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Thursday, April 30, 2020 April 30, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 4187 Views City to reopen certain businesses with limitations on May 1 VIDEO: Police Ticket 'Reopen Hawaii' Protesters Mālama Meals - Bringing Hope Amidst the Coronavirus Crisis Hawaii’s Successful Experience With Weighted-Student Formula Has Improved Funding Equity Can Hawai‘i Rise from the Ashes of COVID-19 as a Smart Destination? RIMPAC to be Held Entirely at Sea Department of Human Services Big Island Hospitals Re-open Elective Surgeries, Outpatient Services March Tourist Arrivals Down 50% Hawaii COVID Count: 539 Tests Uncover 5 New Cases, 10 Released Caldwell Admin Official Sued for Child Molestation Alleged Child Molester Hired by DoE, Taught Second Grade Ige Reopens Realtors, Car Dealers, Professional Services Hawaii Officials Mull Further Restrictions On Tourists, But Data Show Most Virus Cases Are Residents Kauai Curfew and County-Organized Homeless Tent Cities Still in Effect 60% of Unemployment Claims Not Yet Acted on DLIR Finally Ready for Self-Employed to Apply for Unemployment Dental and eye care offices plan to open-up appointments slowly Aussies Already Planning Hawaii Vacations Another 35-MW wind farm is proposed in Ulupalakua ​Telemedicine: Abortion by Mail in Hawaii Read More..

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 April 29, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:35 PM :: 3060 Views Hawaii ERS headed for disaster if economy keeps heading south Contact Tracing: Hawaii Falls Far Short Even After Expansion USS Kidd Arrives in San Diego to Treat COVID-19 Outbreak; First Cases Emerged More than A Month After Hawaii Port Visit Wall Street Journal Denounces Maui Liquor Commission Captain’s Ouster From Virus-Plagued Navy Ship Faces Full Probe COVID Count: 1,180 Tests reveal 4 new cases, 11 released Maui Council to Hike Property Taxes, Boost Pay for ‘High Level Attorneys' COVID-19 Monitoring Could Turn Hawaii Into A Tourist ‘Prison Camp,’ Critics Say Caldwell eyes May 1st for possible reopening of low-risk businesses   ‘By mid-month we could see some significant changes,’ LG Green on slowly re-opening the state Coronavirus antibody tests will start Thursday in Hawaii Public In The Dark as HART Board Approves Another $40M in Change Orders An optimistic film industry prepares for the day productions can resume in Hawaii Ward Village stores form Hui, ask landlord for price break Kauai hasn’t seen a new COVID-19 diagnosis in 15 days. Now, they’re reporting no active cases Kim eyes reopening some businesses as long as safety measures are in place Kokua Kalihi Valley among Oahu clinics demanding access to COVID-19 testing Hawaii Labs Improve COVID-19 Testing Turnaround Times Some Adult Care Homes Want Inspections Halted—COVID is their latest Excuse Kauai Homeless Tent City Festers Under Bridge Mainland Criminal Flies to Hawaii, gets Deported Baltimore Consulting Firm Relocates Entire Staff to Hawaii, Violates  Quarantine Read More..

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 April 28, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:01 PM :: 6791 Views Memo: U.S. Attorneys to be on ‘Lookout’ for Civil Liberties Violations Amidst Coronavirus Crisis VIDEO: Police Ticket Mayoral Candidate for Videotaping Ala Moana Trees Being Cut Down Reopen Hawaii--Rally Set for Capitol Friday May 1 COVID Economics: Who Suffers Most? COVID Count -- 2 Deaths -- 1 New Case -- 5 Recover COVID Count: 2 new cases, 12 released Kahuku Windfarm Case Appealed to Supreme Court Lyon Connection? Micronesia Acts Against Fake Shipping Registry City to Open Second Homeless Tent City Hawaiian Electric preparing new phase of community solar Punahou Board Member Resigns over Child Molestation Allegations Economist predicts parts of state’s economy could soon reopen Less than one-third of Hawaii’s unemployment claims have been paid since March 1 Honolulu Police Commission to hold second secret meeting Squeaky Wheel Political Quarantine: Governor changes his mind on flower deliveries (No science here) Maui Business Leaders Push To Join Western States Pact, Ige Demurs Closure of mainland processing plants raises some concern among local cattle ranchers Hawaii in line for close to $7 billion in federal assistance, Rep. Ed Case says HECO Companies Bad Debt Is Rising -- Utilities Seek Deferred Accounting for COVID-19 Expenses Lawsuit: Hawaiian Airlines fraud on Corona Refunds City resumes homeless sweeps, citing concerns about infection risk Read More..

