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Saturday, October 31, 2020 October 31, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:02 PM :: 2329 Views Waihee: Hawaii Secession Possible if Trump Reelected COVID Count 68 new cases out of 4,234 tests Special session of Hawaii Legislature may be needed to pass mask mandate Retail, restaurants see a sales bump with visitors back More Hysteria from Failed ‘Experts’  -- Now Project Hawaii 900 cases a day by February   Increased fares for Oahu public transit introduced in City Council COVID Justice: ‘Released on Recognizance’ after bust allegedly nets $1M coke, cash and jewelry 2013 shooting was apparent attempt on the life of Miske’s brother, John Stancil Guzman details ongoing friction with Victorino Fevella proposes change in steward of Mauna Kea Read More..

Friday, October 30, 2020 October 30, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 3423 Views Will Hawaii's emergency lockdowns ever be declared illegal in court? Hawaii Among Only Seven States to Tax Groceries Federal PVSA is pilau COVID Count 94 new cases out of 4,171 tests 457K Votes Received so Far—Breaks Record Privacy?  Vigilantes Gain Access to State Quarantine List  Hawaii Criminal Inmates Can Now File For $1200 Federal Stimulus Checks Supreme Court Rejects Suit Seeking Prompt Payments For Hawaii’s Jobless Hawaii’s Medicaid numbers up 7% year-over-year As economic pain of pandemic widens, need for food stamps soars in Hawaii 3,000,000 lbs of Free Food per Month CARES Act Funding Lifted Hawaii Residents’ Incomes Hawaii Tourist Count Drops in 2nd Week Post-Arrival Tests Find only 6 Positives Chemophobia Front and Center as HTA starts process to create new model for managed tourism A&B Profitable Again: 81% of Tenants Paying Rent COVID-19 taking a toll on island real estate market City cleanup effort removes 52 tons of homeless rubbish from Oahu’s Leeward Coast An 8-year battle with the law Geothermal Power and Big Cable Date Back to Hawaiian Kingdom Read More..

Thursday, October 29, 2020 October 29, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:03 PM :: 2728 Views Who Needs DoT? Private Management Can Take Over Dillingham Airport 'Connected vehicle sensors' to Watch Big Island Roads Here's Who to Vote for at OHA Obamacare Marketplace Opens Nov 1 September: 18,686 Visitors COVID Count 77 new cases out of 4,854 tests Still Haven't Voted? Find Your Voter Service Center (to access articles below click the news read dateline at top) Oahu vote tally topples record Honolulu Police Department has issued 60,000 coronavirus-related violations How SHOPO Keeps Trying To Hide Police Misconduct Despite New Disclosure Law Hawaii among top 5 states with highest mortgage fraud risk Sec 8: State expects 20,000 applications when rental subsidy wait list is briefly opened Hawaiian Airlines’ Struggles Reflect The Pain Of The Tourism Industry Gun sales surge, creating a backlog to process permits NTSB releases details from skydiving plane crash that killed 11 at Dillingham Airfield Petitions would add 3 excuses to medicated pot list Read More..

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 October 28, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 2626 Views Hawaii COVID Travel Testing Expands to Japan Maui Liquor Comm Selects Son to Replace Father as Director OIP Proposes Permanent Virtual Meeting Legislation VIDEO: Akina, Alapa Launch TV Ads in OHA Races COVID Count 62 new cases out of 4,393 tests --- NOTE: To open articles below this line CLICK HERE ---  Hawaii Construction Union Spent Nearly $1 Million On Oahu Races HART board’s 7-2 vote fails to halt P3 process 'Expensive lesson to learn': Hawaiian tourists struggle with negative test, mask mandates Confusion around Safe Travels leads to arrest 60-plus Companies Submit ‘Advance Notice’ of Permanent Layoffs Overdue-rent cases are expected to clog Hawaii’s courts Circus News: Ms Magazine Touts Hawaii ‘feminist recovery plan’ Navy’s plan for Red Hill fuel tanks rejected by EPA, DOH Article highlights DHHL funding needs Hawaii County Water Board approves rate hike Read More..

