1. COVID Count: 28 new cases out of 1,639 tests
2. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
3. COVID Legislature: "This will be a shell of a democracy"
4. DHS, OHA to Share Native Hawaiian COVID Data
5. Pandemic Priorities
6. Jobs Report: Lets Avoid Aggravating the Problem
7. Ige appoints Bennette Misalucha to State Senate until Special Election
8. HB1819: Legislature passes bill to legalize industrial hemp
9. Driving up Electric Bill: Legislature Bans Coal
10. DLIR Rejects 73,438 Invalid Unemployment Claims
11. Victorino: Maui Council Should not Bypass Charter Commission
12. Ige’s COVID Fake Out: After weeks of prepping for tourism’s reopening, hotels face the prospect of a costly delay -- Food Lines Form Again
13. Live and Let Die: What Made it at the Legislature?
14. Incumbents Maintain Money Advantage In Hawaii Legislative Races
15. Grim prognosis for state budget
16. 8,000 citations were issued for violating stay-at-home orders. They’re all entitled to jury trials.

1. COVID Economy: State Much More Susceptible than Counties
2. Groups Challenge Hawaii’s prohibition on the open carry of firearms
3. DoE Announces COVID Class Schedules for Fall
4. City Council defers borrowing for rail
5. Frustrated Hawaii businesses feel further delay in reopening could beget ‘economic catastrophe’
6. Bill would change election laws to make Rep. Takayama eligible to run for Sen. Harimoto’s seat
7. Hidden Agenda?  Outside Influence? SB2940 paving way for new Aloha Stadium dies in Hawaii Legislature
8. ‘Patently Absurd’ Amemiya Contributes Money to Hanabusa, Hannemann
9. Gun control bills hang in the balance as lawmakers wrap up the legislative session
10. Coronavirus clobbers Marshall Island communities in U.S.: Infections have 'skyrocketed'
11. "We need more testing immediately" Hawaii doc cautions against testing complacency    
12. BoE Delays Vote on COVID Agreement
13. Plans For Increasing COVID-19 Testing At Care Homes On Hold
14. Young Bros. files New Request for Rate Increase—47% This Time!
15. Gov. Ige appoints Bennette Misalucha to the late Breene Harimoto’s Hawaii Senate seat
16. Utilities commission rejects Hu Honua’s Overpriced deal to Jack up Electric Rates
17. Yes, window AC units require building permits in Hawaii County
18. Kauai Anti-Styrofoam bill amended to delay implementation
19. Hawaii Prison Oversight Commission: ‘Maybe We’ve Been Forgotten’

1. Hawaii Worst Taxpayer ROI in USA
2. Hawaii GET Taxes 105 percent of the state’s personal income
3. CMS: Action to protect nursing homes against COVID-19
4. Retired police officer sentenced to 10 years for his attempted unlawful sexual enticement of a 13-year-old boy
5. DoH: 'Severe Consequences' for Food Establishments Violating COVID Rules
6. COVID Count: 36 new cases out of 1,443 tests
7. Gov. David Ige and the state’s mayors will meet again to decide whether to lift the 14-day travel quarantine
8. Hawaii Lawmakers Won’t Give Health Director Broad COVID-19 Screening Powers  
9. Hawaii debates how close is too close for kids in classrooms
10. Honolulu City Council holds off on $26M bond for rail
11. Bill 12: Will ‘Historic’ Manoa Political Insiders Have to Pay More than $300 in Property Taxes?
12. Realtors survey finds alarming number of Oahu tenants unable to pay their rent in June
13. Is COVID-19 causing an increase in island suicides?
14. Hawaii among nation’s worst for COVID racial disparity
15. Friends and Family: Hawaii County Begins Passing out $80M ‘Relief’
16. Measures On Track To Clear Hawaii Legislature
17. Some PUA payments grind to halt amid Hawaii’s push to end fraud
18. Will Maui Liquor panel help small businesses survive COVID?
19. Anti-Telescope Lunatics Blockade Hilo Home Depot Store over ‘Zip-Tie’ Conspiracy Theory
20. Get public input on solar projects