Monday, April 27, 2020 April 27, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:19 PM :: 3846 Views Is Hawaii taxing healthcare to death? Harry Kim Pulls Papers to Run for Reelection Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 25, 2020 DoT Outlines New Verification Process for Airline Passengers Lahaina Injection Wells: Ad hoc rules and non-exhaustive lists of "factors" COVID Risk: Hawaii #1 State for Multi-Generational Homes Why Does Brian Schatz Want to Save Iran's Theocracy? ‘Insider Trading’ Wrecks Meadow Gold Sale? Homeless Camp Blocks COVID Testing Team Immigrants And Others Struggle Applying For Hawaii Jobless Benefits New management structure for Maunakea proposed Public participation critical for real property tax rates, FY 2021 budget Council members push programs to help beleaguered businesses Another Child Welfare Fail -- Former foster kids sue parents and state over abuses Read More..

Sunday, April 26, 2020 April 26, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 2603 Views Can the Governor Raise Taxes Now? How to kill civic trust Ige extends stay-at-home order through May 31—Limits Mayors Authority  COVID Count: 519 Tested, 2 New Cases, 6 Released Some fear liberties will be lost in Hawaii’s COVID-19 pandemic orders State Supreme Court: Release More Criminals from Jail Credit-rating agencies lower Hawaii’s debt outlook to ‘negative’ Star-Adv: As long as COVID-19 cases tamped, strategic phased reopening in Hawaii makes sense UHPA: Re-Start Academic Research Oahu’s mayoral race and rail problems obscured by coronavirus crisis Covid-19 Financial Impacts -- HECO, MECO & HELCO Despite pandemic, some protesters continue camping on Maunakea Tulsi Gabbard is Back Read More..

Saturday, April 25, 2020 April 25, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:03 PM :: 2237 Views Democracy in peril: Upholding government transparency during a crisis A 50-State Visual Guide to Unemployment Benefit Claims 275 Candidates File for Election Partnership to provide meals to the newly unemployed COVID Count: 3 new cases, 19 released Bill 41 Property Tax Relief for Businesses? Kauai Council eyes reducing current budget Covid impact on Hawaii home sales will be more severe next month Hawaii Paid $68 Million In Unemployment Claims This Week Hawaii lawmakers are advised to prepare for more cases of COVID-19 State attorney general tells Hawaii Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 that 14-day visitor quarantine may last With donations, nonprofit puts homeless families up in Waikiki hotels Young Brothers requests to scale back service to Maui, Hawaii counties Coronavirus outbreak strikes another U.S. Navy ship after Pearl Harbor Port Call About 100 victims come forward with new claims of sex abuse Aquarium trade releases final EIS for reopening West Hawaii fishery The Trash That Fuels Oahu’s Power Plant Is Vanishing As Fast As The Tourists Read More..

Friday, April 24, 2020 April 24, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 3628 Views COVID Testing: DLS Lab Corrects Caldwell Admin COVID Count: 2 deaths, 5 new cases, 8 released KIUC Reports 56% Renewable Generation for 2019 Chinky Mahoe Sued for Child Molestation Friday is Deadline for Child Molestation Lawsuits Self-Employed Gig Workers Unemployment Checks Must Wait for DLIR to Build New Computer System Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell outlines plan to reopen Hawaii businesses How to rescue Maui from the coronavirus recession Caldwell: Use Kauai as Guinea Pig for COVID Tourism   25% of Hawaii’s COVID-19 patients who are 60 and over have been hospitalized Visitor: I was Here for Two Weeks, took Four Flights to three islands—nobody checked on me More than 3,500 visitors have come to Hawaii since quarantine began Hawaiian Airlines Got $654 Million From Feds Homeless Tent City Expands Read More..

Thursday, April 23, 2020 April 23, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:09 PM :: 3778 Views New management structure for Maunakea proposed to regents How Many DoE Students are Receiving Consistent Education? -- Congressional Delegation Demands Answers Planet of the Humans: Michael Moore Debunks Hawaii's Clean Energy Initiative Maui Injection Wells: Supreme Court Overturns 9th Circuit, Creates New Test Planes, trains and automobiles — but not ships COVID Count Apr 22: 6 New Cases, 7 Released COVID Count Apr 23: 4 New Cases, 11 Released States with the Biggest Increases in Unemployment Due to COVID-19 Another Maui COVID Coverup: Three Cases, 65 Exposed at Merriman’s Restaurant ‘What Was It All For?’: Divide Grows Over Hawaii’s Lockdown Caldwell to Reopen Car Dealers, Realtors Kauai to Reopen May 3? For those awaiting elective surgeries, physical pain & the unknown of when surgeries will resume is unbearable Senators say plan needed as airlines resume flying to Hawaii No Surprise: DoH Against City Purchase of 10,000 Test Kits DoH Accused of COVID Cluster Coverup Tourists Leave Address Blank to Fake Quarantine 1980s Computers Slow Unemployment Backlog Contact tracers follow-up positive COVID-19 cases in Hawaii Antibody tests show COVID-19 was in Hawaii before first positive test Sunshine: Kauai Council Rushing Housing Density Law under Quarantine? Three Hawai`i Solar Projects Test The Legal Limits Will There Be “Vote Buying”? Mauna Kea: Hawaii Co Council votes to accept $5.3 million for police overtime MMA star Macfarlane among women suing Punahou, former basketball coach for sex abuse Why Go Away to College if it is Going to Be Online-Only? Read More..

