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Friday, December 11, 2020 |
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Thursday, December 10, 2020 |
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COVID Vax Approved: Hawaii gets 81,000 doses for December
By News Release @ 10:38 PM :: 2028 Views :: COVID-19
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"...I am confident in the Department of Health’s ability to distribute vaccines across Hawai‘i....” -- Gov David Ige
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Thursday, December 10, 2020 |
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Trustee Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey named new OHA chair
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 2212 Views :: OHA
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...The state Office of Elections has yet to certify the at-large OHA trustee race. Incumbent Trustee Keliʻi Akina’s victory in that election is currently being challenged in the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court....
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Thursday, December 10, 2020 |
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Next Boondoggle: 3 Finalists Named for Aloha Stadium Project
By News Release @ 4:44 AM :: 4276 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Rail, Tourism
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... This RFQ includes the new Aloha Stadium complemented by a mix of developments that will connect to the rail station ....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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COVID: Honolulu biggest increase in preference for short-term leases
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 PM :: 2776 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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... Since July, 26.8 percent of users searching in Honolulu from somewhere else in the country were looking for a short-term lease, up significantly from 14.9 percent at this time last year....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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Maui County seeks bar closures
By News Release @ 11:16 PM :: 2820 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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"...The Maui District Health Office reported that numerous positive cases are tied to close interactions among patrons in bar settings...."
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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Ethics Board: Harry Kim Violated 'Fair Treatment' Rules by Letting Telescope Protesters Violate Laws
By Andrew Walden @ 10:54 PM :: 3844 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education
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... Will an Hawaii County Board of Ethics decision help Hawaii County's new mayor chart a new course for law enforcement at the Mauna Kea telescope protest site? ....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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Unions Seek to Create Chaos, Drown Furloughs in Confusion
By News Release @ 10:18 PM :: 3845 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19
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"...Many public workers have already lost their second jobs in the tourism industry...."
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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Case Bill: Shift State COFA Costs to Federal Government
By News Release @ 8:05 PM :: 3080 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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... Compact Impact Fairness Act Aims At Growing Burden On States and Territories, Now $200 Million Annually for Hawai’i Alone, For Uncovered Services To Resident Migrants From The Marshall Islands, Palau and Micronesia ....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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Ige: State Employee Furloughs Begin January 1
By News Release @ 7:51 PM :: 2819 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...About 10,160 employees will be subject to the furloughs. The number will be even larger when Department of Education and University of Hawaii employees are included....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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DoE Distance Learning -- 35% of HS Students Fail or Get no Grades
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 2799 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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…roughly 1 in 10 secondary students received a failing grade in English or math during the first quarter. But about 25% of high school students and 6% of middle school students had no grades recorded at all in English and math….
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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CLIMB-HI: DoE Partners with Career Portal
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 1979 Views :: Education K-12
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...More than 200 Hawaii businesses and nonprofit organizations are currently offering over 200 opportunities to participating schools on ClimbHI Bridge....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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Med-Quest RFP for Medicaid Plans
By News Release @ 5:43 PM :: 2958 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, COVID-19
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... for up to five health plans to ensure access and continuity of care for Medicaid beneficiaries ....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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VIDEO: Chief Ballard Responds to Anonymous Letter
By News Release @ 2:27 AM :: 4464 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police, COVID-19
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"...The failed COVID 19 Operational Plan directly promoted abuse by officers...."
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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Only 44% of Hawai‘i residents plan to get COVID-19 vaccine
By News Release @ 1:27 AM :: 1962 Views :: COVID-19
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... That’s down 7 percentage points from a similar survey conducted in August ....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020 |
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FBI: Suspected Chinese spy targeted Tulsi Gabbard
By Selected News Articles @ 8:07 PM :: 13910 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
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... suspected communist spy Fang Fang served as president of both the Chinese Student Association and Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs (APAPA) ....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020 |
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UH law dean joins panel discussing civil liberties during COVID-19
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 2911 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, COVID-19
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...Thursday, December 10, from noon to 1:30 p.m. (HST) via Zoom....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020 |
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A Better Way to Help Hawaii's Unemployed
By Video @ 3:06 AM :: 3047 Views :: Economy, Labor, Small Business
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... Hawaii’s unemployment insurance system is in crisis, with stalled payments, rampant fraud, and massive debt leading to higher taxes ....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020 |
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Ethics Comm: 58 Pages of New Rules
By News Release @ 2:48 AM :: 1949 Views :: Ethics
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...Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission promulgated new administrative rules, effective November 28, 2020....
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Monday, December 7, 2020 |
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U.S. Territories, Not States, Bear The Scars Of World War II
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 3766 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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...As we mark 75 years since the cessation of hostilities in the Pacific Theater of the Second World War....
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Sunday, December 6, 2020 |
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Maui County Has The Highest Jobless Rate In America
By Selected News Articles @ 9:14 PM :: 4173 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... With a population with a strong demographic base, what has happened to the job situation which makes it so high? The answer in a word is “tourism” ....
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Sunday, December 6, 2020 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 5, 2020
By GovTrack .us @ 7:47 PM :: 1911 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... bills introduced and votes in Congress from GovTrack.us ....
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Sunday, December 6, 2020 |
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Tale of the Tape
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3210 Views :: Economy, Taxes, COVID-19
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...“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”....
