer Testing State to lease hotels for COVID-19 isolation DoH Investigating Six COVID Clusters Big Island COVID-19 test numbers continue decline COVID Means Lifeguards are in Trucks, not on Beach Parents Banned from Meeting Kids in Foster Care Hawaii marine monument expansion’s impact on fishing debated 5 years later Read More..

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 April 15, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:35 PM :: 2141 Views Kauai, Oahu Require Face Masks in Public Panos: First Call to Plan for Re-opening the Local Economy in Hawaii COVID Count; 13 New Cases, 26 Released Petition: Hawaii COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Not Being Paid! Deal to Save Meadow Gold Collapses—Honolulu Plant Will Shut Down April 30 Economist unpacks disruptions to Kauai, Hawaii Island real estate House Committee: COVID-19 Testing and Reopening Economy Hawaii CoC petitions governor for more COVID aid COVID Cluster at Two Kailua-Kona McDonalds Rethink Tourism for Post-COVID Hawaii US DOJ Defends Drive-In Church Against COVID Shutdown    Senate Confirms Judicial Nominee Without Meeting American Samoa Leaders, State Department Appeal Citizenship Ruling Unions: Governor is proposing 20% pay cuts for ‘most’ state employees Honolulu Salary Commission taking up 3% pay raise plan for city officials COVID 56 Hospitalized but DoH says only 26 Safety versus liberty: Constitutional freedoms tempered by COVID-19 crisis Why No Public Testimony for House, Senate COVID Committees?  Realtors, Construction, Landscaping Back to Work on Kauai Staff: Things Got Out Of Hand Quickly At Maui Hospital State launches new online portal for tracking unemployment claims DOH, DOE to modify school-reopening terms Lawsuit: Special Ed Students Need Extra Help When Schools Reopen Kauai Council makes Brun ex-officio member Justice Department takes church’s side in COVID 1st Amendment suit Mental patient arrested for allegedly threatening to blow up hospital, police station Read More..

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Letters to the Editor April, 2020 By Letters to the Editor @ 1:00 AM :: 2801 Views Rethink Tourism for Post-COVID Hawaii Police Question People on Virus-free Island of Lanai  RimPac COVID Problem Does Ige Command Respect? Read More..

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 April 14, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:38 PM :: 2363 Views Recktenwald: Are the courts still open? UNITE Here Local 5 -- "Safe Hotel Operations in Pandemic Conditions" Police Question People on Virus-free Island of Lanai  Kauai Mayor Orders Entire Island to Wear Masks Outside State Administration of Federal Programs: Auditors Find Weaknesses Civil liberties in the age of the coronavirus Hawaii 3rd-Lowest COVID Per Capita in USA Talks about how to lift stay-at-home order begin Contact Testing is the Key to Reopening the Economy—but we would have to transfer HGEA members to new jobs so we’re all doomed Coronavirus-Tracking Platform Gets Traction in Hawaii Hawaii Small Businesses Land $1.6 Billion From Feds Senators slam Ige for Paying HGEA Members to do Nothing Maui County Hides Second Cluster from DoH? 18 workers reassigned to help with jobless claims are only staying long enough to get trained Fabric stores to re-open as essential businesses Read More..

Monday, April 13, 2020 April 13, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 2609 Views Hawaii #1 -- States with the Most Affected Small Businesses due to Coronavirus Unmasked: Petition Demands Caldwell Reopen Fabric Stores 246 Candidates File for Election COVID Count -- Five New Cases -- Five Recover What problem is Honolulu’s curfew supposed to solve? Activists Question COVID Violation Tack-ons Jail populations drop 25% amid virus pandemic as Police Stop Making Arrests and Prosecutors Give Homeless Criminals a Free Pass Dr Scott Miscovich warns of community spread from Maui Memorial outbreak   Stakes are high for Honolulu's paramedics amid COVID-19 pandemic Hawaii County wants coronavirus testing for all homeless Fake COVID-19 warnings posted in Waianae park in effort to scare Homeless Away Mayor considering making fabric stores ‘essential’ as sales move online No Evictions Can be Filed Until May 1 and then Most are Still Blocked Honolulu Star-Advertiser to do away with one day of traditional print Suddenly Homeschooling, Parent Realizes How Disappointing DoE is State urges Hawaii’s Colleges to disburse emergency cash grants for students impacted by COVID-19 pandemic How OHA Insiders Make ‘Environmental Justice’ into a Money Spinner Read More..