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 April 22, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 PM :: 3988 Views A Low-Risk Plan to Re-Start Hawaii’s Economy Now UHERO: Hawaii Needs Free Money from the Sky to Support Local Economy COVID-19 Relief Options Approved by Hawaiian Homes Commission Hawaii Air Quality Cleanest in the Nation Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion Hawaii’s Virus Response: ‘Medieval Frankenstein’ Sidelined Japan: Travelers Get COVID Test at Airport—Result within Hours 100% Tested Tourists Key to Reopening Hawaiian Airlines Cuts More Flights Public worker union urges Ige to borrow $4B to pay them to sit at home Unions Exploit Maui Memorial COVID Cluster Lawmakers pretend to look to diversify Hawaii’s economy away from tourism Gabbard Spending a Lot of Time Trying to Reconnect with Her Constituents … Hmmmmm Mayor Kim Mandates Face Masks in All Stores Contradictory, Changing COVID Orders Confuse Public Read More..

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 April 21, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:51 PM :: 7661 Views Hawaii is State Slowing Down the Most During the COVID-19 Pandemic Kahuku Mother Sues Board of Education over Secret, Closed-Door Meeting and Vote Global Warmers Feeling Forgotten: Civil Beat Agrees to Help COVID Count -- 2 Deaths -- 2 New Cases -- 14 Recover Prisoners ARE being released from jail because of pandemic --- One of them is now charged with sex assault One Note Band: DoH Focus on Discouraging use of Antibody Tests Beach Ban: All Sister Isle Mayors have questions—Caldwell Reopens Parks ‘for Exercise’ COVID: What Cost? Hawaii unemployment fund could run out in 3 weeks, state could seek federal loan HMSA Exec in Control of Plan  -- Gradual Lifting of Hawaii’s economy from coronavirus shutdown to start within a month Congressional delegation wants effective school plan from DOE HPD Writes 2,800 Tickets for Emergency Order Violations Maui Liquor Comm. Harasses Local Distillery over Hand Sanitizer Giveaway During COVID, Solar Schemers Grab for Megabux Hawaii farmers may shut down due to hardships Homeless COVID Center was all Fake Tulsi Gabbard Has More Than $640,000 In Presidential Cash Read More..

Monday, April 20, 2020 April 20, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 4734 Views COVID Count: Only 4 New Cases Antibody Tests Reveal 4.1% of Los Angeles Adults have had Corona Virus Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Work at Home Hawaiian Electric Releases 2019-2020 Sustainability Report Budgets Can Be Cut 20% Without Salary Reductions—If Decisions are not made by Empire Building Department Heads Anderson: COVID Will be Around for Years, We Can Live With it if we Keep Tourists Out ‘Open Hawaii’: A small group of protesters feel its time to ease up restrictions Stay-home order likely to be extended past April 30, Gov. Ige says Unions Finally Agree to Help Process Unemployment Claims "We went off a cliff together" - Economist tells Hawaii Realtors to brace for COVID-19 impact Hawaii County Mayor Job Attracts More Than A Dozen Soft-on-Crime Activists Dream About COVID Infecting Hawaii’s Arizona Prisoners COVID Becomes Excuse to Build Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities on Kauai—Newly Arrived Mainland Homeless is Media Contact Arrests Cut down 33% to Keep COVID out of Jails Read More..

Sunday, April 19, 2020 April 19, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:13 PM :: 2562 Views UPW: We Like Sitting at Home Getting Paid--Do Not Reassign Us HSTA Claims 20% Pay Cut Will be 'Implemented' June 1 UHPA: Ige Has No Right to Cut our Pay Mobile Device Tracking Reveals Which Hawaii Counties are Really Staying at Home Taxing Medical Practice to Death Surprise! Hawaii officials brace for ‘big surge’ of newly homeless after shutting down economy Heavy reliance on tourism dollars leaves Hawaii with tough options like pay cuts 20% Pay Cut vs Empty Talk from Congressional Delegation How’s that endorsement of Gov. David Ige feeling right now? Pandemic Helps Incumbents Property tax base protects county coffers—Hawaii County Still Hiring Victorino to Ige: Reconsider beach exercise ban Kauai Protests Lockdown Honolulu Council advances bill to defer property tax for pandemic-stricken Hawaii businesses Kona COVID-19 cluster doubles in one day Results promising for first COVID-19 blood tests in Hawaii    2nd grade teacher creates forum to help educators with 'distance learning' BoE Holds Illegal Secret Meeting on Windfarms Capacity of new Aloha Stadium not set in concrete Read More..

