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Entries for 'News Release'
Thursday, April 2, 2020 |
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OHA urges Governor to increase relief for renters
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 3803 Views :: Economy, OHA, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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...urging the adoption of additional policies to close critical gaps left by the new federal moratorium on evictions and the state’s recent emergency orders....
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Thursday, April 2, 2020 |
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Mayor Kim Suspends Plastic Bag Ban to Stop Spread of COVID-19
By News Release @ 2:07 AM :: 3645 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, COVID-19
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...to discourage the introduction of germs or the virus into stores that could be present on personal reusable bags....
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Wednesday, April 1, 2020 |
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Trump Signs Hawaii Disaster Declaration
By News Release @ 7:32 PM :: 1899 Views :: COVID-19
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...ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local recovery efforts....
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Wednesday, April 1, 2020 |
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258 COVID Cases: 34 New, 11 more recovered
By News Release @ 6:25 PM :: 2369 Views :: COVID-19
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...totals as of 12:00 noon on April 1, 2020....
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Wednesday, April 1, 2020 |
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Elections Office Mails Out Signature Cards
By News Release @ 4:15 PM :: 2517 Views :: Office of Elections
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...Every registered voter should be on the lookout for a signature capture card in their mailbox....
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020 |
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April 4 Deadline to Register for Hawaii Democratic Primary
By News Release @ 8:48 PM :: 2501 Views :: Democratic Party
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...all ballots MUST be returned by postal mail by May 22....
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020 |
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Hawaii Records First Corona Death--224 Total Cases
By News Release @ 6:22 PM :: 2383 Views :: COVID-19
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...One of the 20 new cases required hospitalization. Three new recoveries were also reported, for a total of 58 recoveries....
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020 |
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FDA Approves Use of Malaria Drugs for COVID-19
By News Release @ 12:08 PM :: 3472 Views :: COVID-19
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... Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to ship 31M donated doses to states ....
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Monday, March 30, 2020 |
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COVID 19 Source Tracing: The Devil is in the Details
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 2165 Views :: COVID-19
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...Inside the COVID-19 case investigation process with State Epidemiological Specialist Myra Ching-Lee....
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Monday, March 30, 2020 |
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Maui Companies to Begin Assembling Ventilators
By News Release @ 8:33 PM :: 3675 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, COVID-19
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...The ventilators are based on an emergency design developed at the University of Texas at Austin, which is being used nationwide....
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Monday, March 30, 2020 |
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204 Hawaii COVID: 29 New Cases, 10 More Recovered
By News Release @ 7:57 PM :: 2797 Views :: COVID-19
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...Hawaii remains one of only two states with zero fatalities....
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Monday, March 30, 2020 |
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COVID-19 Media Letter: Transparency is More Important Than Ever
By News Release @ 1:06 PM :: 3008 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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...We strongly urge government branches and agencies to recommit to, and not retrench from, their duty to include the public in the policy-making process....
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Sunday, March 29, 2020 |
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COVID: 24 New Cases, 10 More Recover
By News Release @ 6:23 PM :: 2542 Views :: COVID-19
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... 175 cases statewide, including 49 who have recovered ....
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Saturday, March 28, 2020 |
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COVID: 29 New Cases, 39 Recovered
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 2210 Views :: COVID-19
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...There have been nearly 7,000 laboratory tests conducted for COVID-19 samples from Hawai‘i with 151 positive results to date....
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Saturday, March 28, 2020 |
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DoE: Modify 12th Grade Graduation Requirements for COVID
By News Release @ 3:29 AM :: 2569 Views :: Education K-12
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...There are approximately 10,000 students who are eligible to earn diplomas this year....
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Friday, March 27, 2020 |
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COVID Hawaii: 14 New Cases, 120 Total
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 3522 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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...To date, there have been more than 5,800 tests conducted for COVID-19 samples from Hawai‘i with 120 positive results....