1. Ige Vetoes $432M CARES Rainy Day Deposit
2. COVID Count: 41 new cases out of 1,423 tests
3. COVID Count: 23 new cases out of 2,056 tests
4. Candidate Forum: Rick Hamada Hosts 12 Honolulu Mayoral Candidates
5. Hawaii became a U.S. Territory July 7, 1898
6. Guam Ambulance Company Owners Sentenced to Prison for Their Roles in Medicare Ambulance Fraud Scheme
7. HPD System Prevents Gun Owners from Registering Guns
8. Corona Virus Restrictions Hawaii vs Alaska
9. Vote by Mail: ‘Universal Disbelief’
10. Designed to Fail:  CVS can’t deliver COVID test in 72-hour window
11. Prominent Hawaii doctor says state should delay plan for trans-Pacific visitors
12. Hawaii’s coronavirus testing capability to be reduced in half after mainland company cuts off supplies
13. Garbage: Kouchi Business Gets PPP Money
14. Crooks and Cronies: A quick look at Colleen Hanabusa’s campaign fundraising during 2019
15. Another School Announces Plan to Continue with ‘Distance Learning’ Scheme
16. A colored placard system could soon identify businesses abiding by COVID precautions
17. Maui restaurants plead for rule changes to stay in business
18. DHHL conducts removal of unauthorized campers in Waimanalo
19. Criminal Enters Country, Spends Next 44 Years on Maui Committing Crimes
20. Soft on Stupid: Hawaii County Council Panders to anti-5G Idiots

1. COVID Debt Bomb Puts Honolulu Over the Limit
2. Oahu Mandates Face Masks Indoors and Out
3. Should Police Misconduct Records Be Made Public?
4. Voting in Hawaii: Changes and Reminders
5. HB2457: Senate Fails to Protect Kids by Voting to Allow Continued Sale of Menthol E-Cigarettes and Cigarettes
6. Hawaii 3rd-Highest Beer Taxes in USA
7. Can Visitor Data Predict COVID in Hawaii?
8. COVID Upsurge not Affecting Hawaii Hospitals Much—Only 5 ICU or Ventilator Patients Statewide 
9. Bought n Paid for -- 42% of Kahele’s Money Coming from Out of State
10. These Hawaii Businesses Got Federal Loans During The Pandemic
11. A small-business owner’s perspective on the minimum wage
12. Pay Raise Retaliation? Hawaii Senate committee rejects Gov. Ige’s pick for state director of finance
13. Senate committee recommends rejection of Ige’s BLNR nominee
14. Senate passes COVID-19 screening bill, despite protests
15. HB460: A tool to ferret out unlicensed rentals
16. COVID Cluster -- 9 at Local Gym
17. Soft on Crime: Recidivist Tweeker Gets 5 Years for 11-day Crime Spree
18. Soft on Crime: Plea deal still on table in alleged child starvation
19. Judge blocks auction of Hawaiian heiress’ belongings

1. ACLU: Hawaii COVID Enforcement Racist
2. Unpacking Court Order Denying TRO to Block COVID Emergency Rules
3. COVID Count: Seven new cases out of 615 tests
4. COVID Count: 25 new cases out of 733 tests
5. Ige: State facing $2.3B in lost tax revenue due to coronavirus pandemic
6. Public chance to weigh in on the major overhaul of election rules  
7. Hawaii Senate worker tests positive for coronavirus but legislative session to resume Monday
8. Senate passes bill granting emergency powers to Hawaii health director
9. Hawaii State Legislature passes police reform bill
10. Substitute teachers’ unemployment benefits in limbo in Hawaii
11. Future of Hawaii's "only free dental clinic" in jeopardy due to Cancellation of State Grants in Aid Program Statewide
12. COVID News: Taxpayers won’t be Covering Cesspool Expense at Gay TVR in Puna 
13. Kakaako condo tower construction upended by coronavirus
14. Envisioned vertical public school in Kakaako faces new delays
15. Surfing Goat Dairy Down 89% Without Tourists

1. Damn the Tax Clearances, Full Speed Ahead!
2. COVID Count: 24 new cases out of 849 tests
3. WCIT/DTL Chairs Amemiya Campaign
4. Ige warns that without more federal aid, Hawaii public worker pay cuts or furloughs are inevitable
5. Republican Incompetence to Blame for Hawaii’s meager ballot choices
6. Get ready for Hawaii’s inaugural vote-by-mail election coming up in weeks
7. Should Hawaii counties defund police? No: Make warranted decision, not vengeful one
8. Suicide Squad Writes 30 Prescriptions in First Year
9. Report: Residents don’t want quarantine for travelers
10. Lack of clear vision for pre-arrival testing program is hindering Hawaii’s tourism reopening
11. Kapa'a man freaks out over mask in store -- arrested for terroristic threatening
12. HNL Clogged up with Electric Vehicles Parked Free

