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...29 staff members at the Star-Advertiser, the largest newspaper in the state, are losing their jobs at the end of the month....

...the Trump administration has since revised the rule, making it more difficult to challenge land-use rules that make housing more expensive....

...The 20-mile line is expected to cost $9.2 billion, more than the cost of the 243 miles of light-rail lines in Sacramento, Saint Louis, Salt Lake City, San Diego, and San Jose combined....

...Bureau of Labor Statistics recently disclosed that it misclassified many workers on temporary layoffs as “absent from work because of other reasons” rather than “unemployed.” Therefore, the real unemployment rate may be around 33 percent higher than reported....

...Chief Justice John Roberts wrote a short opinion to express his agreement with (and to explain) the denial of the church’s request....

...The roughly half of the population who cannot work from home are getting screwed over by those who can....

... Hawaii Ranks 45th for Public Hospital System Quality ....

...Alaska is a striking contrast to its noncontiguous counterpart Hawaii, which remains mostly locked down....

...attorney Scott Greenfield suggested proposals like these would raise “a great many curious issues” and “would appear to be outrageously unlawful sex discrimination with some serious likelihood of backfiring.”....

...Hawaii’s case is likely the most extreme to date....

...only Nevada and Michigan are higher....

..."This time of emergency does not justify government secrecy. The Resort is certainly not entitled to have their permits fast-tracked behind closed doors while public gatherings are banned and also excluding the press."....

...two weeks ago Hawaii was the most restrictive state....

...but Hawaii is the #1 state for homeless veterans....

...it isn’t the kind its leaders were counting on....

...Hawaii has the lowest share of population diagnosed with COPD....

...Hawaii 5th Highest Median Income Growth for Law Enforcement Officers 2018-2019....

...Refers to the increase in the number of unemployment insurance initial claims in the week of April 27, 2020 compared to the week of April 29, 2019....

... spending their time while social distancing daydreaming about how to restructure society into a progressive paradise ....

...Except for Hawaii which has few deaths and the most restrictions, the most restrictive states have the highest death rate.  The least restrictive states have the fewest deaths....

...2020’s Best & Worst States for Nurses....

... States with the Biggest Increases in Unemployment Due to Coronavirus ....

...The weighted-student formula has provided a much more equitable, responsive and transparent way to fund Hawaiian schools....

...Wiser regulators than those in Maui would avoid bloody-minded enforcement that deters voluntary civic action to help the public in a crisis....

...As of Tuesday, 64 sailors on guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG-100) have tested positive for the virus, with 63 percent of the crew tested....

...Hawaii DoH is seeking 60 more contact tracers to total 90.  420 are needed ....

...The memorandum titled “Balancing Public Safety with the Preservation of Civil Rights” asks U.S. attorneys to be on the “lookout” for abuses of powers from government officials....

...At a time when Iran's oppressive totalitarian regime is coming under increasing pressure from within and its grip on power is being tested daily, Democrats are rushing in with sanctions relief plans that would shore up its control....

...it may be harder to social distance or self-isolate in multigenerational households....

...Hawaii -- 3009.22% -- Increase in Unemployment Claims (April vs Start of COVID-19 Crisis)....

...Do you remember to panic?  Media will try to remind you....

...the results indicate a lower risk of death among those with infection than was previously thought....

"...We also considered factors like how large and how crowded homes are in the state...."

...The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on many of America’s “non-essential” industries....

... 35 percent say that their business cannot last more than three months in current conditions ....

...the 1918 flu, also called the Spanish Flu, had a significant impact on Hawaiʻi, claiming more than 2,300 lives while actually peaking in 1920....

...Hawaii #1 in search for 'payday loans', but #42 in search for home equity loans....

...missed the moment, dragged their feet and succumbed to petty squabbling....

...data set ranges from tested cases of COVID-19 per capita and state legislation on the pandemic to the uninsured population and share of the workforce in affected industries....

...It’s led to the closing of scores of non-essential events and businesses, hurting the livelihood of many people....

...unemployment claim increases for the week of March 23....

Henry Opukahai'a was an orphan raised by his uncle to be a pagan priest....

"...As always, we are responding quickly to the needs and opportunities of the times...."

...Current estimates about the Covid-19 fatality rate may be too high by orders of magnitude....

...The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a paradox on its hands....

...More than one in four jobs in Nevada, Hawaii and Wyoming are at risk....

...USS Theodore Roosevelt Quarantines Sailors on Guam as Coronavirus Outbreak Spreads....

...Michael Levitt, a Nobel laureate and Stanford biophysicist, began analyzing the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide in January and correctly calculated that China would get through the worst of its coronavirus outbreak long before many health experts had predicted....

...Why is this latest effort by Hawaiian officials political suicide? Because ……. Sher Edling....

...with 26 cases and no deaths, Hawaii has the 43rd highest count of Corona Virus cases in USA....