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Friday, March 27, 2020 |
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Attorney General Uses COVID as Excuse to Do What they Have Been Planning all Along -- Let Lots and Lots of Criminals out of Hawaii Jails
By News Release @ 7:30 PM :: 3140 Views :: Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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...Statewide Effort Underway to Identify Certain Inmates for Release from the Prison Population Amid COVID-19 Concerns....
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Friday, March 27, 2020 |
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YB Uses COVID as Excuse to Impose Freight Rules it has Wanted for Years
By News Release @ 3:55 PM :: 4091 Views :: Health Care, Jones Act, COVID-19
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...IQ Test: Do you believe that banning these cargoes protects YB workers from Corona Virus?....
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Thursday, March 26, 2020 |
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Trump Signs Guam War Claims Legislation
By News Release @ 10:31 PM :: 2711 Views :: National News
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...Updated Law Authorizes U.S. Treasury to Issue Payments to Guam War Claims Recipients....
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Thursday, March 26, 2020 |
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Maui Budget: Property Tax Cut Proposed
By News Release @ 10:16 PM :: 3222 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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...Mayor Victorino presents administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposal....
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Thursday, March 26, 2020 |
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Hawaii AG: COVID is a Great Excuse to Help Planned Parenthood Make Money Selling Dead Baby Parts
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 3366 Views :: Life, COVID-19
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...Reality Check: None of the vaccine tests currently underway involve the use of dead baby parts....
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Thursday, March 26, 2020 |
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First Arrest for COVID Stay-at-Home Violation? HSTA Member from Anti-Vaxxer School
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 4585 Views :: Hawaii County , Police, COVID-19
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...she went to a residence, threw a rock at a window and started an argument with occupants of the home, which violated a court order--COVID violation becomes a tack-on charge....
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Thursday, March 26, 2020 |
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Hawaiian Homes Commission Approves DHHL Loan Deferral
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 2449 Views :: DHHL
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...postponement of mortgage payments for Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) direct loans and loans assigned to DHHL....
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Thursday, March 26, 2020 |
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Corona Count 106 -- 11 New Cases
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 2394 Views :: COVID-19
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...Hawaii health officials said there have been 4,658 COVID-19 tests completed, all but 379 from private laboratories....
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Thursday, March 26, 2020 |
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Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Calls for Suspension or Delay of GE Tax
By News Release @ 3:08 AM :: 3736 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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...This measure is one of several that the Chamber is proposing to provide relief to local businesses....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Most of Hawaii’s electric battery systems are paired with wind or solar power plants
By News Release @ 11:53 PM :: 3245 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...The non-dispatchable nature of these technologies creates operational challenges for system operators....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Kauai Seabird Habitat Conservation Plan -- Public Comments Open
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 3883 Views :: Kauai County, Education K-12, Environment
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...written comments must be received from interested parties no later than April 13, 2020....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Ethics: HHSC Manager Retires, Goes to Work for Contractor
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 3940 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Health Care
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...time was spent communicating with her former co-workers at the Health Information Management department....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Restaurant Association Petitions Ige for 'Sustainment'
By News Release @ 10:42 PM :: 2339 Views :: Small Business
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...This petition will be sent to Governor Ige on Thursday, March 26th....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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COVID Count 95--Only Six New Cases
By News Release @ 10:28 PM :: 2270 Views :: COVID-19
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...Six additional COVID-19 cases have been identified since 1200 yesterday and one case has been deleted after correcting a mistaken positive lab test....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Straub Employee Snooped Medical Records for Six Years
By News Release @ 8:20 PM :: 4088 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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"...On March 17, 2020, we mailed letters to all affected individuals...."
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Telescope: Hawaii State Supreme Court Affirmed Sacred Beliefs Not Applicable
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 5449 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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"...Petitioners and Opposing Intervenors claim broadly that their beliefs should give them veto power over any proposes land use on Mauna Kea. The law does not support that view...."