Saturday, April 18, 2020 April 18, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:23 PM :: 3078 Views Model Shows Hawaii Could Ease Social Distancing in Early May Crush the Curve: Urgent Steps Hawai‘i Can Take to Contain the Covid-19 Pandemic 259 Candidates File for Election Judiciary Postpones Trials Until End of May COVID Count: 919 Tests, 21 New Cases, 20 Released 18 Ways To Get Hawaii Back On Its Feet Again Serving their Union Masters: Senators Blast Governor’s Plan to Cut HGEA, HSTA, UPW Salaries      Hawaii has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, USA Today reports Dozens of emergency homeless shelters built in Hilo parking lot Maui Council Priority-- Near ban on plastic disposable utensils OK’d Governor Allows Bars to Reopen for Take-out Liquor Sales Domestic Violence Shelter Flooded with Calls With schools closed, parents are navigating a new reality in which they’re tasked with steering their children’s education. Lassner: ‘Uncomfortable’ changes ahead at UH Hawaii’s jail population drops by 619 inmates since March Because Courts Stop Sending Criminals Flu cases drop in East Hawaii Bailed Out Airlines Ask Permission to Cut Hawaii Service Read More..

Friday, April 17, 2020 April 17, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:55 PM :: 4622 Views Governor Ige Orders Face Masks in Stores Statewide Who's Going to Ride Rail with COVID? COVID Count: Another Day Without a Death COVID Count 12 New Cases, 16 Released COVID-19 Turmoil Places Renewed Focus on Costly Maritime Protectionism Hawaii County Police 162 Arrested or Cited for Stay-at-Home Violations New Dean for UH Law School -- Focus on 'Critical Race Theory' Judge Orders Habitat Protection for 14 Hawaii Species The Lowdown on Lockdowns Maui COVID Patients ‘Treated’ by DoH--‘Released’ by Telephone, Never Saw a Doctor Unemployment in Hawaii tops 37% as coronavirus shutdown continues Murky Ethical Firewall After HECO Installs COVID Recovery Czar in Governor’s Office Maui County No Furloughs, 1/3 of ‘Workers’ Faking it at Home Honolulu lockdown to last for months Gov. Ige: 'We do not meet criteria to re-open May 1' as President Trump encouraged Pandemic Further Postpones Federal Civil And Criminal Trials HART: Give STG $100M to Build past Middle Street Because Nan isn’t getting job done (and pay Nan too!) Honolulu Salary Commission members unanimously vote no to city officials’ raises Navy ‘ready to flex’ Rim of the Pacific exercise in Hawaii despite coronavirus outbreak Should the State use federal funds to pay for rapid antibody tests? Lt. Gov. Josh Green said they should Schatz: Free Money from the Sky Will Stop Pay Cuts Supreme Court: Inmate Release Motions Due by Monday April 20 108 inmates on Big Isle seek early release because their lawyers think we might be dumb enough to give it to them Excellent News: Honolulu Homeless Sweeps To Resume COVID Found at Wailuku Homeless Shelter Homeless Flies in From Arizona, Outsmarts Airports Division, Arrested in Waimanalo After Posting Online Videos Tweekers Begin Looting Parts from Parked Rental Cars Read More..

Thursday, April 16, 2020 April 16, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 2994 Views Rep Case, Legislators Challenge Ige on Union Pay Cuts Sound the Horn Thursday 9AM Class Action Filed Against Hawaii Department of Education for Discrimination Against Disabled Students UHERO Webinar: How to Control the Coronavirus Epidemic and Bring Back Hawaiʻi’s Economy HDoT Gives Dillingham Airfield Another Year Kauai Announces New Standard Operating Procedures for Boards and Commissions meetings Hawaii #1 State Hit Hardest by COVID-19’s Impact on Tourism How Well-Funded Are Pension Plans in Your State? HSTA: Pay Cuts a ‘Done Deal’ Take Effect May 1 HART officials project $80 million less in revenues for 2021—More City Borrowing Expected   Unemployment: DLIR Shoveling Money out the Door  With tourism in coronavirus tatters, Hawaii gets a negative outlook from Moody’s  Loosening stay-at-home orders could come as early as May   Kaiser Coronavirus Experts Fly In For Damage Control At Maui Hospital Coronavirus Site For Oahu’s Homeless Will Not Offer Testing State to lease hotels for COVID-19 isolation DoH Investigating Six COVID Clusters Big Island COVID-19 test numbers continue decline COVID Means Lifeguards are in Trucks, not on Beach Parents Banned from Meeting Kids in Foster Care Hawaii marine monument expansion’s impact on fishing debated 5 years later Read More..

