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Sunday, October 11, 2020
Call for nominations for UH Board of Regents
By News Release @ 6:25 PM :: 2060 Views :: Higher Education

...accepting applications for three seats on the Board of Regents....

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Saturday, October 10, 2020
COVID Count 73 new cases out of 3,084 tests
By News Release @ 7:11 PM :: 1713 Views :: COVID-19

... 18 new hospitalizations, 2 more deaths, 2.4% positive ....

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Saturday, October 10, 2020
27,000 Hawaii workers exhausted jobless benefits in September
By News Release @ 5:19 PM :: 3547 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... Hawaii 2020 unemployment claims surpass 380,000 ....

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Saturday, October 10, 2020
COVID Rules: Rejected, Kauai Tries Again
By News Release @ 5:43 AM :: 3355 Views :: Kauai County, Tourism, COVID-19

...“In light of Kaua‘i’s post-arrival testing program (Rule 18) being denied by the Governor earlier this week, we have continued to work with our health officials and other partners to take a phased, responsible approach to reopening our economy while keeping our island safe.”....

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Saturday, October 10, 2020
New Federal Lawsuit Seeks to Expand Voting Rights in U.S. Territories
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 2374 Views :: Office of Elections

...six U.S. citizens living in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands have filed a federal lawsuit challenging federal and state laws that deny them the right to vote for President and voting representation in Congress....

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Friday, October 9, 2020
COVID Count 155 new cases out of 3,818 tests
By News Release @ 7:47 PM :: 1754 Views :: COVID-19

... 11 new hospitalizations, 2 more deaths, 4.1% positive ....

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Friday, October 9, 2020
Caldwell: Global Warming causing Rain Bombs
By News Release @ 1:03 AM :: 2763 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment

...City initiates “Climate Ready O‘ahu” adaptation strategy; welcomes resident participation and engagement via on-line tools launched today....

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Friday, October 9, 2020
Parks Dep't to Install LEDs, Solar Panels
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 2858 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy

...an effort specifically directed at the City’s 303 park locations....

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Thursday, October 8, 2020
Hawaiʻi 2020 Census achieves 99.9% enumerated
By News Release @ 11:48 PM :: 2101 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

...Today’s total response rate report on the 2020 Census website shows that 99.9% of Hawaiʻi households have been enumerated, one of the top states in the country.... 

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Thursday, October 8, 2020
COVID Count 101 new cases out of 3,903 tests
By News Release @ 7:13 PM :: 1643 Views :: COVID-19

... 6 new hospitalizations, 1 more death, 2.6% positive ....

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Thursday, October 8, 2020
COVID Tourism: Ige Announces Pre-Travel Testing Partners
By News Release @ 12:03 PM :: 3625 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19

...the state does not expect an immediate flood of travelers....

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Thursday, October 8, 2020
Hilo native wins coveted Nobel Prize for gene editing tool
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2833 Views :: Higher Education, GMOs

... A world-renowned biochemist who connects part of her early fascination with science to time spent in a University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo biology lab captured the prestigious Nobel Prize in Chemistry ....

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Thursday, October 8, 2020
COVID: Hawaii Most Restrictive State
By News Release @ 5:09 AM :: 2455 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19

...Alaska has far fewer COVID restrictions, yet a lower death rate....

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Thursday, October 8, 2020
Senate Special Session approves judicial appointments
By News Release @ 4:31 AM :: 4002 Views :: Judiciary

...Judiciary Committee hearing on the appointments scheduled for October 1 will feature live remote public testimony....

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Thursday, October 8, 2020
COVID Tourism: Maui to Attempt 'Voluntary' 2-Test System
By News Release @ 3:46 AM :: 3057 Views :: Maui County, Tourism, COVID-19

...to urge transpacific travelers to voluntarily take a second test after they arrive in Maui County....

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Wednesday, October 7, 2020
COVID Count 110 new cases
By News Release @ 7:40 PM :: 2146 Views :: COVID-19

... 5 new hospitalizations, 3 more deaths ....