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Sunday, December 6, 2020 |
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Auditor: Prosecutor's Office Did Nothing to Learn from Kealoha Scandal
By News Release @ 3:18 AM :: 3349 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...management did not initiate a review or evaluation of its policies and procedures that allowed one of its higher-ranking deputy prosecutors to use the office for criminal activity....
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Saturday, December 5, 2020 |
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Take the Honolulu PD Community Survey
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 2721 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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... The Honolulu Police Department invites the public to take the department’s annual community survey ....
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Saturday, December 5, 2020 |
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Hawaii court considering whether baseless lawsuit against Oahu churches will continue
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 3277 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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... “Hawaii’s law is reserved for serious fraud cases involving actual whistleblowers. It is not designed to pit neighbor against neighbor, and it certainly should not be abused by those who simply have an axe to grind against religion” ....
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Saturday, December 5, 2020 |
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Remembering Dick Rowland
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:57 PM :: 2385 Views :: Hawaii History
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... How many individuals can boast of leaving a legacy for liberty? ....
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Saturday, December 5, 2020 |
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Audit: City Loses $450K per Year Subsidizing Bikeshare
By News Release @ 1:09 AM :: 2816 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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... The city did not share in the $5.3 million in revenues collected by the Bikeshare program between FY2017 and FY2019 ....
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Saturday, December 5, 2020 |
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Maui County to accept applications for Prosecuting Attorney
By News Release @ 12:52 AM :: 2357 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement
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...“The Council’s action closes this workplace violence investigation and recommendation for removal of Mr. Guzman,” Mayor Victorino said....
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Saturday, December 5, 2020 |
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OHA's Vision for Post-COVID Economy
By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 2015 Views :: OHA
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... reports are the result of an online survey administered in June 2020 by the Native Hawaiian COVID-19 Research Hui ....
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Friday, December 4, 2020 |
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DBEDT: Federal Handouts, Tourism Reopening Improve Economy
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 2143 Views :: Economy
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"The improvements ... are mainly attributed to the federal government assistance programs and the starting of the pre-travel testing program for trans-Pacific passengers."
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Friday, December 4, 2020 |
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Spying on You: Victorino announces AlohaSafe Alert app rollout for Maui County
By News Release @ 8:10 PM :: 3573 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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... There are currently 14 States and the District of Columbia that are participating in the Google Apple Exposure Notification (“GAEN”) system ....
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Friday, December 4, 2020 |
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Auditor: HPD Does not Learn from Misconduct
By News Release @ 4:21 AM :: 2850 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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... Changes are only made reactively to incidents. Key information from its corrective systems is not aggregated and reported to department management for its review to make responsive proactive changes that could result in prevention of misconduct or reduction of complaints ....
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Friday, December 4, 2020 |
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Trump Approves Funding for Hawaii National Guard COVID Relief
By News Release @ 3:12 AM :: 2404 Views :: Military, COVID-19
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... funding that will allow the Hawai‘i National Guard to continue with COVID-19 assistance across the state through March 31, 2021 ....
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Thursday, December 3, 2020 |
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Thursday, December 3, 2020 |
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020 |
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Meet OHA’s new Molokai Trustee
By Video @ 7:10 PM :: 2613 Views :: OHA
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...Meet OHA’s new Molokai Trustee....
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020 |
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Long Term Care: Hawaii Costs Soaring Faster
By News Release @ 2:35 PM :: 3206 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... Increase in Long Term Care Costs in Hawaii Surpass National Trends; COVID-19 Pressures Future Costs ....
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020 |
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States With Highest Vehicle Theft Rates -- Hawaii #6
By Selected News Articles @ 1:23 AM :: 2865 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... Hawaii sees an average of 410 stolen cars per 100,000 registered vehicles. ...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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Meet OHA's New Board of Trustees
By Selected News Articles @ 7:38 PM :: 3059 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"...it is about power...." -- Brendon Lee
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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Caldwell, Robbins Beg Feds: We’re trying to come up with a plan please give us $250M
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 2498 Views :: Rail
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"...the plan being discussed will include the entire project scope ... there is no desire to abandon any component of the full Project scope...."
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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Hawaiian Tel Buys Al Hee's Cable Network
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 3019 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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... Hawaiian Telcom to Acquire Inter-Island Submarine and Terrestrial Fiber Infrastructure Assets from Paniolo Cable Company ....
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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Ballard: 'Multiple Investigations' into HPD COVID OT Abuse
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 2940 Views :: Honolulu County, Police, COVID-19
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... we have opened multiple investigations, and those who violated laws or administrative policies will be disciplined appropriately ....
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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House Leaders: Safe Travels Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 3090 Views :: Small Business, Tourism, COVID-19
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... Business leaders, legislators urge Gov. Ige to walk back changes to travel plan ....
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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Hawaii Commercial Rent Survey Goes National
By News Release @ 1:55 AM :: 2347 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... NCRS will analyze the hardship the business community across the country is facing and the impact commercial rent is having on their operations heading into 2021 ....
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Monday, November 30, 2020 |
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State to Pay 50 'Remote Workers' to Move to Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:34 PM :: 8159 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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...50 Remote Workers Will Be Accepted into the First Cohort of the Program and Receive a Free Round Trip Ticket to Hawai‘i....
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