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 April 15, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:35 PM :: 2238 Views Kauai, Oahu Require Face Masks in Public Panos: First Call to Plan for Re-opening the Local Economy in Hawaii COVID Count; 13 New Cases, 26 Released Petition: Hawaii COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Not Being Paid! Deal to Save Meadow Gold Collapses—Honolulu Plant Will Shut Down April 30 Economist unpacks disruptions to Kauai, Hawaii Island real estate House Committee: COVID-19 Testing and Reopening Economy Hawaii CoC petitions governor for more COVID aid COVID Cluster at Two Kailua-Kona McDonalds Rethink Tourism for Post-COVID Hawaii US DOJ Defends Drive-In Church Against COVID Shutdown    Senate Confirms Judicial Nominee Without Meeting American Samoa Leaders, State Department Appeal Citizenship Ruling Unions: Governor is proposing 20% pay cuts for ‘most’ state employees Honolulu Salary Commission taking up 3% pay raise plan for city officials COVID 56 Hospitalized but DoH says only 26 Safety versus liberty: Constitutional freedoms tempered by COVID-19 crisis Why No Public Testimony for House, Senate COVID Committees?  Realtors, Construction, Landscaping Back to Work on Kauai Staff: Things Got Out Of Hand Quickly At Maui Hospital State launches new online portal for tracking unemployment claims DOH, DOE to modify school-reopening terms Lawsuit: Special Ed Students Need Extra Help When Schools Reopen Kauai Council makes Brun ex-officio member Justice Department takes church’s side in COVID 1st Amendment suit Mental patient arrested for allegedly threatening to blow up hospital, police station Read More..

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Letters to the Editor April, 2020 By Letters to the Editor @ 1:00 AM :: 2948 Views Rethink Tourism for Post-COVID Hawaii Police Question People on Virus-free Island of Lanai  RimPac COVID Problem Does Ige Command Respect? Read More..

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 April 14, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:38 PM :: 2473 Views Recktenwald: Are the courts still open? UNITE Here Local 5 -- "Safe Hotel Operations in Pandemic Conditions" Police Question People on Virus-free Island of Lanai  Kauai Mayor Orders Entire Island to Wear Masks Outside State Administration of Federal Programs: Auditors Find Weaknesses Civil liberties in the age of the coronavirus Hawaii 3rd-Lowest COVID Per Capita in USA Talks about how to lift stay-at-home order begin Contact Testing is the Key to Reopening the Economy—but we would have to transfer HGEA members to new jobs so we’re all doomed Coronavirus-Tracking Platform Gets Traction in Hawaii Hawaii Small Businesses Land $1.6 Billion From Feds Senators slam Ige for Paying HGEA Members to do Nothing Maui County Hides Second Cluster from DoH? 18 workers reassigned to help with jobless claims are only staying long enough to get trained Fabric stores to re-open as essential businesses Read More..

Monday, April 13, 2020 April 13, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 2723 Views Hawaii #1 -- States with the Most Affected Small Businesses due to Coronavirus Unmasked: Petition Demands Caldwell Reopen Fabric Stores 246 Candidates File for Election COVID Count -- Five New Cases -- Five Recover What problem is Honolulu’s curfew supposed to solve? Activists Question COVID Violation Tack-ons Jail populations drop 25% amid virus pandemic as Police Stop Making Arrests and Prosecutors Give Homeless Criminals a Free Pass Dr Scott Miscovich warns of community spread from Maui Memorial outbreak   Stakes are high for Honolulu's paramedics amid COVID-19 pandemic Hawaii County wants coronavirus testing for all homeless Fake COVID-19 warnings posted in Waianae park in effort to scare Homeless Away Mayor considering making fabric stores ‘essential’ as sales move online No Evictions Can be Filed Until May 1 and then Most are Still Blocked Honolulu Star-Advertiser to do away with one day of traditional print Suddenly Homeschooling, Parent Realizes How Disappointing DoE is State urges Hawaii’s Colleges to disburse emergency cash grants for students impacted by COVID-19 pandemic How OHA Insiders Make ‘Environmental Justice’ into a Money Spinner Read More..

Sunday, April 12, 2020 April 12, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:52 PM :: 3664 Views Zero Deaths from COVID on So-Called Experts 'Peak' Day Hawaii 12.8% of Workforce on Unemployment And We Aren’t Moving People Around Because? COVID-19 pandemic vs. 1918 flu pandemic in Hawaiʻi RimPac COVID Problem Matson Recycles Containership Kauai in Texas Test and Trace allows us to carefully restart Hawaii:  But First we must Reassign some HGEA Members Back to Work Starting May 1? First night of curfew runs smoothly for Oahu and Maui, Mayors urge residents to continue to stay home     Maui 2nd Cluster at a Church -- Mayor orders Easter Service Shutdown Petition calls for top hospital leaders to resign over COVID-19 allegations Hawaii senior care homes take extreme measures to keep COVID-19 out Few Students Participating in On-Line Classes—Few Teachers Teaching Public Defender demands that Felons be Allowed to become Homeless when Released Early Kauai: Burglary Down, Domestic Violence Up A 2 mile-long line stretched around Ala Moana. A sign families need help Read More..