Sunday, April 12, 2020 April 12, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:52 PM :: 3535 Views Zero Deaths from COVID on So-Called Experts 'Peak' Day Hawaii 12.8% of Workforce on Unemployment And We Aren’t Moving People Around Because? COVID-19 pandemic vs. 1918 flu pandemic in Hawaiʻi RimPac COVID Problem Matson Recycles Containership Kauai in Texas Test and Trace allows us to carefully restart Hawaii:  But First we must Reassign some HGEA Members Back to Work Starting May 1? First night of curfew runs smoothly for Oahu and Maui, Mayors urge residents to continue to stay home     Maui 2nd Cluster at a Church -- Mayor orders Easter Service Shutdown Petition calls for top hospital leaders to resign over COVID-19 allegations Hawaii senior care homes take extreme measures to keep COVID-19 out Few Students Participating in On-Line Classes—Few Teachers Teaching Public Defender demands that Felons be Allowed to become Homeless when Released Early Kauai: Burglary Down, Domestic Violence Up A 2 mile-long line stretched around Ala Moana. A sign families need help Read More..

Saturday, April 11, 2020 April 11, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 3343 Views Post Corona Recovery: How to Reopen Hawaii's Non-Tourism Economy No Limits on Lockdowns? COVID April 11: 1 Death, 21 New Cases, 16 Recovered COVID April 10: 2 Deaths, 23 New Cases, 33 Recovered Some call new curfews ‘overkill’ HGEA More Scary Than Corona Virus—DoH Afraid to Transfer HGEA Members to Oversee Quarantined Tourists Idiot Caldwell Orders Mask And Fabric Stores to Close Hawaii’s New Unemployment Application Excludes Micronesian Migrant Workers With Nothing to Mooch, Homeless Shelter-Refusers Suddenly Begging to be Allowed in to Shelters Victims' advocates warn of spike in domestic violence during stay-at-home order  FDC Acts to Prevent DPS from Exporting Infected Inmates Cluster of cases at Maui Memorial grows to 19 with more test results pending Visitors that required rescue cited for violating stay-at-home order State takes digital step to improve traveler quarantine order Kauai, Hawaii County TVRs Ordered Shut Down Hawaii's restaurants hurting, bracing for long-term decrease in business Homeless Seniors On Hawaii Island Shelter At Holiday Inn Express RIMPAC will not be cancelled Hawaii Cruise Ship Passengers File Class-Action Suit Council passes first reading of TMT bill Maui County Manager Proposal to Be Heard April 17 How Honolulu Lost Its Top Ranking For The Nation’s Worst Traffic Read More..

Friday, April 10, 2020 April 10, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 2052 Views Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That? COVID: DoH Reports Only 7 New Cases, 138 Released from Isolation Governor Ige creates new position for old boy – HECO’s Oshima responsible for economic, community recovery or something Where to Donate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Army Changes Child Care Enforcement After Infant Death COVID Crisis: Hawaii #1 Search for Payday Loans Virus Makes Honolulu Hale Pay Raises Inopportune Weekend Curfew 'Pilot Program' for Maui, Honolulu -- Caldwell Outlaws Unicycles to Stop Virus Hawaiian Electric sees drop in demand during pandemic March Hawaiian Air Passenger Count Down 45% COVID-19 crisis threatens rail project schedule ... and funding Officials will decide whether to extend Oahu curfew until end of April Corona Hypocrisy: We’re all Supposed to Hunker Down but Caldwell Sees Opportunity to Stand up and Inflict Himself on Waimanalo Domestic violence calls up 15% for March Smoking weed and coronavirus: Even occasional use raises risk of Covid-19 complications Problems for thousands of newly unemployed shift from filing claims to getting paid Special Master Refuses Mass Release of Criminals After Police Stop Making Bench Warrant Arrests Jail populations decline by 500 statewide, in part due to coronavirus Hawaii military has just over 30 cases of new coronavirus 700 More Mauians get COVID-19 testing State says ‘most’ visitors coming to Hawaii likely not following quarantine order Hotels for Heroes program criticized for turning many of those heroes away Honolulu Harbor: Three Cruise Ships on the Move Hydroxychloroquine Reappearing on Pharmacy Shelves Read More..