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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90 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in Hawai‘i: 14 New Cases
By News Release @ 12:29 AM :: 2207 Views :: COVID-19
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...This includes 10 new cases on Oʻahu, bringing that island total to 58; 3 new cases among US non-Hawaiʻi residents; and one pending case, which officials have yet to classify....
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020 |
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UH researcher’s team helps create vaccine for COVID-19
By News Release @ 3:22 AM :: 3053 Views :: Higher Education, COVID-19
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... Our product will take between six to nine months to be ready for clinical trials ....
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020 |
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Ige Statewide 'Stay at Home' Order Thru April 30
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 4617 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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...Media personnel are amongst the exempted 'Essential Businesses'....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Hawaii: First COVID Death Report in Error
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 3485 Views :: COVID-19
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...The Department of Health reports the person passed away on March 20th and suffered from multiple underlying health conditions....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Map: COVID Spreads Across Pacific Islands
By News Release @ 10:29 PM :: 2543 Views :: Health Care
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...As of 22 March 2020, 27 cases of COVID-19 have been reported by Guam....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Legislators: Ige's Tourism Shutdown is not Enough
By News Release @ 5:18 AM :: 3573 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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"...The only way to contain community spread of the virus is to impose a shelter-in-place directive upon all persons in Hawaii...."
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Hawaiian Airlines to Suspend Most Long-Haul Passenger Service Due to New State of Hawai‘i Quarantine Order
By News Release @ 4:58 AM :: 2715 Views :: Health Care, Tourism
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...Airline to focus on returning guests home ahead of Hawai‘i’s March 26 quarantine....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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UPDATE: Kauai Mayor Stay-at-Home Order and Nightly Curfew
By News Release @ 12:25 AM :: 5024 Views :: Kauai County, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...islandwide nighttime curfew beginning Friday, March 20. The curfew will be in effect from 9 p.m. through 5 a.m. daily until further notice....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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UPDATE--Stay Home Order Imposed: Caldwell Updates COVID Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 12:22 AM :: 5637 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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...all individuals are ordered to stay at their place of residence startyng Mon March 23, 2020 at 430pm....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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UPDATE: Maui County Stay-Home Order: Tourists Blocked from Road to Hana
By News Release @ 12:13 AM :: 4458 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...Mayor Victorino announces Public Health Emergency Rules for Maui County....
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 |
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UPDATE: 56 COVID Cases in Hawaii
By News Release @ 7:58 PM :: 3100 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Another eight cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Hawai’i as of noon Sunday, state officials said....
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 |
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40% of Hawaii Supreme Court up for Grabs
By News Release @ 3:36 PM :: 3340 Views :: Judiciary
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...the JSC is extending the application period for one Supreme Court vacancy and is now considering a retention petition for Chief Justice Recktenwald....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Ige Imposes 14-Day Quarantine
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 4032 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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“...With the majority of Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 cases linked to travel, it is critical that we further mitigate the spread of the virus by both residents and visitors who are coming from out-of-state....”
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Shutdown? 21% of Hawaii Businesses Would Lose $10,000 per Day
By News Release @ 6:23 PM :: 2452 Views :: Small Business
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...21% of Hawaii businesses will lose more than $10,000 a day if they stop operations....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Hawaii Courts Open--Most Traffic, Criminal, and Civil Cases Postponed Until After April 30
By News Release @ 3:41 PM :: 1747 Views
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...Most Traffic, Criminal, and Civil Cases Postponed Until After April 30....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Kauai Council Bans Public from Meetings--Just in time for Property Tax Hike, Removal of Alleged Meth Dealer
By News Release @ 2:56 PM :: 3080 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics
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...alleged Meth Dealer to be removed from Committees by Reso set for approval at March 25 meeting....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Honolulu Council Calls for 14-Day Quarantine
By News Release @ 4:51 AM :: 1521 Views
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...We recognize that these actions will have immediate and significant economic impacts. However, we remain gravely concerned that a prolonged and widespread outbreak in our State may significantly impact our economy for years to come....
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