Saturday, April 11, 2020 April 11, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 3484 Views Post Corona Recovery: How to Reopen Hawaii's Non-Tourism Economy No Limits on Lockdowns? COVID April 11: 1 Death, 21 New Cases, 16 Recovered COVID April 10: 2 Deaths, 23 New Cases, 33 Recovered Some call new curfews ‘overkill’ HGEA More Scary Than Corona Virus—DoH Afraid to Transfer HGEA Members to Oversee Quarantined Tourists Idiot Caldwell Orders Mask And Fabric Stores to Close Hawaii’s New Unemployment Application Excludes Micronesian Migrant Workers With Nothing to Mooch, Homeless Shelter-Refusers Suddenly Begging to be Allowed in to Shelters Victims' advocates warn of spike in domestic violence during stay-at-home order  FDC Acts to Prevent DPS from Exporting Infected Inmates Cluster of cases at Maui Memorial grows to 19 with more test results pending Visitors that required rescue cited for violating stay-at-home order State takes digital step to improve traveler quarantine order Kauai, Hawaii County TVRs Ordered Shut Down Hawaii's restaurants hurting, bracing for long-term decrease in business Homeless Seniors On Hawaii Island Shelter At Holiday Inn Express RIMPAC will not be cancelled Hawaii Cruise Ship Passengers File Class-Action Suit Council passes first reading of TMT bill Maui County Manager Proposal to Be Heard April 17 How Honolulu Lost Its Top Ranking For The Nation’s Worst Traffic Read More..

Friday, April 10, 2020 April 10, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 2184 Views Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That? COVID: DoH Reports Only 7 New Cases, 138 Released from Isolation Governor Ige creates new position for old boy – HECO’s Oshima responsible for economic, community recovery or something Where to Donate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Army Changes Child Care Enforcement After Infant Death COVID Crisis: Hawaii #1 Search for Payday Loans Virus Makes Honolulu Hale Pay Raises Inopportune Weekend Curfew 'Pilot Program' for Maui, Honolulu -- Caldwell Outlaws Unicycles to Stop Virus Hawaiian Electric sees drop in demand during pandemic March Hawaiian Air Passenger Count Down 45% COVID-19 crisis threatens rail project schedule ... and funding Officials will decide whether to extend Oahu curfew until end of April Corona Hypocrisy: We’re all Supposed to Hunker Down but Caldwell Sees Opportunity to Stand up and Inflict Himself on Waimanalo Domestic violence calls up 15% for March Smoking weed and coronavirus: Even occasional use raises risk of Covid-19 complications Problems for thousands of newly unemployed shift from filing claims to getting paid Special Master Refuses Mass Release of Criminals After Police Stop Making Bench Warrant Arrests Jail populations decline by 500 statewide, in part due to coronavirus Hawaii military has just over 30 cases of new coronavirus 700 More Mauians get COVID-19 testing State says ‘most’ visitors coming to Hawaii likely not following quarantine order Hotels for Heroes program criticized for turning many of those heroes away Honolulu Harbor: Three Cruise Ships on the Move Hydroxychloroquine Reappearing on Pharmacy Shelves Read More..

Thursday, April 9, 2020 April 9, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:56 PM :: 3349 Views DoH Hid Maui Hospital COVID-19 Cluster Since Mid-March Tulsi Gabbard Calls for Resignation of DoH Leaders Is Hawaii Really Run by the HTA? Safety Dance: Are There Limits To Lockdowns? Airports Corporation takes on new sense of urgency COVID: 25 New Cases, Total Hits 435 Honolulu Zoo achieves accreditation Public Comment: DoE Seeks ESSA Waiver COVID Projection: Hawaii Peak of 10 Deaths Per Day on Sunday State may redeploy a few idle HGEA Members Next Week—DLIR Hiring New Employees Off Street while 1000s Paid to Sit at Home DoH Finally Agrees to Allow Contract Testing Accurate Rapid Testing key to Reopening Hawaii How Many Quarantined from COVID?  State, Counties Disagree Honolulu Cruise Ship Disaster Begins?  6 crew members of Pride of America cruise ship in Honolulu Harbor test positive for coronavirus Lt. Gov. Josh Green questions plan to release prisoners, Mercado Kim points out emergency is being used as “an excuse to let out prisoners early.” Military won’t say how many COVID-19 cases in Hawaii—Number Reported to DoH and Included in State Totals Two Hawai‘i National Guardsmen test positive for COVID-19 Guam’s Growing Coronavirus Challenge Pandemic Deals Blow to Plastic Bag Bans Real Estate Listings Drop Sharply for April DOE: 4 weeks of no new coronavirus cases before public schools can reopen Pandemic impacts school services for special needs students Another Homeless Drug House Goes up in Flames  Read More..

