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Wednesday, May 26, 2021 |
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Russian Navy Spy Ship Quietly Operating Off Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:01 PM :: 4586 Views :: Kauai County, Military
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... The Russian ship has operated just outside U.S. territorial waters, Navy officials confirmed ....
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021 |
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President Biden signs bill exempting Alaska Cruise Ships from PVSA
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:55 PM :: 2955 Views :: Jones Act, Tourism, COVID-19
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... The Alaska Tourism Restoration Act provides the Last Frontier temporary relief from the 135-year-old PVSA, which requires foreign-flagged vessels carrying passengers between U.S. ports to stop in a foreign port as part of the itinerary ....
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021 |
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A Model for Hawaii: Federal Judge Orders Los Angeles to Clear Skid Row
By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 AM :: 5337 Views :: Homelessness
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... Beds, Services, and the Obligation to Use Them. A legally enforceable mandate whereby the community provides beds and services to those ready, willing, and able to accept shelter. At the same time, living in public spaces is forbidden and laws are enforced. This is a balanced social contract ....
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021 |
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Hawaii ranks 2nd healthiest state in US
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 3530 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... best and worst ranked states closely correlate with 2020 presidential election results ....
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 |
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Act 18 Streamlines Professional Licensing for Military Spouses
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 6765 Views :: Military, Small Business
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... Act 18 streamlines the process to obtain a temporary license for a military spouse in good standing with another state – allowing Hawaiʻi to tap qualified professionals to fill positions where there are shortages, such as social workers, counselors, and physicians ....
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 |
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More Free Money for HSTA: BoE Approves Shortage Differentials for 2021-22
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 4913 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... Shortage differentials for classroom teachers in special education, hard-to-staff locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs will continue through school year 2021–22 ....
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 |
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HSTA reaches tentative contract agreement
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 2368 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... ratification vote ends June 9, 2021 ....
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 |
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Hawaii 5-year Growth Rate 2nd Lowest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:12 PM :: 2582 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... total employment in Hawaii declined by 10% between 2016 and 2021 ....
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 |
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Ige Lifts Outdoor Mask Mandate
By News Release @ 11:06 PM :: 2087 Views :: COVID-19
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... The indoor mask mandate remains unchanged ....
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 |
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Mayor Victorino offers sneak peak of Governor Ige’s Tuesday press conference
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 2192 Views :: Maui County, COVID-19
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... imminent changes to state emergency rules related to youth ocean sports and mask-wearing ....
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 |
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HECO Urges COVID Deadbeats to Set up Payment Plan
By News Release @ 2:12 AM :: 2313 Views :: Energy, COVID-19
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... Moratorium end on May 31 will not trigger immediate disconnections for past due customers ....
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 |
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Public Hearing for Maui County Firing Range
By News Release @ 2:02 AM :: 2725 Views :: Maui County, Second Amendment
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... Online public hearing scheduled for proposed rules for firing range at Ukumehame, Maui ....
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Monday, May 24, 2021 |
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Hawaii Among Worst States for Military Retirees
By Selected News Articles @ 8:10 PM :: 3064 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military
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... Hawaii is tied for #1 for most Homeless Veterans ....
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Sunday, May 23, 2021 |
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UH had $3.6B impact on Hawaiʻi economy in 2020
By News Release @ 4:47 PM :: 2148 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... UH represents about 3% of the state’s economy ....
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Sunday, May 23, 2021 |
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Teacher Payments and the “Me Too” Syndrome
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2718 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... House Bill 613, another bill that has undergone radical metamorphosis while in our Legislature. ...
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Sunday, May 23, 2021 |
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16 Hawaii Towns Ranked by Student Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 3:11 AM :: 2443 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... 2021’s Cities with the Most & Least Student Debt ....
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Sunday, May 23, 2021 |
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School Closures will Cost Trillions--And Nobody is Worse than Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:51 AM :: 2918 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... While 12 states are at 100 percent, Hawaii as the worst state is at 38.5 percent and California as the next is at 53.5 percent ....