Tuesday, October 27, 2020 October 27, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:23 PM :: 2636 Views COVID Count: 38 new cases COVID Count 66 new cases out of 4,122 tests 1960: Hawaii Sends Two Slates to Electoral College MECO Plan: Replace Kahului Power Plant with Solar and Batteries Pension Debt: Hawaii Among 5 Worst Remember when U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye led the charge for Jones Act reform? Hawaii gets 13 more weeks of unemployment Lawsuit: HPD Officer Arrests Kid After Fight with Son FCC Grants DHHL WiFi Spectrum Licenses 20 Years Prison for Mortgage Fraudster Targeting Hawaii Operation “Shine the Light” Recovers Five at-Risk Teens Telescope Less Impact Than Maunakea Access Road Encampment? Lanai: Entire Island on COVID Lockdown Vote now; Ballot deadlines nearing 381,000 Hawaii ballots already returned in election with ‘tremendous enthusiasm’ Caldwell Presents 8-Point Plan for Rail Lanai 2,800 Surge tests on island of 3,000 Life Care Center reports two more deaths Japanese travel plan nearly set, Canada, S Korea Next Utah family flies to Hawaii, finds out negative COVID-19 results won't be accepted 97-percent of COVID-19 emergency order violation cases that reached outcome were dismissed The state is sitting on $90M for housing aid and time is running out to distribute it—HHFDC Solves Problem by Not Checking Eligibility Hawaii County coffers contain an extra $40M Maui Liquor director to hand position to Son? McKinley Students Still Unable To Play Football On New $5M Field Batteries $947/kwh in Hawaii Closing Dillingham Airport May Slow Tourism Read More..

Monday, October 26, 2020 Letters to the Editor October, 2020 By Letters to the Editor @ 6:30 PM :: 3811 Views Telescope Less Impact Than Maunakea Access Road Encampment? Rail to be Next Stonehenge “A Republic, if you can keep it” Stop The Rail at Middle Street Held Hostage? Hawaiian Homelands Should Be Opened To Other Voice/Data Providers Read More..

Monday, October 26, 2020 October 26, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:30 PM :: 3261 Views Hawaii Tourism Reopening Strategy: Make COVID Positivity Numbers Look Good Witch? Hirono Duck Test Joke Punished by Facebook Another Federal Grand Jury In Hawaii? This Time It’s About United Public Workers Union Judge’s order favors disclosure of documents in Miske-related case Deadline looming for HART’s rail plan DoE Remote Learning Scam Wears Thin: Parents Flee to Private Schools Vigilante group calls for stricter mask enforcement City agrees to a tentative $320,000 settlement over HPD domestic violence case US Says COFA Talks Are On Track To Finish This Year State plans $1.8 billion housing and commercial development for East Kapolei Kalaeloa Vintage aircraft face chopping block Read More..

Sunday, October 25, 2020 October 25, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:03 PM :: 3849 Views Ige 45th: ALEC Ranks Governors COVID Count: 90 new cases out of 3,873 tests COVID Count: 121 new cases Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 24, 2020 Sexual Preference: Senator Hirono’s Double Standard Ethics: DCCA Audit Examiner likes Nobu, Suntory, Hihimanu HGEA Bumbling Ruins Vacations for Thousands Green worries COVID-19 infections could hit triple digits on Lanai Caldwell: Build Rail Line to Station ‘Near Downtown’ Honolulu rail delays could affect Oahu Community Correctional Center site redevelopment TMT opponents oppose small teaching telescope at Halepohaku Hawaii: Meet Your Electoral College Latest Scheme: Free House in Hawaii in Exchange for your So-Called ‘Tech’ Stock Read More..

