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...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....

...New York Times columnists were awestruck by Gabbard's epic debate smackdown of Harris, who had been a top-three candidate in polling....

...American Astronomy’s Future Goes on Trial in Washington....

...on plaintiffs' reading the President would not be able to suspend entry from a particular country in the event of an epidemic in that country....

...The Master Lease awarding management of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve to the University of Hawaii will expire in 2033. It seems to me that any decision about individual facilities should wait until the issue of who will manage the mountain next is resolved....

...Cars have been more energy efficient than transit buses since 1991....

...The EB-5 program offers alien investors a family-sized set of green cards if they invest....

...The rules had to be changed because Gabbard won two delegates on Super Tuesday in American Samoa.....

...In 2017, only only 3.5 percent of Hawaiian high school students reported using e-cigarettes daily and only 1.2 percent reported smoking combustible cigarettes daily....

...The campaign against disposable bags and other products is harming the planet and the public....

...It's the most powerful greenhouse gas known to humanity, and emissions have risen rapidly in recent years....

...Hawaii 2.11 drunk driving fatalities per 100,000 people--down 26.83% from 2017....

...The court upheld the Trump administration’s June 2019 declaration that taxpayer-funded clinics must stop referring women for abortions or be stripped of their Title X funding....

...This Thursday, February 27th, three anti-gun bills: HB 1902, HB 2322, and HB 2736 will be eligible for floor votes in the House....

...Hawaii has the lowest property tax rate, but high valuations make for high property tax bills....

...The Most Dangerous States to Work In....

...Multiple jobs. Doubling up. Hawaii adults say they’re doing it all and still struggling....

...If government benefits were available, Nathan Lum made sure that he was going to receive some of them....