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Saturday, May 22, 2021 |
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HSTA Recruiting Teachers for New Scam to Eliminate Standardized Testing
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 2412 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... “This is a great opportunity for teachers to help move Hawaii from standardized assessments to project-based learning,” said Corey Rosenlee ....
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Saturday, May 22, 2021 |
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HSTA Game Plan: After Ige Vetoes HB613, BoE Will Approve $2,200 Cash Bonanza
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 5479 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... Shortage differentials maintain strong BOE support HIDOE is using the differentials to recruit, retain teachers ....
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Saturday, May 22, 2021 |
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Tulsi Gabbard Demands Chicago Mayor Resign For ‘Blatant Anti-White Racism’
By Selected News Articles @ 6:03 PM :: 3789 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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... “Mayor Lightfoot’s blatant anti-white racism is abhorrent,” Gabbard, a fellow Democrat, said ....
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Saturday, May 22, 2021 |
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April 2021 Hotel Revenues up 138%
By Hawaii Tourism Authority @ 4:28 PM :: 2480 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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... ADR was more than double last year’s level ($300, +138.6%), and occupancy was 50.8 percent (+42.0 percentage points), which would have been disappointing performance pre-pandemic ....
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Saturday, May 22, 2021 |
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Waiver goodbye to the Jones Act?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:04 AM :: 2126 Views :: Jones Act
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... If a shipping law that ostensibly protects “national security” has to be waived every time there’s a crisis, maybe the problem is the law itself ....
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Saturday, May 22, 2021 |
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In Hawaii, Electric Vehicles Cost More to Fuel than Gasoline Vehicles
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 AM :: 5144 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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... and in Hawaii, many EVs pollute more than gasoline vehicles ....
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Saturday, May 22, 2021 |
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Kenji Price Joins DC Law Firm
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 2272 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... Former Honolulu Federal Prosecutor Kenji Price Will Help Clients Minimize Risk and Tackle Increased Enforcement Activity ....
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Friday, May 21, 2021 |
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Harbor Division Seeks Falls of Clyde Removal--Then Cancels Bid
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 3308 Views :: Hawaii History
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... DOT says solicitation for removal of the historic Falls of Clyde canceled, to be reissued in July ....
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Friday, May 21, 2021 |
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Hawaii Is Replacing Its Last Coal Plant With a ‘Giant Battery’—Powered by Oil
By Selected News Articles @ 8:13 PM :: 4424 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Cost of Living
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... The revelation that the Kapolei Energy Storage Facility will be powered with oil caused an uproar at a recent meeting, but the project is slated to continue ....
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Friday, May 21, 2021 |
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OHA Grants $1.25 million to 14 nonprofits
By News Release @ 8:00 PM :: 2181 Views :: OHA
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... The Office of Hawaiian Affairs today announced grant awards totaling $1.25 million ....
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Thursday, May 20, 2021 |
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Job Search Requirement Reinstated for Unemployed
By News Release @ 8:59 PM :: 2825 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... Hawai‘i residents currently receiving unemployment insurance benefits will again be required to prove they are searching for work starting May 30 ....
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Thursday, May 20, 2021 |
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Ige Seeks BLNR Nominees
By News Release @ 6:23 AM :: 2343 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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... currently, the designated Maui and O‘ahu land district seats are open ....
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Thursday, May 20, 2021 |
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Bodycam Video Shows Sykap Shooting, Crash into Canal
By Video @ 5:29 AM :: 3209 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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... HNN has obtained the April 5 footage from the officer who fired the first shots-- Just yesterday Prosecutor Alm said he would withhold video from the public during his 'independent investigation' ....
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Thursday, May 20, 2021 |
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UIPA Requests for FY2020
By News Release @ 3:34 AM :: 2049 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... data about Hawaii’s open records law collected by 284 state, county, and independent agencies on their UIPA Record Request Logs for FY 2020 ....
