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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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City to Open Second Homeless Tent City
By News Release @ 10:34 PM :: 3355 Views :: Homelessness, COVID-19
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...City to open a Provisional Outdoor Screening and Triage (POST) facility in Pearl City....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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COVID Economics: Who Suffers Most?
By UHERO @ 10:27 PM :: 3095 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...COVID-19’s Uneven Impact on Businesses and Workers: Results from a UHERO-Chamber of Commerce Hawaii Survey....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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Lyon Connection? Micronesia Acts Against Fake Shipping Registry
By News Release @ 7:12 PM :: 4894 Views :: Ethics, World News, Jones Act
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...defendants include FSM previous TCI Sec'y Lukner Weilbacher, the former boss of Lyon Associates convict Massey Halbert....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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Kahuku Windfarm Case Appealed to Supreme Court
By News Release @ 6:09 PM :: 3743 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Ethics
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...Today, Life of the Land filed a direct appeal to the Hawai'i Supreme Court regarding the Public Utilities Commission's decision to deny its motion to void approvals related to the Kahuku windmills project....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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COVID Count -- 2 Deaths -- 1 New Case -- 5 Recover
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 2316 Views :: COVID-19
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...A total of 28,260 individuals have been tested in the state. 169 new test results reported since yesterday....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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Why Does Brian Schatz Want to Save Iran's Theocracy?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 AM :: 4198 Views :: World News, Congressional Delegation
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...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....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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COVID Risk: Hawaii #1 State for Multi-Generational Homes
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 AM :: 4026 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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...it may be harder to social distance or self-isolate in multigenerational households....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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Lahaina Injection Wells: Ad hoc rules and non-exhaustive lists of "factors"
By Robert Thomas @ 3:57 AM :: 3393 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...the usual result is going to be that you run a big risk if you don't get a permit....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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DoT Outlines New Verification Process for Airline Passengers
By News Release @ 3:42 AM :: 3340 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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...If the person refuses to provide a phone number that can be answered on the spot, law enforcement is contacted and they are subject to citation and arrest....
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Sunday, April 26, 2020 |
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Harry Kim Pulls Papers to Run for Reelection
By Andrew Walden @ 8:44 PM :: 3820 Views :: Hawaii County , Politicians
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...Kim, 80, had previously expressed uncertainty about his reelection plans....
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Sunday, April 26, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 519 Tested, 2 New Cases, 6 Released
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 2158 Views :: COVID-19
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...no new deaths and no new hospitalizations....
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Sunday, April 26, 2020 |
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Can the Governor Raise Taxes Now?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3821 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes, COVID-19
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...This is not a far-fetched scenario....
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Saturday, April 25, 2020 |
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Ige extends stay-at-home order through May 31--Limits Mayors Authority
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 4409 Views :: COVID-19
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...The stay-at-home order means residents may leave their homes only for various essential needs....
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Saturday, April 25, 2020 |
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How to kill civic trust
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:20 PM :: 2979 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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... Sunlight and openness are essential to keeping our lawmakers and administrative officials honest and accountable to citizens ....
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Saturday, April 25, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 3 new cases, 19 released
By News Release @ 7:21 PM :: 2186 Views :: COVID-19
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...no new deaths, one more hospitalized....
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Saturday, April 25, 2020 |
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Partnership to provide meals to the newly unemployed
By News Release @ 6:40 PM :: 2613 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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...The funds will go to Hawai‘i Foodbank to deploy food distributions at four new locations across O‘ahu beginning Thursday, April 30, 2020....
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Saturday, April 25, 2020 |
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Democracy in peril: Upholding government transparency during a crisis
By Video @ 5:52 AM :: 3565 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, COVID-19
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...Was it really necessary to suspend those laws to help fight the coronavirus? What can be done to restore government transparency and accountability in Hawaii?....
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Friday, April 24, 2020 |
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A 50-State Visual Guide to Unemployment Benefit Claims
By Tax Foundation @ 9:24 PM :: 3976 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...another 4,267,395 people filed initial unemployment benefit claims during the week ending April 18, the second week of a decline in the rate of new claims, but still among the highest levels in U.S. history....
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Friday, April 24, 2020 |
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COVID Testing: DLS Lab Corrects Caldwell Admin
By News Release @ 7:19 PM :: 3467 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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...DLS: Contrary to what the Caldwell admin and Civil Beat claim, all of our COVID tests are approved by FDA under an EUA....
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Friday, April 24, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 2 deaths, 5 new cases, 8 released
By News Release @ 6:03 PM :: 2360 Views :: COVID-19
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...Hawai‘i Department of Health reported 5 new positive cases for a cumulative total of 601 cases statewide....
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Friday, April 24, 2020 |
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KIUC Reports 56% Renewable Generation for 2019
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 3062 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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...Kauaʻi’s power generation mix for 2019 included 35% solar, 11% hydro and 10% biomass. Rooftop solar from residential and commercial members accounted for more than one-third of the solar generation....
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 4 New Cases, 11 Released
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 2509 Views :: COVID-19
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...and no new deaths....
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 |
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Another Maui COVID Coverup: Three Cases, 65 Exposed at Merrimans Restaurant
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 4823 Views :: Maui County, Tourism, COVID-19
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...When asked why the cases tied to the restaurant had not been disclosed earlier, Hauptman said that the incident had proven not to warrant public concern....