1. Yes, we are different from Minneapolis; our police misdeeds are kept secret
2. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
3. The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
4. The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July
5. Happy July 4th, despite the irony
6. Anti-Telescope Activists Vandalize and Protest Kailua July 4 Display—Make Americans Apologize
7. 1,000 American flags in Kailua back up after being removed, vandalized
8. After Months of getting paid to ‘work’ from Home, HGEA Members Try to weasel out of going back to ‘work’
9. In spike of cases, Oahu sees worrisome evidence of broader community spread
10. DOH Signs Contract--CVS To provide COVID Testing to Hawaii Tourists
11. 141 Quarantine Violators Deported—and counting

1. Fake it to Make it: DoE Releases 'Return to Learn' Plan
2. COVID Count: 29 new cases out of 1,858 tests
3. Federal judge rules Hawaii’s quarantine is reasonable during coronavirus pandemic
4. HB460: COVID Excuse to Clamp Down on TVRs -- ‘Place of stay declaration form’ draws concerns
5. HB2501: Controversial pandemic powers bill moves forward
6. The Real Plan for Fall Semester—School 2 Days per Week, Teachers Get Paid for 5 days
7. Virus Shifts Kekaha ES to 100% Online
8. Hilo HS: Teachers voting on their preference
9.  COVID Retaliation Behind Senate rejection of Ige Tax Director?
10. SR159: Senate Committee Rejects Special Rights for Sovereignty Activists
11. 'Police Lives Matter' Honolulu Group rallies at Capitol
12. Kauai police detective arrested in domestic abuse case
13. Efforts to combat unemployment fraud create new headaches for filers
14. Bankruptcy filings soar in Hawaii as economic fallout of pandemic widens
15. One after another after another, small businesses in Hawaii call it quits
16. HONU: COVID Put an End to Plan to Move Homeless into Shelters

1. HB2502 Still Dangerous: Grassroot Institute warns again about granting wide powers to health director
2. COVID Count: Nine new cases out of 1,232 tests
3. COVID Count: 20 new cases out of 1,328 tests
4. Akina for OHA: TMT Yes with Pono Management
5. Ige: Mauna Kea the Cornerstone for US Astronomy
6. Mayor Victorino opposes Maui Council Charter Amendments Creating New Departments
7. Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Eligible for the Floor
8. UH releases interim COVID-19 guidelines for its 10 campuses
9. Rick Blangiardi Part of 1980s Savings & Loan Fraud Scheme
10. Wealthy Retirees on Kauai Seeking to use COVID to Kill off Tourism now want double testing
11. States Hold Immense Powers To Handle Public Health
12. Some 11,000 people in Hawaii still haven’t gotten unemployment payments
13. SB2206: State says new homes for 32 Waimanalo homeless not allowed
14. N King St to Become New Homeless Hub
15. Recent study shows less Hawaii residents believe management of COVID-19 is 'heading in right direction'
16. US judge to examine Hawaii quarantine challenge today
17. Diversification Underway: Tourism is Half of what it was in 1989
18. Lawmakers, public question BLNR member’s intentions
19. Interim state tax director withdraws from senate confirmation process
20. County Council urges quick roll out of coronavirus relief funds
21. Family of Waianae man files suit against HPD over fatal Mililani shooting
22. Petition to Stop Mark Zuckerberg From 'Colonizing' Hawaii Island With His New Mansion Goes Viral

1. Hawaii Republicans Blocked from Observing Voter Count
2. May, 2020: Tourism Down 98.9%
3. Panos: Anti-Mask Rhetoric Absurd
4. Video: HD49 Candidate Arrested for Quarantine Violation
5. Puerto Rico to demand COVID-19 test results from passengers
6. COVID Count: 18 new cases out of 1,315 tests
7. Abercrombie Campaign Contributions Become Issue in Alabama Congressional Race
8. Gender neutral option available for state credentials beginning July 1, 2020
9. Former little league softball coach charged with producing child pornography
10. Feds Indict Three Hilo Jail Guards for Beating up Inmate
11. After 29 Years--Hawaii Supreme Court rules in favor of Hawaiian homelands beneficiaries
12. Gut n Replace SB1427: YB Rate Hike Decision to be Taken Away from PUC to Ice out Consumer Advocate?
13. HB2475: Allow HDoT to Give Money to YB
14. HB2728: Lawmakers Want To Keep Foreign Interference Out Of Elections 
15. HB1902: Lawmakers again move forward on ban of large-capacity rifle magazines
16. HB1529: High school journalism bill dead for this legislative session
17. After Aug 1 Real Time Database will Track Quarantine Breakers
18. To help keep virus out and residents safe, a senior living facility turns to tech
19. Starting this fall, new immunizations required for Hawaii students
20. Laughing at Your Sacrifice: Maui Council to Put Vote for New County Ag Dep’t on ballot
21. To woo customers back, city announces Chinatown beautification plan
22. Convenience fee added to Hawaii DMV Now kiosks
23. Hawaii COVID-19 cases broken down by age