Thursday, April 9, 2020 April 9, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:56 PM :: 3224 Views DoH Hid Maui Hospital COVID-19 Cluster Since Mid-March Tulsi Gabbard Calls for Resignation of DoH Leaders Is Hawaii Really Run by the HTA? Safety Dance: Are There Limits To Lockdowns? Airports Corporation takes on new sense of urgency COVID: 25 New Cases, Total Hits 435 Honolulu Zoo achieves accreditation Public Comment: DoE Seeks ESSA Waiver COVID Projection: Hawaii Peak of 10 Deaths Per Day on Sunday State may redeploy a few idle HGEA Members Next Week—DLIR Hiring New Employees Off Street while 1000s Paid to Sit at Home DoH Finally Agrees to Allow Contract Testing Accurate Rapid Testing key to Reopening Hawaii How Many Quarantined from COVID?  State, Counties Disagree Honolulu Cruise Ship Disaster Begins?  6 crew members of Pride of America cruise ship in Honolulu Harbor test positive for coronavirus Lt. Gov. Josh Green questions plan to release prisoners, Mercado Kim points out emergency is being used as “an excuse to let out prisoners early.” Military won’t say how many COVID-19 cases in Hawaii—Number Reported to DoH and Included in State Totals Two Hawai‘i National Guardsmen test positive for COVID-19 Guam’s Growing Coronavirus Challenge Pandemic Deals Blow to Plastic Bag Bans Real Estate Listings Drop Sharply for April DOE: 4 weeks of no new coronavirus cases before public schools can reopen Pandemic impacts school services for special needs students Another Homeless Drug House Goes up in Flames  Read More..

Wednesday, April 8, 2020 April 8, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 2173 Views COVID Crackdown? "Online registration required to leave the home" Ige: Safety Concerns Take Priority over Transparency The Jones Act is American Self-Sabotage Politico: Ige 4th Worst Corona Virus Governor Remove GE Tax from Medical Practices to Save Private MDs Hawaii’s jobless claims top 194,000—Long Wait for Benefits thanks to HGEA Jobless residents frustrated with being locked out of state's unemployment filing system Lt. Gov. Josh Green calls for more extensive testing Mayor Caldwell announces 'pause' in construction at Waimanalo Bay Beach Park Kaua‘i COVID-19 Q&A: Do I need documents to go see mom? HPD sets up tent city near Airport to serve the newly-arrived homeless instead of deporting them Kauai Curfew Reduces Hospital Intake by 40%—but not because of COVID Latest Trick to Force Mass Release of Criminals--Corrections officers complain about lack of basic protection at facilities Honolulu police issued more than 5,000 warnings Expand options for distance learning Read More..

Tuesday, April 7, 2020 April 7, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:24 PM :: 2399 Views Attorney: Emergency Declaration Did Not Suspend Transparency Requirements of County Charter Livestream Panel: Uniting TMT and Maunakea Coronavirus: Light at the End of the Tunnel Most Aggressive States Against the Coronavirus -- Hawaii Jumps from 46th to 11th to 4th Sherwoods Protesters Cited for Violating COVID Emergency Order UW Revises estimated Hawaii COVID deaths down to 155 from 372 Want Free Money?  Apply for Welfare—Nobody Will Check your Check Puna Councilman Opposes Inmate Release During Pandemic Two More Homeless Deported Inter-Island Quarantine lacks enforcement New instruments will provide COVID-19 results in minutes Remove GE Tax from Medical Practices to Save Private MDs Curfew and stay-at-home orders result in fewer traffic crashes Hawaii Island home prices increase nearly 10% in March   Parks and Rec hearing closed to the public KPD resumes firearms registration DeepGreen to make run for battery metals from seafloor Read More..

Monday, April 6, 2020 April 6, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 2679 Views Full Text: Council Chair Cries a River After Being Busted Giving Development Deal to Convicted Felon We’re All Homeschoolers Now Rail Contractors Speed up Construction while Oversight Personnel 'Work' from Home COVID: 16 New Cases, 5th Death Recorded--3rd Day of Declining New Cases Protect democracy by restoring open government in Hawaii VIDEO: Trucks Push Past Protesters as Caldwell Exploits Virus to Re-Launch Sherwoods Construction COVID Protects Council from Protesters So Reimbursement for TMT-related expenses back on the table Defense Lawyers Eager to Use COVID as Excuse for Dismissals—Molesters, Rapists, and Pimps May Walk Three Honolulu Police officers test positive for COVID-19 Two GOP state lawmakers say mass prisoner release is "terrible idea" Hawaii mayors consider stricter safety measures as coronavirus cases grow Asymptomatic residents close to COVID-19 patients will soon get tested Nearly 25% in Hawaii fear having COVID-19 symptoms, survey shows Hawaii Banks Start Rolling Out Relief To Small Firms Study: Hawaii ranks #2 in most economically impacted by virus Paia confrontation over travel fears leaves visitors shaken National Guard to screen incoming, departing passengers at 5 Hawaii airports Spanish Flu Killed 2,300 in Hawaii  Read More..