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 |
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States with the Biggest Increases in Unemployment Due to COVID-19
By Selected News Articles @ 4:12 PM :: 3599 Views :: Economy, Labor, COVID-19
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...Hawaii -- 3009.22% -- Increase in Unemployment Claims (April vs Start of COVID-19 Crisis)....
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 |
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Planet of the Humans: Michael Moore Debunks Hawaii's Clean Energy Initiative
By Video @ 1:51 PM :: 4831 Views :: Energy, Environment, First Amendment
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"...No amount of batteries are going to save us, warns director Jeff Gibbs...."
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 |
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Maui Injection Wells: Supreme Court Overturns 9th Circuit, Creates New Test
By Court House News @ 1:30 PM :: 3408 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...a 6-3 majority found that the Ninth Circuit’s ruling went too far. At the same time, however, the court declined to adopt the reading of the law advanced by the county....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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Planes, trains and automobiles — but not ships
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:59 PM :: 2559 Views :: Jones Act
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...Even with all the regulations for shipbuilding in the United States, shipyards silently outsource many critical components....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 6 New Cases, 7 Released
By News Release @ 8:10 PM :: 2213 Views :: COVID-19
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...and no new deaths....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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How Many DoE Students are Receiving Consistent Education? -- Congressional Delegation Demands Answers
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 4083 Views :: Education K-12, Congressional Delegation, COVID-19
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...Across the state, how many public elementary and secondary students are receiving some kind of consistent education every day? How many students are not receiving this level of education?....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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A Low-Risk Plan to Re-Start Hawaii’s Economy Now
By Andrew Walden @ 2:25 AM :: 7366 Views :: Economy, Small Business, COVID-19
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...To reopen the economy, start with high dollar-per-human-contact businesses—ie the ones nobody is talking about. We don’t need to wait a month to do this....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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COVID-19 Relief Options Approved by Hawaiian Homes Commission
By News Release @ 2:00 AM :: 2657 Views :: DHHL, COVID-19
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...HHC approved the establishment of the DHHL COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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UHERO: Hawaii Needs Free Money from the Sky to Support Local Economy
By UHERO @ 11:01 PM :: 3118 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...tax revenue declines that could easily top 15-20% will almost certainly require reductions in some public programs....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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Hawaii Air Quality Cleanest in the Nation
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 2954 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...Honolulu City and County set record levels for low amounts of annual particle pollution....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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COVID Count -- 2 Deaths -- 2 New Cases -- 14 Recover
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 2355 Views :: COVID-19
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...two new cases, 14 released....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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Global Warmers Feeling Forgotten: Civil Beat Agrees to Help
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 2834 Views :: Environment, COVID-19
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...Do you remember to panic? Media will try to remind you....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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Hawaii is State Slowing Down the Most During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 3637 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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...WalletHub compared the 50 states across six key metrics. Each metric measures the percentage point increase or decrease in visits to various types of places due to coronavirus....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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Kahuku Mother Sues Board of Education over Secret, Closed-Door Meeting and Vote
By News Release @ 6:09 PM :: 5051 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Energy, Ethics
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...suit against the Board of Education for holding a secret, closed door meeting last February, that resulted in denying her petition for rulemaking, violating the state Sunshine Law....
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Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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Antibody Tests Reveal 4.1% of Los Angeles Adults have had Corona Virus
By Selected News Articles @ 6:59 PM :: 2862 Views :: COVID-19
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...the results indicate a lower risk of death among those with infection than was previously thought....
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Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Work at Home
By Selected News Articles @ 6:48 PM :: 3586 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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"...We also considered factors like how large and how crowded homes are in the state...."
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Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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COVID Count: Only 4 New Cases
By News Release @ 6:38 PM :: 2247 Views :: COVID-19
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...this is the smallest number of new cases in 2 months....
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Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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Hawaiian Electric Releases 2019-2020 Sustainability Report
By News Release @ 6:34 PM :: 2496 Views :: Energy
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...Hawaiian Electric employees continue planning the renewable energy transformation....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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COVID Count -- One More Death -- Six New Cases -- Four Recover
By News Release @ 7:18 PM :: 1925 Views :: COVID-19
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...Only 6 new cases from 813 tests....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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Taxing Medical Practice to Death
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4236 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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...Unless you like the idea of having doctors in rural areas being scarcer than toilet paper....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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Mobile Device Tracking Reveals Which Hawaii Counties are Really Staying at Home
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 3104 Views :: COVID-19
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...Shelter-in-place Compliance Remains Low, UMD Research Finds....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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UPW: We Like Sitting at Home Getting Paid--Do Not Reassign Us
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 5371 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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...we have still not received a response to the question posed as to whether employees who are redeployed are still eligible to benefit entitlements provided by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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HSTA Claims 20% Pay Cut Will be 'Implemented' June 1
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 3896 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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...After unions notified their members of the salary reduction idea Tuesday night, state officials informed union leaders the implementation date of the salary cuts has been delayed by at least one month, to June 1 instead of May 1....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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UHPA: Ige Has No Right to Cut our Pay
By News Release @ 3:29 AM :: 3470 Views :: Higher Education, Labor, COVID-19
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"...We want to reassure you that the Governor has no legal authority, right, or privilege to unilaterally negate or disregard our current Unit 7 contract...."
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Saturday, April 18, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 919 Tests, 21 New Cases, 20 Released
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 2110 Views :: COVID-19
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...2.3% -- 21 of the 919 tests -- came back positive. Another day with zero deaths....
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