Saturday, October 24, 2020 October 24, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:56 PM :: 2534 Views State Business Tax Climate Index--Hawaii Ranks 37th Ige Names Todd Eddins Supreme Court Justice Chief Justice Appoints Stephanie Char Fifth Circuit District Family Court Hawaii Hits 99.9% Complete in 2020 Census Coast Guard to Deploy More Fast Response Cutters to West Pacific Prison for Natural Supplement Makers Behind Wave of Liver Damage, Death in Hawaii Hawaii Energy Consumption During Lockdown Honolulu GOP Chair Violated Federal Hatch Act To Reclaim Ancestral Land, All Native Hawaiians Need Is a $300,000 Mortgage and to Wait in Line for Decades How We Found Low-Income Hawaiians Were Left Behind by the Homesteading Program Hawaii Voter Turnout Already At 41% Tier System from Department of Health guides Hawaii schools 66,644 arrive in Hawaii -- 41,783 with pre-travel testing After 55,000 Tickets and 500 Arrests -- HPD chief says most violators of COVID restrictions are residents, not tourists 14 people arrested on Kaua'i for violating quarantine rules since reopening travel 65 Cases on Lanai Life Care Center reports dramatic decrease in new virus cases Nadamoto Relative in Domestic Violence Case? Maui Mayor seeks Guzman’s removal as prosecutor Read More..

Friday, October 23, 2020 October 23, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:07 PM :: 3111 Views Ige Announces Vaccine Rationing Plan It’s Time to Review Your Medicare Coverage Aloha and Mahalo from Rep Cynthia Thielen COVID Count 102 new cases out of 4,329 tests COVID Count: 131 new cases out of 4,843 tests Rail and Bill 80 two peas in a pod Not the Kiss of Death? Blangiardi Still Winning Even After Admitting he Voted for Donald Trump Honolulu Mayoral Candidates Can’t — Or Won’t — Say What They’ll Do About Rail Oahu Alcohol-Related Crashes up 33% – Drug Related Crashes up 60% Nursing home deaths--41% of all virus-related deaths in Hawaii 58,611 people have been screened in the first seven days Backlog in the state’s manual COVID-19 test verification process sends thousands of Hawaii travelers to quarantine Quarantine: Police Issue 8,400 warnings and 885 Tickets Since Oct 15 Going after the surgeon general Public Defender Uses COVID as Excuse to keep Fentanyl Dealer on Streets How Distance Education Fails One Family Legislature Must Give The Police Standards Board The Money It Needs To Do Its Job Hawaii CBD Restrictions American Samoa Medical Charter to Bring 100 for Treatment in Hawaii Four Cronies of the Apocalypse: Ex-Governors Back Hu Honua Scheme Read More..

Thursday, October 22, 2020 October 22, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:47 PM :: 3147 Views Here's Who to Vote for at OHA Old federal maritime law holds back Hawaii tourism, new report shows Low COVID: Ige Approves 'Tier 2' for Oahu COVID News: Domestic Violence up 46% Since March Measuring Climate Intentions, Not Results UH Manoa ranked 378th by U.S. News and World Report HART chief says Rail Line May be Cut Short 40% of Hawaii businesses can't pay their rent, survey finds Daily Tourist Count Drops off HD43: Will Downtown Lobbyists Win Race? Bill 73: Don’t Let Bums Flop on Sidewalk Honolulu resolution seeks to help NIMBYs Stop affordable housing Hawaii Labor Department brings on 100 adjudicators to help process huge backlog of unemployment claims 14,494 people in quarantine right now State’s secondary surveillance testing hasn’t yet caught any positives Kauai County has spent 66% of CARES Act funds UC Seeks Updated Status of Na Pua Makani Windfarm Councilman calls for release of fire chief’s performance evaluations Honolulu Gun Permits up 40% Read More..

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 October 21, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:16 PM :: 2312 Views Low COVID: Caldwell Asks Ige to Approve 'Tier 2' Convicted Palestinian Hijacker Set to Speak at UH Manoa--Unless Zoom Blocks her (again) COVID Count: 91 new cases out of 3,681 tests COVID Count: 78 new cases out of 4,329 tests Ige Announces $25M 'Pivot Grants' for Businesses Hawaii 2nd-Highest Young Adult Vaping Rate Poll: Voters Favor Tourism Reopening 55% to 34% Half of public school parents concerned over quality of education amid the pandemic, study shows Just 1 in 10 public school students get daily in-person classes in Hawaii More Hawaii Parents Are Pulling Their Kids From DOE To Home School DOE Officials Have Spent $38M On Devices For Students Unemployment: HGEA Can’t get the Job Done, but Whines About Contractor Welfare Fraud: Officials warn Hawaii Restaurant Card solicitation could lead to revocation Owners file suit over city’s rules that forced long-lasting bar, nightclub closures US surgeon general to be in court on Hawaii virus citation Protection For Renters Can Be A Nightmare for Landlords About 80% of Hawaii County’s virus relief funds spent or encumbered Interisland travelers have options to avoid quarantine when flying into the Big Island State lacks testing options for Canadians Over 221,000 ballots received prior to opening of voter service centers In Hawaii, Switch to Mail-In Voting Not a Cure-All Cloudy Weather: Rolling Blackouts for Solar-Powered Kauai? City welcomes public input for Climate Ready Oahu, the isle’s first adaptation strategy Moving the Smokestack: Blue Planet Phonies Exposed  Soft on Crime: Criminal Averages One Conviction per Year for 31 Years Read More..