1. Big Brother coming soon to Honolulu Airport
2. Tax Like an Egyptian: The wholesale rate, the retail rate, and tax “pyramiding”
3. List of Routes: Bus Driver Worked Sick with COVID for a Week
4. Clinical healthcare professionals needed to become full-time contact tracers
5. TVR Control: Kauai County Signs Agreement with AirBnB, Expedia
6. COVID Count: 2 new cases out of 588 tests
7. Hawaii Attorney General Sues E-Cigarette Giants JUUL and Altria
8. Hawaii AG: For The Hearing At Which I Will Argue That Indoor In-Person Gatherings Are Dangerous, Let's Gather Indoors In-Person!
9. Ige Nominee to re-Shape Hawaii Supreme Court?
10. Aug 1 Reopening Details: “We’re working on that” 
11. HSTA-DoE Agree to More Fake ‘Distance Learning’
12. HSTA Pres: My Members Will Get Paid for Work from Home Days this Fall—We Will Block Standardized Testing Again Next Year
13. Honolulu Star-Advertiser To Lose 12 Journalists
14. Racial Disparities Emerge In HPD Enforcement Of Stay-At-Home Violations
15. Department of Retaliation: Honolulu Fire Department Infighting Places Rescue Units in Moldy Basement
16. Funding could save a program helping women transition to post-prison life
17. SB2206: Gut n Replace Bill would permit festering homeless tent cities on all state land
18. SR159: Make Sovereignty Activists into a Protected Class so they Can’t be Prosecuted for their Criminal Activities
19. HB2035/SB2012: Bills pending at the Hawaii Legislature would aid local ranchers and farmers.
20. Honolulu Bill 2 Would Unbundle Parking
21. Felony child pornography charges filed against an Oahu little league coach

1. HSTA reaches school reopening agreement with state of Hawaii
2. Hawaii--Biggest Health Improvement During COVID-19
3. Aggressive contact tracing by state identifies new COVID cases
4. Some of Abigail Kawananakoa’s items are going up for auction. That’s raising concerns
5. Debating Christopher Deedy, again

1. Future of the Aloha Stadium
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 27, 2020
3. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
4. State Education Systems with the Most Racial Equality -- Hawaii 16th
5. COVID Count: 27 new cases out of 1,677 tests
6. Honolulu police chief says department doesn’t need reforms despite recent spike in fatal shootings by officers
7. Distance Learning? Students MIA
8. Pandemic or not, legislators open vault for public workers
9. Honolulu city bus driver tests positive for coronavirus
10. Time will tell if Gov. David Ige’s slow-steady style proves wise against COVID-19
11. Union expresses concern about hotel worker safety
12. Cruise Ships Heading for Hawaii in October
13. Work from home era may leave rail behind
14. ‘It was hamajang’: East Oahu residents sue the city over shoddy road work
15. Who is going to pay for Aloha Stadium’s health and safety repairs?

1. Facial Recognition: Legislature appropriates $90 million for airport COVID-19 screening
2. Letter: Legislators 'Concerned' About DoE Plan to Continue 'Distance Learning' Scam
3. Note to Legislature: Focus!
4. COVID Count: 17 new cases out of 1,296 tests
5. COVID Count: Six new cases out of 1,177 tests
6. DoH Survey: Many Hawaii residents no longer see COVID-19 as threat
7. COVID: Half of Households with Children have lost income
8. Video: "Lockdown, Testing and Tracking: Are They Really Legal?"
9. Hawaii 2nd Highest Tax Burden in USA
10. Tourism Industry Kept 33% of Hawaii Households on Edge of Poverty—and that was before COVID
11. Lawmakers, schools superintendent trade blame for lack of preparation ahead of school reopenings
12. Hawaii vacation rentals see low occupancy, demand amid Covid-19 restrictions
13. Hawaii Attorney General victimized by identity thieves who targeted unemployment program
14. Legislators Allocate $7M to Remove Homeless Trash, ACLU Whines About it
15. COVID Tourism Control: State set to reopen Hana Highway to public
16. High court rules in favor of county on timeshare taxes