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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Employment Recovery: Nobody Lags Like Hawaii
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 3747 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19

...Hawaii has recovered just 13% of the jobs lost since the start of the pandemic....

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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Auditor: Four Years Later HART Finally Acts on Recommendations
By News Release @ 11:09 PM :: 2290 Views :: Rail

...we found that 12 recommendations were completed, 3 were resolved, and 3 were in process....

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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Conservative Rankings of Hawaii State Legislators-2019 Session
By News Release @ 10:37 PM :: 2763 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

...ACUF reviewed selected pieces of legislation voted on in both the Hawaii Senate and House to produce average scores of each chamber as well as individual scores for each sitting member....

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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
COVID Count 83 new cases out of 1,249 tests
By News Release @ 7:12 PM :: 1961 Views :: COVID-19

... no new hospitalizations, 3 more deaths, 6.6% positive ....

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Monday, October 5, 2020
Ige Rejects Kauai 2-Test COVID Plan
By News Release @ 9:44 PM :: 3023 Views :: Kauai County, Tourism, COVID-19

...Mayor’s Emergency Rule 18 would have established a post-arrival testing program for all incoming travelers to Kaua‘i....

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Monday, October 5, 2020
COVID: Hawaii DoH Gets Funding to Prepare for Mass Vaccination
By News Release @ 8:45 PM :: 1829 Views :: COVID-19

...to develop vaccine distribution plans, determine where the vaccine will be administered, and ensure an adequate number of vaccination providers....

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Monday, October 5, 2020
COVID Count 52 new cases out of 916 tests
By News Release @ 8:02 PM :: 1701 Views :: COVID-19

...no new hospitalizations, one new death, 5.7% positive....

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Sunday, October 4, 2020
COVID Count 70 new cases out of 1,963 tests
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 1779 Views :: COVID-19

... 4 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 3.6% positive ....

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Sunday, October 4, 2020
Republican Candidate Denied Right to Campaign on Kauai
By News Release @ 5:02 AM :: 4002 Views :: Kauai County, First Amendment, COVID-19

"...Not being afforded the same access to the electorate as my opponent...." -- CD2 Candidate Joe Akana

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Sunday, October 4, 2020
FBI Arrests Honolulu Man Allegedly Planning Chemical Weapon Attack on Apartment Building
By News Release @ 4:32 AM :: 3576 Views :: Law Enforcement

...Honolulu man charged with possession of chemical weapon and unregistered destructive device....

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Saturday, October 3, 2020
COVID Count 133 new cases out of 1,936 tests
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 1815 Views :: COVID-19

... 5 new hospitalizations, 11 deaths—3 new, 8 due to revisions, 6.9% positive ....

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Saturday, October 3, 2020
Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancies on Oahu and Big Island
By News Release @ 6:00 AM :: 2892 Views :: Judiciary

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following ....

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Friday, October 2, 2020
COVID Count 87 new cases out of 1,746 tests
By News Release @ 9:00 PM :: 1723 Views :: COVID-19

... 18 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 5.0% positive ....

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Friday, October 2, 2020
Distance Learning: What is your School's Plan?
By News Release @ 1:49 PM :: 3419 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19

...Updated Complex by Complex elementary, middle/intermediate, and high school models for the reopening of the 2020-21 year....

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Friday, October 2, 2020
Ige Appoints Parole Authority Chair Director of Public Safety Department
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2592 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
... Ige announced today that he has appointed Edmund (“Fred”) Hyun to serve as the temporary acting director overseeing the state Department of Public Safety, effective October 1 through November 30 ....
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
Bipartisanship? Ige Scores Zero, Hawaii Congressional Delegation not Much Better
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 3581 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii Statistics, Politicians

...Newly released voter assistance tool scores HI politicians’ success at working across the aisle....

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Thursday, October 1, 2020
COVID Count 108 new cases out of 1,817 tests
By News Release @ 7:41 PM :: 1701 Views :: COVID-19

... 15 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 5.9% positive ....