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 October 20, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:01 PM :: 4667 Views Bill 80 Imposes Rehiring Formula on Hotels Rule by Decree: Ige 4th Extension of Kauai Flooding Emergency OHA Races: If you saying NO AUDIT, you are supporting the demise of our future generations Panos: What is the future of Honolulu Rail? DoH Revises COVID Guidance for School Reopening 20 Years Prison for former Auditor of OHA and HART Poll: Biden 58% Trump 29% on Oahu Economy: Honolulu residents more optimistic than ‘Experts’ Big Island Mayoral Race a Test of Telescope Opinion? Former Governors: Democratic Party should not endorse for mayor More than 30,000 trans-Pacific travelers have arrived in the islands since Thursday Ige Withholding TAT Funds from Counties Hawai'i Island voter receives ballots for dead person, former resident DOH reports 39 new COVID-19 cases statewide; fifth death reported at Life Care Center Arcadia confirms resident with coronavirus died Since tourism relaunch, police have issued 4,500 warnings for violating COVID-19 orders Piñata: Honolulu Council Opens Grant-in-Aid Applications Renters In Hawaii Are Struggling. So Are Their Landlords Kaimuki association calls on state to institute moratorium on commercial evictions Katherine Kealoha wants phone hearings during pandemic Scrapping a guilty plea, trial possible for former Maui officer in wire fraud case Aloha Aina Party facing questions as election approaches Read More..

Monday, October 19, 2020 October 19, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:51 PM :: 2371 Views 2020 Election Dates--Have You Got Your Ballot Yet? OHA COVID Money: Homeless not part of ‘Friends and Family Plan’ COVID Count 39 new cases out of 1,985 tests Poll: Alm 41% – Kau 33% Tulsi Gabbard’s approval rating lowest at 44% in Hawaii Poll Secrecy Shrouds Ige’s New High-Level Coronavirus Panel Survey shows over 80% of Hawaii businesses expect lower revenue this and next year due to COVID-19 Free state’s struggling workers from burdensome regulations 2 Kauai restaurants ban tourists from dining rooms, Usual Suspects Spread Hysteria and Rumors Surveillance testing begins Monday on Oahu, Big Island testing catches few positive cases Hawaii County almost halfway through coronavirus relief money If Hawaii is going to work for all of us, we must ensure that mail-in voting truly works for everyone. Read More..

Sunday, October 18, 2020 October 18, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:42 PM :: 2213 Views Pulling Teeth at OHA Nobel Prize Winner Talks About TMT Challenges How to diversify Hawaii's economy  JSC Seeks Nominees for First, Third Circuit Ige Announces Testing Partners for Inter-Island Travel Circuit Court Decision Upholds Lawfulness of Governor’s Emergency Proclamations COVID Count: 83 new cases out of 3,735 tests Poll: Blangiardi 49% – Amemiya 36%  Hawaii Poll: Oahu voters disapprove of Kirk Caldwell’s coronavirus response Tourism Reopening is Josh Green’s Doom? Around 16,000 trans-Pacific travelers arrived in first 48 hours of reopening Kauai: COVID Bringing in More Rich Activist Types Who Immediately Want to Shut the Door Behind Them Caldwell calls for special meeting over future of an already costly rail project Star-Adv: If Dems Win Senate Money from Heaven Will Rain Down on Us Counting Down To One Hundred Days Out Of School Tulsi Gabbard leaves Hawaii Army National Guard after 17 years for California duty Former Hawaii state official clears his name 8 years after allegations forced him from federal post Read More..