1. COVID Suits: One Case Dismissed, Judge Blocks Feds from Other
2. The Separation of Powers Limitation on Hawaii’s Emergency Authority
3. DLIR: Fraudsters Stole $15.8M Unemployment Benefits
4. Ige Defers Harbor Tariff Hike
5. COVID Count 16 new cases out of 1,070 tests
6. HB285: Legislative Conference Committee Passes Police Reform Bill
7. Kauai DoE Pilot Program to Continue 'Distance Learning' Scam with no Evaluations Until Fall of 2021
8. COVID vs Sunshine: Supreme Court Order Opens Planning Commission Meeting
9. Reopening Means Spying: State-County Database to Track Your Movements ‘In Real Time’ 
10. HB460 Spying: State senators to introduce bill that would require Hawaii's visitors to document where they'll be staying
11.  As tax revenues drop, Honolulu’s rail project faces $450M funding shortfall and new delays
12. Gut and Replace Hawaii Supreme Court Oral Argument
13. HB2502: Lawmakers pare back quarantine-powers bill after public concern
14. Union organizes mass COVID-19 testing for hospitality workers, it calls on employers to follow suit
15. Different Kind of Tourist?  Under Quarantine only Cheap Hotels have any Occupancy
16. Steep Drop in Real Estate Prices Coming?
17. Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in Christopher Deedy trial—Prosecutors will Try ‘Plan C’
18. Charlatans Whip Up Big Island Mob over missing children—Councilmember Warns Against Vigilantism
19. Thousands of Mainlanders sign petition calling for the removal of 1874 Hawaiian Kingdom Era Captain Cook monument
20. Trump wants federal hiring to focus on skills over degrees
21. Condo associations again face liability for past “wrongful foreclosures”
22. "Renewable Energy” is easy to grasp and slippery to define

1. HB2502: 'Gut and replace' bill would give emergency powers to health director
2. Will Hawaii COVID Lawsuits be Consolidated?
3. Constitutional Law and States of Emergency: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
4. Hawaii Fisheries Down 80%
5. Surprise: Public Employee Wage Hikes Total $150M
6. Group drops lawsuit against Gov. Ige's emergency proclamation
7. Hawaii Economic Chief: Tourism Is ‘Who We Are’ And Must Be Rebuilt
8. Hawaii Ready to take more COVID so Bring It
9. Hawaii lawmakers advance police reform bill that’s been obstructed for years   
10. Police Shootings Soar Under Ballard
11. Bill expands state powers on quarantine and health emergencies
12. Ala Moana Towers Designed to Create Rail Route?
13. Child abuse bill advances

1. Ige: Tourists Can Skip Quarantine with COVID Test Starting Aug 1
2. US DoJ Backs Hawaii Lawsuit Against Ige COVID Orders
3. Dead in Conference Ctte: HB220 would expand Department of Health emergency powers
4. AirBnB Occupancy Bounces Back – But Not in Hawaii
5. Pandemic EBT: $360 Extra SNAP Benefits For Families of 93,000 Students
6. COVID Count: Three new cases out of 1,199 tests
7. COVID Count: 16 new cases out of 1,396 tests
8. ​20 Years Of Honolulu Police Misconduct Summaries Document Serious Bad Behavior
9. Laughing at Your Sacrifice: Lawmakers give preliminary approval to $70M public-worker raises
10. Chamber of Commerce Hawaii urges Ige to create a ‘definitive plan’ for reopening transpacific travel
11. Oahu restaurants ask for delay in starting plastic-ban law
12. State Cutting Lifeguards—Will Counties Pick Up Expense?
13. Sacrifice: Maui County to Create Entire New Department? 
14. 20 Years Of Honolulu Police Misconduct Summaries Document Serious Bad Behavior
15. Facial recognition surveillance to screen for COVID-19 at Hawaii airports in July
16. Lawmakers call on state to give all 14,000 seniors at Hawaii care homes a COVID-19 test
17. NTSB to investigate loss of 21 shipping containers from barge off Big Island
18. DLIR Effort to Transform Uber Contractors into Employees delays unemployment payments for drivers
19. Stanford Carr to turn Honolulu bowling alley site into affordable rentals under $137M DHHL contract
20. Gangster Shot Dead in Pearl City