Wednesday, April 8, 2020 April 8, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 2270 Views COVID Crackdown? "Online registration required to leave the home" Ige: Safety Concerns Take Priority over Transparency The Jones Act is American Self-Sabotage Politico: Ige 4th Worst Corona Virus Governor Remove GE Tax from Medical Practices to Save Private MDs Hawaii’s jobless claims top 194,000—Long Wait for Benefits thanks to HGEA Jobless residents frustrated with being locked out of state's unemployment filing system Lt. Gov. Josh Green calls for more extensive testing Mayor Caldwell announces 'pause' in construction at Waimanalo Bay Beach Park Kaua‘i COVID-19 Q&A: Do I need documents to go see mom? HPD sets up tent city near Airport to serve the newly-arrived homeless instead of deporting them Kauai Curfew Reduces Hospital Intake by 40%—but not because of COVID Latest Trick to Force Mass Release of Criminals--Corrections officers complain about lack of basic protection at facilities Honolulu police issued more than 5,000 warnings Expand options for distance learning Read More..

Tuesday, April 7, 2020 April 7, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:24 PM :: 2536 Views Attorney: Emergency Declaration Did Not Suspend Transparency Requirements of County Charter Livestream Panel: Uniting TMT and Maunakea Coronavirus: Light at the End of the Tunnel Most Aggressive States Against the Coronavirus -- Hawaii Jumps from 46th to 11th to 4th Sherwoods Protesters Cited for Violating COVID Emergency Order UW Revises estimated Hawaii COVID deaths down to 155 from 372 Want Free Money?  Apply for Welfare—Nobody Will Check your Check Puna Councilman Opposes Inmate Release During Pandemic Two More Homeless Deported Inter-Island Quarantine lacks enforcement New instruments will provide COVID-19 results in minutes Remove GE Tax from Medical Practices to Save Private MDs Curfew and stay-at-home orders result in fewer traffic crashes Hawaii Island home prices increase nearly 10% in March   Parks and Rec hearing closed to the public KPD resumes firearms registration DeepGreen to make run for battery metals from seafloor Read More..

Monday, April 6, 2020 April 6, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 2906 Views Full Text: Council Chair Cries a River After Being Busted Giving Development Deal to Convicted Felon We’re All Homeschoolers Now Rail Contractors Speed up Construction while Oversight Personnel 'Work' from Home COVID: 16 New Cases, 5th Death Recorded--3rd Day of Declining New Cases Protect democracy by restoring open government in Hawaii VIDEO: Trucks Push Past Protesters as Caldwell Exploits Virus to Re-Launch Sherwoods Construction COVID Protects Council from Protesters So Reimbursement for TMT-related expenses back on the table Defense Lawyers Eager to Use COVID as Excuse for Dismissals—Molesters, Rapists, and Pimps May Walk Three Honolulu Police officers test positive for COVID-19 Two GOP state lawmakers say mass prisoner release is "terrible idea" Hawaii mayors consider stricter safety measures as coronavirus cases grow Asymptomatic residents close to COVID-19 patients will soon get tested Nearly 25% in Hawaii fear having COVID-19 symptoms, survey shows Hawaii Banks Start Rolling Out Relief To Small Firms Study: Hawaii ranks #2 in most economically impacted by virus Paia confrontation over travel fears leaves visitors shaken National Guard to screen incoming, departing passengers at 5 Hawaii airports Spanish Flu Killed 2,300 in Hawaii  Read More..

Sunday, April 5, 2020 April 5, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 2165 Views COVID: 4th Death, 32 New Cases 239 Candidates File for Election Celebrating the Human Spirit Worst Return on Investment. Again. 11,000 participate in Hawaii COVID Contact Tracking Survey COVID May Knock $2B Hole in Budget Star-Advertiser Bleeding Money, Lays off 46 Employees Bankruptcy Lawyer: Phone Ringing off Hook COVID Crisis is so Serious Hawaii County May Actually Stop ‘Creating Positions’! As World Burns Kauai County May Stop Filling Positions, May ‘Limit’ New Vehicle Purchases Mandatory Mask Order Coming? "Some people stay dying!" - state Senators urge Gov. Ige to be aggressive (whatever that means) 155 sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt test positive (44% of crew tested) Molokai Store Gets 100% Testing—2nd COVID Case Found Drug Dealers are an ‘Essential Business’  Stay Open During Epidemic Tiny homes could become part of response efforts against the coronavirus on Oahu Read More..