Saturday, October 17, 2020 October 17, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:54 PM :: 2724 Views COVID Count: 96 new cases out of 3,897 tests COVID Count: 89 new cases out of 3,654 tests UHERO: Pandemic upends economic analysis “A Republic, if you can keep it” Hawaii's Covid policies, as science, wouldn't pass an ethics review 1,100 Arrival tests—Only One Positive Life Care Center’s coronavirus case count rises to 53 Kim: “It was a real mess”  Day Two of trans-Pacific travel at Kona airport Ige: Hawaii Needs 500K Tests/Month Kauai Mayor: We Need More Testing Providers Mayor Victorino announces travel exemption for same day or overnight medical purposes  New plan to allow Hawaii County travelers to skip quarantine won’t require a pre-test Here’s the arrivals breakdown for the launch day of Hawaii’s pre-travel testing program Hawaiian Air Burning $3M/day Hawaii’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan Is Ready But The State Is Keeping It Under Wraps Contact tracers encounter wrong, disconnected phone numbers or no numbers at all  Despite huge need, state has only distributed 2% of $100M set aside for housing help Police officer disclosure Bank records of anti-Amemiya Super-PAC subpoenaed in campaign spending probe Hysteria: 30 Feet of Sea level Rise Coming, LOL! Read More..

Friday, October 16, 2020 October 16, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 2895 Views Auditor Reports on Hawaii COVID Quarantine System UH News: University Enrollment Up--Community College Enrollment Down Regents appoint Maunakea Planning Task Group Hawaii Poll: Biden 61% -- Trump 28% 124,000 Ballots Have Been Cast HART Finance Ctte Votes to Halt P3--Rail project cost estimate now jacked up above $10 billion 10,102 arrive on first day of traveler testing program, 7,200 pre-tested Kauai Protesters “Trying to Instill Violence” against Visitors Rent relief applications overwhelms Catholic Charities, AUW offices Former UPW Officials Sue Union Over Ousters Hawaii Board of Education Votes To End Controversial Distance Learning Program Prosecutors: Investigation of Jonathan Fraser’s murder is still “active” Courts And Prosecutors Are Keeping Jail Populations Lower During Pandemic Police Standards Board Asking For More Time, Money — Again Read More..

Thursday, October 15, 2020 October 15, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:35 PM :: 2762 Views COVID Count: 101 new cases out of 4,069 tests UH Manoa student loan defaults among lowest in the nation Hawaii To Welcome Back Travelers Starting October 15 Hawaii Least Politically Engaged State COVID Count: 91 new cases out of 3,489 tests Virtual Town hall for small businesses not allowed to reopen Poll: Voters Still Sour On Ige And Caldwell State expects 7,000 incoming passengers on first day of traveler testing program Pre-arrival testing plan will allow visitors from Japan to bypass quarantine Honolulu Rail’s New Budget Hole Estimated At More Than $1 Billion Experts: Pandemic wiped out 8 years of economic growth in Hawaii Serious mortgage delinquencies in Hawaii triple in July Pandemic causes shortage of high-end Oahu rentals COVID Coverup: August Nursing Home deaths on Maui Reported Read More..

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 October 14, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 2451 Views Hawaii GOP Ballot Recommendations TMT: A Message from Aloha Aina Party Cofounder Pua Ishibashi COVID Count 62 new cases out of 2,354 tests Does Your State Have a Throwback or Throwout Rule? Debunking Hawaii Pesticide Study PBS: Hawaii Absentee Ballot Data Problems Mazie asks Amy Coney Barrett if she has ever sexually assaulted someone Prosecutor Poll: Alm 43% – Kau 31% Oahu election turnout already at 16% Coverup? 11 new COVID-19 cases are tallied from August at Roselani Place BoE Decision to let Teachers ‘Work’ from Home is Backwards Honolulu consumer prices rise amid coronavirus pandemic State says extra security measures in place when tourism reopens Hawaii using protective equipment for coronavirus at ‘scary’ rate Kauai Residents Flee: Homes Sell Quickly to Mainlanders Hawaii "Has Committed Suicide" --"Hardly Anyone Is Sick, But We're All Broke" Ex-Honolulu police officer gets 14 days in jail for sex assault of minor during traffic stop Will 9th Circuit Shut Dubin Down? Read More..