1. ACLU: Hawaii COVID Facial Recognition Program 'Rife for Abuse'
2. Hawaii’s Army Of Karens
3. Survey: Teachers Report Low Participation in Online Learning
4. DoH Uses COVID as Excuse to Quarantine 51 Homeless Frequent Flyers
5. Koko Head Shooting Complex resuming regular walk-in operations
6. Group Admits COVID Testing Plan is Scheme to Shrink Tourism Industry
7. Rep Wildberger, Candidate, Judge Get $5000+Jail Tickets for Violating COVID Emergency Orders—Judge Already Walks Free
8. YB COVID Money Grab—Why did Containers Collapse on Barge in Calm Seas and Light Winds?
9. SB126 to be CARES Spending Vehicle
10. Negotiations Begin On Hawaii Police Misconduct Bill
11. Mayor: Only 30 to 35% of businesses have reopened
12. Kauai Mayor Having Fun as Dictator
13. Some families of around a dozen residents at Hale Nani nursing center have chosen to remove them
14. Federal census of isle homeless is rescheduled for September
15. Program for women inmates is cancelled

1. HB2500 Legislators poised to exceed state debt limit to avoid making cuts
2. Two Years Later: Kauai Mayor signs fifteenth supplementary emergency proclamation
3. Hawaii Legislators Announce Plan to use CARES Funds
4. COVID Impact on Micronesia
5. Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Hearing
6. COVID Count: Four new cases out of 629 tests
7. Lawyer known for “sovereignty defenses” barred from future foreclosure assistance
8. Ige reportedly close to announcing testing protocol, loosened quarantine based on Alaska Model
9. Hawaii Currently Fastest Spreading COVID in USA
10. SB2629 Carbon Credits: House Committee Hearing Gut-and-Replace Legislation
11. Lawyer known for “sovereignty defenses” barred from future foreclosure assistance
12. Convicted Anal Rapist of Child Gets Lucky at Supreme Court 
13. Police transparency bill being considered in Hawaii
14. How 12 Teens Who’d Never Met Before Organized Honolulu’s Black Lives Matter Protest
15.  Three more people test positive for COVID-19 at Hale Nani; senior facilities are concerned
16. With thousands out of work, scammers are targeting the unemployment system
17. COVID Cuts: Hawaii's only halfway house for women is closing
18. Hawaii’s Cesspool Problem Continues To Bubble Up As EPA Cracks Down

1. Hawaii Worst Unemployment Recovery in USA
2. COVID Count: 14 New Cases out of 1,126 tests
3. COVID Count: 11 new cases out of 851 tests
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 20, 2020
5. ‘The Jones Act isn’t just inefficient, it’s failed’
6. Pitfalls of the Subcontractor Deduction  
7. Approving Public Employee Raises Top Legislative Focus
8. Up to 45K Hawaii renters on brink could fall into abyss after July
9. Rail: How Many Honolulu mayoral candidates will go to jail?
10. Does a lawsuit against Ige have grounds?
11. Department of Health: Masks in classrooms are "Not recommended"    
12. Hello! Anybody There At The D-L-I-R?
13. First installment: $40M in CARES funds hits Hawaii County coffers
14. Maunakea command plan again delayed
15. Honolulu City Council takes aim at new regulations against monster homes
16. Honolulu City Council defers decision on mall tower changes
17. Airlines to Shirk Dramatically After Oct 1

1. How to balance the budget in just a few clicks
2. COVID Count 27 new cases out of 990 tests
3. Senator Dela Cruz asks Governor to consider pooled testing for arriving travelers
4. UHERO forecasts dire scenarios for local government budgets
5. Mayor Victorino returns budget to Maui Council without signature
6. 86% of Parents want Return to Classroom Teaching—Kishimoto: “We don’t need books”
7. Lawmakers: $600 Million In Federal Relief Funds Will Now Go To Hard-Hit Residents, State Agencies  
8. Economic Development Officials Outline Recovery Plan
9. Widow of 28-Year-Old Kaneohe Man tells BLM to Back Off
10. Telescope Protester Arrested in Kalihi Game Room Shooting
11. HPA: We’re Working Hard to Get Criminals Back out onto the Street
12. Cluster of New COVID-19 Cases Found In Waianae Elderly Care Homes
13. Volunteer sleuths track down Hawaii’s quarantine scofflaws
14. Grove Farm Is ‘Disappointed’ In Planned Changes For Kauai Rehab Facility
15. China Could Be in Reach of Hawaii After Monday’s Election in Kiribati