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Thursday, October 1, 2020
Doing the Job HGEA Cannot--DLIR Contractor Launches Unemployment Call Center
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 2683 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor

... 200 Trained Operators Will Answer Phones ....

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Thursday, October 1, 2020
Navatek CEO Arrested for CARES Act Fraud--Got Help from 'Senator'
By News Release @ 11:01 AM :: 11053 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Military, COVID-19

...Price also said that other businesses are being investigated for potential fraud in connection with funds through the CARES Act....

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Thursday, October 1, 2020
OHA Board hosts neighbor island community meetings virtually
By News Release @ 5:16 AM :: 1968 Views :: OHA

... from Sept 30 thru Oct 27, 2020 ....

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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
FCC Fines Al Hee $49M for Fraud
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 4778 Views :: DHHL, Ethics

...Company Received Over $27 Million in Unearned Payments Due to Falsified Cost Reporting--This is one of the largest forfeitures the FCC has ever imposed....

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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
COVID Count 121 new cases out of 2,049 tests
By News Release @ 7:59 PM :: 2024 Views :: COVID-19

... 28 new hospitalizations, 4 new deaths, 6.0% positive ....

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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Navy Issues Red Hill Remediation Contracts
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 3385 Views :: Environment, Military

...to adapt an existing commercial membrane technology for upgrading fuel storage tanks at Red Hill....

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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
COVID Count 87 new cases out of 1,550 tests
By News Release @ 6:59 PM :: 1852 Views :: COVID-19

... 31 new hospitalizations, 2 new deaths, 5.6% positive ....

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Monday, September 28, 2020
Hawaii visitor arrivals down nearly 98% in August
By News Release @ 7:50 PM :: 2601 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

...In August 2020, a total of 22,344 visitors traveled to Hawaii by air service compared to 926,417 visitors during the same month a year ago....

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Monday, September 28, 2020
COVID Count 90 new cases out of 1,302 tests
By News Release @ 6:39 PM :: 1906 Views :: COVID-19

... 3 new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 6.9% positive ....

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Sunday, September 27, 2020
COVID Count 98 new cases out of 1,905 tests
By News Release @ 9:18 PM :: 1921 Views :: COVID-19

... 14 new hospitalizations, 1 new death, 5.1% positive ....

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Sunday, September 27, 2020
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they Voted September 26, 2020
By News Release @ 9:01 PM :: 2157 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... bills introduced and votes in Congress from GovTrack.us ....

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Saturday, September 26, 2020
Honolulu Ethics: Parks Supervisor Watches Football on the Clock
By News Release @ 11:54 PM :: 2996 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

...Fortunately City workers are not likely to get furloughs.  I don’t know how we would survive without public employees like these....

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Saturday, September 26, 2020
COVID Count 127 new cases out of 1,960 tests
By News Release @ 7:10 PM :: 1968 Views :: COVID-19

...15 new hospitalizations, 4 new deaths, 6.5% positive, and 4,729 new releases due to a paperwork update....

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Saturday, September 26, 2020
Upgrade your job skills: State Offers Free Online Courses
By News Release @ 2:00 PM :: 2740 Views :: Higher Education

...users can take their pick from more than 3,000 courses and certifications from top universities and organizations....

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Saturday, September 26, 2020
DHHL Legislative Proposals for Next Session
By News Release @ 1:00 PM :: 2309 Views :: DHHL

...At its September meeting, the Hawaiian Homes Commission approved 13 of the legislative proposals to move forward....

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Saturday, September 26, 2020
Rep Tulsi Gabbard: Ban Vote Harvesting
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 4062 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Office of Elections

...While some states have prohibited vote harvesting, many states lack any regulations that would stop third-parties from fraudulently collecting and mishandling ballots as has occurred in recent elections....

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Saturday, September 26, 2020
UH: Corporate Lives Matter
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 3113 Views :: Higher Education

...Donald J Trump is practicing white identity politics.  We are just like him--but with different identities and more money....

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