Tuesday, October 13, 2020 October 13, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:37 PM :: 2532 Views Lemming News: Maui County Jumps on 'Sue Big Oil' Bandwagon COVID Count: 42 new cases out of 1,405 tests Poll: Blangiardi 48% – Amemiya 28% Akina Raises More Than $150K for Reelection to OHA Seat 11,000 Hawaii tenants delinquent on rent New Hawaii unemployment call center swamped Governor Ige plans to give each county mayor authority to implement a second test upon arrival (sort of) Ige gives verbal approval to allow interisland travelers to Maui with negative COVID-19 test result Second suit filed in connection with vets home outbreak Three more residents test positive for coronavirus at Life Care Center Hawaii superintendent Christina Kishimoto says Acellus online curriculum will be phased out Useless: Kauai Tinkers with So-Called “Affordable’ Housing Policy Some More Another sweep of homeless encampment on Nimitz Highway scheduled for Thursday Read More..

Monday, October 12, 2020 October 12, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 3030 Views Trans-Generational Corruption: Another Charged in Hawaii Lum Scandal COVID Count: 103 new cases out of 3,819 tests Al Hee’s Scam Company to Hand off DHHL Service Contracts to Spectrum? Objective Achieved: “Confusion and uncertainty will likely prevent an onslaught of visitors” Keeping children out of school causes unnecessary harm Advocates Call for HGEA to Start Showing up at Work Again so Unemployed can get Claims Processed Kailua brewing company ordered to shutdown calls for more transparency from liquor commission Hu Honua Organizational Structure Revealed Maui officer accused of soliciting sex from women he met on the job indicted by Feds after County Prosecutor Declines to act Neglected Varona Village plantation community in Ewa awaits redevelopment plans Hawaii bankruptcy filings continue to tick downward Read More..

Sunday, October 11, 2020 October 11, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:34 PM :: 4171 Views A Critical Time for OHA OHA Races: Miske’s Lawyer Leads Developers Targeting ‘Watchdog’ in Grab for Kakaako Makai Mililani Trask, Jackie Burke, Pua Ishibashi Endorse Keli’i Akina for OHA Trustee Hawaii Family Forum General Election Voter Guide Academic Leadership Call for nominations for UH Board of Regents QAnon Conspiracies, Proud Boys And The Future of Hawaii’s GOP Andrew Sullivan: Dreaming Of A Landslide Barrett Before Her Again: Can Hirono keep Anti-Catholic Bigotry under wraps (this time)? Plans moving forward on new Oahu jail despite economic woes 3rd Member of Alleged Miske Gang Released State reopening Hawaii tourism on a wish and a prayer Potential data breach exposed in state’s travel exemption request system Enrollment down at UH-Hilo, HCC Hawaii school board chief Catherine Payne urges dropping Acellus online curriculum Read More..

Saturday, October 10, 2020 October 10, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:23 PM :: 3632 Views 27,000 Hawaii workers exhausted jobless benefits in September How to stop the exodus COVID Rules: Rejected, Kauai Tries Again New Federal Lawsuit Seeks to Expand Voting Rights in U.S. Territories COVID Count 73 new cases out of 3,084 tests Miske’s Lawyer Megan Kau Not Elected Prosecutor Yet—Already Fixing Tickets Gov. Ige approves second COVID-19 test for out-of-state visitors to Hawaii County Report: Hilo veterans home employee stayed on the job for 3 days after COVID-19 exposure Life Care reports third death Hundreds stranded more than 6 months after American Samoa sealed its borders COVID-19 is taking a heavy toll on residents' mental health, experts say Public schools begin second quarter Monday, guidelines still not finalized Hawaii Ed Board Chair Expects Acellus To ‘Drop Dead’ By End Of School Year Sex Harassment: Civil Rights Commission still Allows ‘Confidential Settlements’ Read More..