Saturday, April 4, 2020 April 4, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 4125 Views Lawsuit Alleges Another Pedophile Ring at Kamehameha Legislator Calls for Universal COVID-19 testing HGEA More Scary than COVID?  Ige afraid to Reassign Useless do-nothing HGEA Members to Help With Unemployment Backlog Testing is the key to everything. District Health Officer Reports Very Different COVID Numbers Lockdown Could Last Months International survey of physicians touts Hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 treatment—(But Green, DoH still say ‘no’) Japan to offer anti-flu drug Avigan to nations fighting Corona Virus? Ige Activates Guard: New Homeless Arrivals will be Deported Ige asks Trump for use of federal detention center for inmates Hana Vigilante Patrols Completely Useless Against Virus Read More..

Friday, April 3, 2020 April 3, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:24 PM :: 3007 Views COVID: 34 More Cases, 3rd Death Recorded COVID Relief: Chamber of Commerce Petition Calls for GE Tax to be Suspended Corona Virus: A Time to Return Hawaii to Science-Based Policy COVID Fearmongering: Waianae Residents Blockade Farrington Hwy After State Rep Cedric Gates Spreads Corona Virus Rumors COVID Reaches Hana: Tourists Blockaded, but Local Resident is Source BoE Votes to Waive Graduation Requirements Supreme Court Orders Plan for Mass Release of Criminals Next Week No More Extensions for Judicial Nominees Bridge Aina Lea: What Constitutes Loss? State Economies Most Exposed to Coronavirus A Visual Guide to Unemployment Benefit Claims How Healthy is Your State’s Rainy Day Fund? -- Hawaii Ranks 39th Enviros Use Sharks as Excuse in Latest Attack on Hawaii Fishing Industry HGEA Demands 25% Raise -- ‘Hazard Pay’ for its so-called Workers who are being paid to sit at home and do nothing Sporadic Complaints: Hawaii Democratic Presidential Primary ‘Feels Like Voter Suppression’ Soft-on-Crime Activists Eager for COVID in Jail, Find None so Far Homeless Dude Flies in from Mainland, gets Jail--Will be Deported Today Excellent News: Homeless Dude Arrested in Kihei after Acting Homeless on Stolen Motorcycle 5 more homeless people come to Oahu during coronavirus pandemic DOBOR Reopens Bathrooms, Homeless Destroy them Within Days Pacific islands, Antarctic bases: coronavirus-free living in some of Earth’s most isolated places HECO Plan: Give Elon Musk $300M so We can buy more overpriced electricity from Wind, Solar Schemers  Read More..

Thursday, April 2, 2020 April 2, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 2226 Views 2nd COVID Death in Hawaii Trump Considering Jones Act Waiver for Oil Industry Mayor Kim Suspends Plastic Bag Ban to Stop Spread of COVID-19 UHERO: What is the COVID-19 exit strategy? OHA urges Governor to increase relief for renters   First Federal COVID Grants Aid Hawaii Homeless, Mass Transit States with the Biggest Increase in Unemployment--Hawaii 15th 10,000 COVID Tests: Hawaii Among Most Tested States  Agenda: Mass Release of Criminals Will Make COVID Crisis Feel Real Agenda: Corona Crisis = Risk + Opportunism Waikiki doctors to offer blood test that detects exposure to COVID-19 Pandemic speeds up construction start on master-planned village for the homeless Navy envisions major development near Pearl Harbor rail station Meadow Gold Hawaii to be sold to Los Angeles real estate investment firm Read More..

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 April 1, 2020 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:13 PM :: 2671 Views The Biggest Fruit Ever Grown in Hawaii 258 COVID Cases: 34 New, 11 more recovered Hawaii Records First Corona Death--224 Total Cases April 4 Deadline to Register for Hawaii Democratic Primary Government Response to Coronavirus: Blunders & Opportunities February 250,052 Tourists Per Day -- Up 0.5% Assisted Suicide lobby using COVID 19 to promote assisting suicides via telehealth Restore Open Government in Hawaii Elections Office Mails Out Signature Cards Trump Signs Hawaii Disaster Declaration Hawaii leaders don’t know how many state workers are getting paid to do nothing Nobody in Jail has COVID, but Lawyer seeks ‘Emergency and humanitarian release’ for accused rapist of 78-year old woman Caldwell: Mass Release of 426 Criminals Will Trigger Crime Wave During Pandemic COVID: After Overcoming DoH Resistance, Hawaii now 6th-Most Tested State Paying rent during COVID-19 Mayors call on president to stop all non-essential travel to Hawaii Kauai police arrest visitor accused of violating state’s mandatory quarantine Police appear to contradict city policy on park access Queen’s Medical Center employee tests positive for coronavirus HFD confirms second firefighter tests positive for COVID-19 17 homeless people move into state’s first Kauhale village Read More..