1. Caldwell Signs Budget: Rail Faces ‘Hard Decisions’ due to Collapse of Economy
2. DHHL Expands COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
3. Tax Credit Available for Low Income Homeowners
4. AG proposes COVID Spying Bills to Legislature
5. State says greater testing capacity, digital records on visitors needed to restart tourism      
6. Cluster of COVID-19 cases at state’s largest nursing home grows to 11 as testing continues
7. Lawmaker says Black Lives Matter protest likely contributed to spike in COVID-19 cases
8. DoE Reopening Plans Secret Until After Legislative Session Ends
9. Sacrifice: Public workers approved for 4.5% pay raises by city council
10. Report: ‘New normal’ could mean half of Hawaii families in financial hardship
11. Honolulu Police Chief Hopes Nationwide Reform Movement Skips Hawaii
12. Caldwell scraps Sherwood Forest plan due to protests
13. Maui Co Bill to help grant recipients get funding without accountability
14. Hawaii County Council to take up new construction code
15. Should Hawaiian Electric Company Receive Financial Incentives to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

1. COVID Count: Five New Cases out of 1,131 tests
2. COVID Count: 18 new cases out of 1,370 tests
3. Public input sought on decommissioning of Maunakea telescope
4. Hawaii 20.2% Unemployment -- 3rd Highest in USA
5. UHERO: Estimating the Need for Rental Assistance in Hawaii
6. Just in Time to Shut Down Session (Again) -- State House staff member tests positive for coronavirus
7. No, We Are Not All In The Same Canoe
8. Caldwell: Rail Faces ‘Hard Decisions’ due to Collapse of Economy
9. Window of Opportunity to Reopen Hawaii – Closing Quick
10. HART Gives Hi Tech Tax Credit Schemers $190K to Design Video Game
11. Hawaii Supreme Court asked to block opening of controversial wind project
12. Utility must get more efficient
13. Vote-by-mail might make it easier to vote, but it's not the fix we need to engage citizens in elections.
14. HB285: Open Records on Police Misconduct
15. Man dies after altercation with police in Kaneohe
16. Body cameras coming for Big Island police
17. As COVID-19 cases rise, family members say Hale Nani not doing enough to protect residents
18. Three employees at Doraku Sushi in Waikiki test positive for COVID-19
19. Hawaii Senators Introduce Bill To Close Air Tour Loopholes
20. Attorney faces threat of disbarment while trying to clear his record
21. COVID Excuse to Grab Control of Kauai Drug Treatment Center Facility

1. Council District Nine--Family Ties
2. Another Hawaii Lawsuit: Coronavirus Orders Violate Right To Travel, Equal Protection, Due Process
3. Trump’s Executive Order on Improving Policing Brings Welcome News in Troubled Times
4. HPD Policy on ‘Vascular Neck Restraint’ is Redacted
5. Corona Count: Four new cases out of 1,215 tests
6. Navy Calling Up Reservists to Fill in For Pearl Harbor Shipyard Workers Out for COVID-19
7. Saving coral reef fisheries with management areas
8. Ex-Legislator Who Lied About Police Misconduct Slimes Doug Chin in Grab for Police Commission Seat
9. Jabola the Carolus Having Difficulty at Home
10. 19 Police Killings Left out of HPD Reports
11. OCCC relocating to new facility at the animal quarantine station    
12. Hale Nani 5 Positive COVID, prompts mass testing of nursing home
13. Hawaii one of the worst places for businesses sued over COVID