Sunday, April 5, 2020 April 5, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 2057 Views COVID: 4th Death, 32 New Cases 239 Candidates File for Election Celebrating the Human Spirit Worst Return on Investment. Again. 11,000 participate in Hawaii COVID Contact Tracking Survey COVID May Knock $2B Hole in Budget Star-Advertiser Bleeding Money, Lays off 46 Employees Bankruptcy Lawyer: Phone Ringing off Hook COVID Crisis is so Serious Hawaii County May Actually Stop ‘Creating Positions’! As World Burns Kauai County May Stop Filling Positions, May ‘Limit’ New Vehicle Purchases Mandatory Mask Order Coming? "Some people stay dying!" - state Senators urge Gov. Ige to be aggressive (whatever that means) 155 sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt test positive (44% of crew tested) Molokai Store Gets 100% Testing—2nd COVID Case Found Drug Dealers are an ‘Essential Business’  Stay Open During Epidemic Tiny homes could become part of response efforts against the coronavirus on Oahu Read More..

Saturday, April 4, 2020 April 4, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 3978 Views Lawsuit Alleges Another Pedophile Ring at Kamehameha Legislator Calls for Universal COVID-19 testing HGEA More Scary than COVID?  Ige afraid to Reassign Useless do-nothing HGEA Members to Help With Unemployment Backlog Testing is the key to everything. District Health Officer Reports Very Different COVID Numbers Lockdown Could Last Months International survey of physicians touts Hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 treatment—(But Green, DoH still say ‘no’) Japan to offer anti-flu drug Avigan to nations fighting Corona Virus? Ige Activates Guard: New Homeless Arrivals will be Deported Ige asks Trump for use of federal detention center for inmates Hana Vigilante Patrols Completely Useless Against Virus Read More..

Friday, April 3, 2020 April 3, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:24 PM :: 2878 Views COVID: 34 More Cases, 3rd Death Recorded COVID Relief: Chamber of Commerce Petition Calls for GE Tax to be Suspended Corona Virus: A Time to Return Hawaii to Science-Based Policy COVID Fearmongering: Waianae Residents Blockade Farrington Hwy After State Rep Cedric Gates Spreads Corona Virus Rumors COVID Reaches Hana: Tourists Blockaded, but Local Resident is Source BoE Votes to Waive Graduation Requirements Supreme Court Orders Plan for Mass Release of Criminals Next Week No More Extensions for Judicial Nominees Bridge Aina Lea: What Constitutes Loss? State Economies Most Exposed to Coronavirus A Visual Guide to Unemployment Benefit Claims How Healthy is Your State’s Rainy Day Fund? -- Hawaii Ranks 39th Enviros Use Sharks as Excuse in Latest Attack on Hawaii Fishing Industry HGEA Demands 25% Raise -- ‘Hazard Pay’ for its so-called Workers who are being paid to sit at home and do nothing Sporadic Complaints: Hawaii Democratic Presidential Primary ‘Feels Like Voter Suppression’ Soft-on-Crime Activists Eager for COVID in Jail, Find None so Far Homeless Dude Flies in from Mainland, gets Jail--Will be Deported Today Excellent News: Homeless Dude Arrested in Kihei after Acting Homeless on Stolen Motorcycle 5 more homeless people come to Oahu during coronavirus pandemic DOBOR Reopens Bathrooms, Homeless Destroy them Within Days Pacific islands, Antarctic bases: coronavirus-free living in some of Earth’s most isolated places HECO Plan: Give Elon Musk $300M so We can buy more overpriced electricity from Wind, Solar Schemers  Read More..

Thursday, April 2, 2020 April 2, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 2109 Views 2nd COVID Death in Hawaii Trump Considering Jones Act Waiver for Oil Industry Mayor Kim Suspends Plastic Bag Ban to Stop Spread of COVID-19 UHERO: What is the COVID-19 exit strategy? OHA urges Governor to increase relief for renters   First Federal COVID Grants Aid Hawaii Homeless, Mass Transit States with the Biggest Increase in Unemployment--Hawaii 15th 10,000 COVID Tests: Hawaii Among Most Tested States  Agenda: Mass Release of Criminals Will Make COVID Crisis Feel Real Agenda: Corona Crisis = Risk + Opportunism Waikiki doctors to offer blood test that detects exposure to COVID-19 Pandemic speeds up construction start on master-planned village for the homeless Navy envisions major development near Pearl Harbor rail station Meadow Gold Hawaii to be sold to Los Angeles real estate investment firm Read More..