Friday, October 9, 2020 October 9, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 3502 Views Ige Grade 'D' -- Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2020 Child Safety Account to Escape School Bullying? Hawaiʻi 2020 Census achieves 99.9% enumerated Parks Dep't to Install LEDs, Solar Panels Caldwell: Global Warming causing Rain Bombs VIDEO: OHA Trustee Keli'i Akina on 'Hawaiian Kingdom Now' COVID Count 155 new cases out of 3,818 tests FBI Raids Na Leo TV Locations in Hilo, Honolulu Caldwell: HART Board Should Kill P-3 27,000 Hawaii workers exhausted their state jobless benefits in September Hawaii 2020 unemployment claims surpass 380,000 Green: Masks are an Alternative to Shutting Down Businesses & Tourism Caldwell says Oahu could move to the next reopening level in two weeks Lawmaker criticizes contact tracing for COVID-19 on Molokai DOH looking to boost COVID case investigators Hu Honua Documents -- Confidential in Hawai’i, Public in California Hawai‘i Has Authorized 1,527 New Housing Units in 2020 Read More..

Thursday, October 8, 2020 October 8, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 2703 Views Here's Who to Vote for at OHA -- #1 Keli'i Akina Kondo, Saiki Debate Continuing OHA LLC Audit COVID Tourism: Ige Announces Pre-Travel Testing Partners COVID Tourism: Maui to Attempt 'Voluntary' 2-Test System Stop The Rail at Middle Street Senate Special Session approves judicial appointments Great Lockdown Crash of 2020 is wake-up call for Hawaii lawmakers COVID: Hawaii Most Restrictive State Hilo native wins coveted Nobel Prize for gene editing tool City Council Advances Bill To Withdraw Rail Construction Dollars Hawaii pre-travel testing on track to begin Oct. 15, Gov. Ige says State launches second - test program to sample 10% of travelers Lawmakers to Kim: Don’t opt out of pre-travel testing program Problems loom with out-migration COVID: Another Hilo Nursing Home Fail Honolulu Police Chief: Case Closure Stats Are Not As Bad As They Look Maui planning commissioner at center of debate over alleged shoreline pollution Varona Village sale pact approved by city ‘Software issue’ stops opening of Zipper Lane—Nobody Notices Read More..

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 October 7, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:52 PM :: 3956 Views Hawaii Incarceration Rate Drops 19% due to Steven Alm probation reform Conservative Rankings of Hawaii State Legislators-2019 Session Auditor: Four Years Later HART Finally Acts on Recommendations Employment Recovery: Nobody Lags Like Hawaii COVID Count 110 new cases COVID: Sister Isles Sense Opportunity to Kill off Tourism Honolulu 'Boogaloo' Activist Charged with Cyber Attack on HPD, Ammo, Drugs Looking at Alaska’s Two-Test Travel Policy Fauci: Hawaii can reopen to tourists To Justify Tax Hike, Honolulu Agencies Asked To Pretend to Identify Potential Budget Cuts Up To 10% COVID outbreak at a Maui care home jumps by 7 cases, bringing total to 67 New DoH Leadership Helps Move COVID Patients out of Nursing Home Hawaii -- Two Nobel Prizes Read More..

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 October 6, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:20 PM :: 2269 Views The Affordable Housing Scam Ige Rejects Kauai 2-Test COVID Plan COVID Count 83 new cases out of 1,249 tests P3:  HART 'Shipwreck' to Proceed Without Caldwell? Big Island opts out of pre-travel testing program Ige talks end of interisland quarantine How to Spread a Little COVID so HSTA can be Paid to pretend to Work at Home HPD Gave Surgeon General coronavirus citation for being in a park Inmates Attempting to Spread COVID Attack Corrections Officers At Hilo Jail Plenty of planning, not enough housing Read More..

Monday, October 5, 2020 October 5, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:33 PM :: 2450 Views Activists Endorse Keli’i Akina, Luana Alapa for OHA Trustee UHERO Hawaii renters already leaving for Mainland COVID: Hawaii DoH Gets Funding to Prepare for Mass Vaccination COVID Count 52 new cases out of 916 tests ‘Misdirection and Fearmongering’ -- Hawaii’s arrival testing debate continues, decision expected this week Continuation of flight assistance program for quarantine breakers up in the air 2 deaths, dozens of new cases reported as COVID-19 clusters emerge on Hawaii Island Daughter speaks out about father’s death at Hilo veterans home Hawaii Restaurant Association wants delay on plastics ban Navatek CEO Warned Workers Of ‘Draconian Consequences’ If They Slacked Off During Pandemic Read More..