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Thursday, May 20, 2021 |
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Instream Flows Set for Taro-Growing Areas of Kauai, Maui
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 2893 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Agriculture
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... the Commission approving of natural streamflow conditions to serve as the instream flow standard ....
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Thursday, May 20, 2021 |
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Republican Jones Act reform bills introduced
By Michael Hansen @ 2:50 AM :: 2030 Views :: Jones Act
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“...Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) have introduced the Open America’s Water Act, a bill that would repeal the Jones Act and allow all qualified vessels to engage in domestic trade between U.S. ports....”
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 |
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Neighborhood Board Election Ends Friday, May 21
By News Release @ 6:45 PM :: 3343 Views :: Honolulu County
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... The voting period is from April 26 to May 21, 2021 ....
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 |
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Mauna Kea: 'Tell Canada to Stop Being Racist'
By Samuel Wilder King II @ 6:44 PM :: 3956 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... new requirement to be the imposition of racist, neo-colonial requirements on our society ....
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 |
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FBI Investigating Navatek Insiders for Illegal Campaign contributions
By Selected News Articles @ 12:41 AM :: 3279 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... A recently unsealed search warrant application shows the FBI believes a Hawaii defense contractor illegally funneled $150,000 to a pro-Collins super PAC and reimbursed donations to Collins' campaign ....
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021 |
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EEOC Collects Over $4.8 Million on Judgment in Labor Trafficking Case Against Maui Pineapple
By News Release @ 11:41 PM :: 2969 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Labor
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... $4.8 million has been recovered to satisfy a judgment in a national origin and race discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC against Maui Pineapple ....
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021 |
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HDOT Wins $31.7M by Suing Software Contractor
By News Release @ 10:41 PM :: 1719 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Ciber was hired in 2008 to design and implement a financial accounting system, on an Oracle software platform ....
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021 |
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Why we need to press ‘pause’ on the Honolulu rail project
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:58 PM :: 2637 Views :: Rail
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... the most expensive megaproject per capita in the world ....
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021 |
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Spectators allowed at permitted outdoor sporting events
By News Release @ 4:20 AM :: 1973 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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... The rule continues to prohibit socializing and potlucks at the field/court before or after the scheduled sports activity ....
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Monday, May 17, 2021 |
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UHPA Pushes Back Against Mercado Kim
By News Release @ 11:45 PM :: 3125 Views :: Higher Education
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... Sen. Donna Mercado Kim, Chair of the Senate Committee on Higher Education, did not hold back this past legislative session pushing for proposed legislation that would negatively impact the nucleus that allowed the University of Hawai‘i to obtain the distinguished Carnegie R1 institution ....
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Monday, May 17, 2021 |
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Results of 2021 HGEA State Board Election
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 1813 Views :: Labor
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... results of the 2021-2023 HGEA President and Board of Directors Election ....
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Monday, May 17, 2021 |
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Hawaii public schools to resume full, in-person learning for Fall Semester
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 1367 Views
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... scheduled to begin on August 3, 2021 ....
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Monday, May 17, 2021 |
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Facial Imaging Now Operational at Five Hawaii Airports
By News Release @ 7:56 PM :: 3261 Views :: Law Enforcement, Tourism, COVID-19
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... Airports Division announces the operation of Phase III of the thermal temperature screening and facial imaging project at Hawaii’s five major airports that accept trans-Pacific flights ....
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Monday, May 17, 2021 |
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Arrested at Airport: Nigerian Prince Allegedly Defrauded Hawaii Unemployment
By News Release @ 7:34 PM :: 4131 Views :: Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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... the arrestee is a senior aide to the Governor of the Nigerian State of Ogun, just outside Lagos ....
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Monday, May 17, 2021 |
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UH to require COVID-19 vaccination for on-campus students this fall
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 2238 Views :: Higher Education, COVID-19
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... This means that, to be on any UH campus, students must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 ....
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