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 April 1, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:13 PM :: 2552 Views The Biggest Fruit Ever Grown in Hawaii 258 COVID Cases: 34 New, 11 more recovered Hawaii Records First Corona Death--224 Total Cases April 4 Deadline to Register for Hawaii Democratic Primary Government Response to Coronavirus: Blunders & Opportunities February 250,052 Tourists Per Day -- Up 0.5% Assisted Suicide lobby using COVID 19 to promote assisting suicides via telehealth Restore Open Government in Hawaii Elections Office Mails Out Signature Cards Trump Signs Hawaii Disaster Declaration Hawaii leaders don’t know how many state workers are getting paid to do nothing Nobody in Jail has COVID, but Lawyer seeks ‘Emergency and humanitarian release’ for accused rapist of 78-year old woman Caldwell: Mass Release of 426 Criminals Will Trigger Crime Wave During Pandemic COVID: After Overcoming DoH Resistance, Hawaii now 6th-Most Tested State Paying rent during COVID-19 Mayors call on president to stop all non-essential travel to Hawaii Kauai police arrest visitor accused of violating state’s mandatory quarantine Police appear to contradict city policy on park access Queen’s Medical Center employee tests positive for coronavirus HFD confirms second firefighter tests positive for COVID-19 17 homeless people move into state’s first Kauhale village Read More..

Tuesday, March 31, 2020 March 31, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:16 PM :: 2170 Views 204 Hawaii COVID: 29 New Cases, 10 More Recovered Maui Companies to Begin Assembling Ventilators COVID 19 Source Tracing: The Devil is in the Details Economists Expect 140,000 Unemployed FDA Approves Use of Malaria Drugs for COVID-19 426 Criminals may soon be released on to Hawaii Streets “This is a song and dance!” Senators accuse Governor’s office of poor leadership in COVID-19 crisis Experts say Hawaii unemployment rate may hit 25% Governor Ige announces mandatory quarantine for interisland travel Captain of aircraft carrier with growing coronavirus outbreak pleads for help from Navy COVID-19 Is Taking A Big Toll On Other Types Of Health Care Hawaii's stevedores volunteer to test for COVID-19 Maunakea telescopes close in response to virus order Hawaii to get at least $4B in federal coronavirus aid Break-ins force Hawaii Foodbank to hire additional security Coronavirus death rate is lower than previously reported, study says, but it's still deadlier than seasonal flu Looking back at the 1918-1920 “Spanish Flu” epidemic in Hawaii Honolulu Star-Advertiser Cutting Payroll Costs To Weather Pandemic Read More..

Monday, March 30, 2020 March 30, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:21 PM :: 3097 Views VIDEO: Hawaii DoH Official Goes on 10-minute Rant Against Corona Testing COVID-19 Media Letter: Transparency is More Important Than Ever COVID: 24 New Cases, 10 More Recover Time For A "Coronavirus Disputes Court?" Suspension Of Hawaii’s Open Government Laws More Extreme Than Other States Corona Budget: Will Council Refuse to Fund Rail Operations to Pay for Relief? DoE Suddenly Finds Itself in the Homeschooling Business Stimulus: Will You be Getting a Check? With All Eyes on Corona, HECO Plans Elon Musk’s Biggest Cash Giveaway Mauna Kea Isn’t Just About a Telescope, It’s About Who Will Decide the Future FBI agents raid Waialae Iki home, search for explosives Hawaii defense key in upcoming missile shoot-down test Read More..

Sunday, March 29, 2020 March 29, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:38 PM :: 2328 Views Using Extensive Testing and Geographical Isolation to Mitigate the Coronavirus Crisis in Hawaii The Agony of Restaurant Workers Blood Test Provides Instant COVID Results—Rejected by Hawaii DoH Lead. Grant relief. Don’t take more. Please. MD: Chloroquine Widely Prescribed against COVID-19 Killing the economy kills people Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 28, 2020 MD: We Need to Test—There is no Shortage of materials Ramp up the science and testing to defeat coronavirus Green vs Ige: Fight over Testing Virus is the Solution to all of our ‘Problems’ Honolulu firefighter, police officer tested positive for COVID-19 Recent crime include multiple reports of domestic violence Will Feds’ Relief Package Be Enough To Keep Hawaii’s Small Businesses Afloat? Residents And Policymakers Battle Over Hawaii Wind Energy Projects Hawaii National Guard soldiers in Afghanistan avoid Pentagon’s ‘stop movement’ order amid coronavirus pandemic Read More..

Saturday, March 28, 2020 Letters to the Editor March, 2020 By Letters to the Editor @ 11:57 PM :: 2417 Views Killing the economy kills people Impeach Harry Kim Read More..

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