Sunday, October 4, 2020 October 4, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:41 PM :: 2442 Views Standardless Spending UHERO: Tourism bounce back will be slow Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 3, 2020 FBI Arrests Honolulu Man Allegedly Planning Chemical Weapon Attack on Apartment Building Republican Candidate Denied Right to Campaign on Kauai COVID Count 70 new cases out of 1,963 tests Just when Oahu rail can’t get any worse, it always does Jobless can add voices to class-action lawsuit Message Fatigue: Is Hawaii Learning To Live With The Coronavirus? Corrections Staff Concerned Over New Cases At State’s Largest Jail Failure to Incarcerate Lunatics in Lunatic Asylums is cause of HPD Low Crime-Solving record Hotels see slight uptick in demand Regime Spies Will Track Tourists Read More..

Saturday, October 3, 2020 October 3, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:48 PM :: 3944 Views 2nd Amendment, 9th Circuit: Oral Arguments in Young v. Hawaii Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancies on Oahu and Big Island COVID Count 87 new cases out of 1,746 tests COVID Count 133 new cases out of 1,936 tests It Begins: With no job prospects, some moving to mainland Obama Says ‘Build a Wall’ but Seawall expansion runs into Greenmail Demands from Surfrider    Only the Lies will Set You Free: Navatek CEO Still Gets Bail Kealoha’s Malicious Prosecution Will Cost Taxpayers $1.4 Million In Settlement Hawaii PACs Pump Another $500k Into Local Campaigns Okutsu Veterans home has no COVID-positive residents COVID relief to go to Hawaii’s artists and cultural practitioners Legal Aid Society of Hawaii sees uptick in questions from renters and landlords Read More..

Friday, October 2, 2020 October 2, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 4029 Views Trump Tests Positive for COVID Bipartisanship? Ige Scores Zero, Hawaii Congressional Delegation not Much Better PBS Insights OHA Candidates Forum Distance Learning: What is your School's Plan? Ige Appoints Parole Authority Chair Director of Public Safety Department Hawaiian Homelands Should Be Opened To Other Voice/Data Providers Held Hostage? Rein in this red-tape rascal Alleged Navatek Fraudster Message “Could be a Reference to Sen Brian Schatz” Another Lost School Year: BoE Votes to Allow HSTA Members to Pretend to ‘Work’ from Home Covid to push Hawaii home prices down, UHERO says Another long-term care facility in Hilo dealing with COVID-19 outbreak University of Hawaii to slash salaries of 216 executive, managerial employees due to budget shortfall Hawaii: Security Cameras Everywhere—Except in Jail Homeless Meth Lab Cleared out of Kalalau Valley Maui Liquor Comm Refuses to Release Info on Liquor Director candidates, Hand off to Ex-Director’s Son Coming Court Orders Big Island Planning Comm to Stop Pandering to anti-5G Morons Read More..

Thursday, October 1, 2020 October 1, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:28 PM :: 2275 Views Navatek CEO Arrested for CARES Act Fraud--Got Help from 'Senator' OHA Elections: 'Watch out for This' OHA Board hosts neighbor island community meetings virtually Ige Answers Hirono on COVID Spending Transparency Doing the Job HGEA Cannot--DLIR Contractor Launches Unemployment Call Center COVID Count 108 new cases out of 1,817 tests Hawaii Welfare Rolls Jump 14.5% Big Island Food Basket is serving 80,000 people a month—Up from 14,000 Ige: Shortage of tests means testing program for inter-island travel a ‘challenge’ Wrongful death suit filed in veterans home COVID-19 death Additional COVID-19 fatality at Hilo veterans home brings death toll at facility to 27 Unemployed workers in Hawaii to get $500 to spend at local eateries Bill 2:  So Tourists won’t be stuck in Traffic, Don’t Give the Little People Anywhere to park Their Cars Read More..