HPD Policy on ‘Vascular Neck Restraint’ is Redacted

1. Former Governors Urge Alternatives to Star-Adv Layoffs
2. Settlement Improves Honolulu Gun Registration System
3. Young Case against Hawaii Carry Ban Finally Moving Forward
4. COVID Count: Eight new cases out of 554 tests
5. DoH Still Working on New Rules for Quarantine-Free Inter-island Flights
6. EPA orders the closure of 16 cesspools on Kauai
7. Contact Tracing, Testing Keep Recent Clusters in Check
8. Sen. Laura Thielen: Legislature Must Spend $632M on COVID Relief, not Public Employee Pay Hikes
9. Death Threats Convince 21 Cult Members accused of breaking COVID-19 quarantine to leave Hawaii
10. Law Profs: Hawaii can require testing for all coming in
11. Second Wave?  Hawaii Ready to handle it Without Return to Lockdowns
12. Hawaii Economy Faces ‘A Long Slow Road Back’
13. With some improvising, state agencies welcome thousands of workers back to the office
14. In Effort to Justify Do-Nothing ‘Distance Learning Scam, DoE Deploys Unworkable Summer School System 
15. Five Hotels Permanently Discharge Workers
16. Kauai: 57% of Households have lost a job
17. Star-Advertiser's plan to cut 30 newsroom staff may turn out to be a negotiating ploy
18. Short term vacation rentals allowed to reopen on Maui, Big Island and Kaua'i
19. Retailers report resistance to the in-store mask requirement
20. Soft on Crime: Spurned Woman Accused of Attempted Murder Walks Free without Bail
21. Soft on Crime: Homeless Car Thief Does it Again and Again Since COVID Release
22. 2 possible COVID-19 cases being looked at in state-run public housing
23. State: COVID Spreads to Resident at state’s largest skilled nursing facility

1. Feds: Civil Beat Publisher's Security Detail Sends Pig's Head to Media Critic
2. COVID Count: Five new cases out of 1,152 tests
3. Maui Planning Commission sneaks Hawaiian burial group’s motion onto agenda
4. How SHOPO keeps public from seeing police misconduct records
5. Caldwell disagrees on extent of Police Commission’s authority
6. Recent spike in COVID-19 cases will test Hawaii’s preparations
7. California's starting to reopen hotels. Hawaii just extended its shutdown
8. Bankruptcies decline thanks to federal loan program
9. Bill could impact Aloha Stadium demolition, landfill operator says

1. June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
2. COVID Count 17 New Cases out of 984 tests
3. The Giant Sucking Sound
4. Sause ends Hawaii Barge Service after 54 years
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 13, 2020
6. Hawaii tax revenues plummet 49% in May as Covid impact comes into focus
7. Many Small Businesses Going out of Business
8. Honolulu County says how workers are deployed; Gov. Ige’s administration has yet to supply such information
9. Kishimoto: Academic Rigor Fell by Wayside and I want $87M to Do It Again this Fall
10. Momentum builds for police-linked reforms: stricter gun laws, opening discipline records
11. Ballard Dismissive of New Police Commission Nominees
12. Kauai Prosecutor Tries to Make Excuses for COVID Criminal Releases
13. COVID-19 case confirmed in Hale Nani rehab center employee
14. Maui Hotel workers rally Saturday for safe reopening
15. Opportunity Zones Eyed for P3 Projects
16. Hawaii County Fire Department and volunteers erect homeless shelters

1. List of Staff Being Laid off by Star-Advertiser
2. Regents to consider new Maunakea internal management structure
3. Oahu District Courts Reopen
4. This act needs a rewrite
5. VIDEO: Sen. Mike Lee on the Jones Act at 100: Time to chart a new course?
6. Bubbles? Corridors?  Ige announcement on reopening transpacific travel upcoming
7. HPD chief okay with releasing names of disciplined officers, but not for minor violations
8. Joyous News: 21 members of reported cult that violated 14-day quarantine plan to stay in Hawaii After Jail Sentence is up
9. Elderly Care Nurse Among Latest COVID-19 Diagnoses
10. BLNR grants contested case hearing over aquarium collection fines

1. Kamehameha: The Founding of the Hawaiian Kingdom
2. Constitutional Law and States of Emergency: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
3. Hearing Set for New Administrative Rules for Hawaii Elections
4. COVID Count: 15 new cases--10 in one family
5. Facial Recognition A Minefield, Could Evolve into Compulsory Program 
6. Hawaii’s largest daily newspaper cutting nearly 30 newsroom staff
7. Stop verbal, physical attacks on police
8. How Effective Is Hawaii’s Key Court-Sanctioned Drug Treatment Program?
9. Thanks to Bookkeepers, Young Brothers demanding $25M Cash and 25% Rate Hike   
10. “Were Hawaii’s lockdowns worth it?”
11. City Finally Finds A Replacement To Join The HART Board
12. Council Tinkers With Affordable Housing Rules (again)
13. MCCC population trimmed 41 percent during COVID-19
14. Cult leader among 21 arrested in Puna for violating quarantine order
15. Effort to dismiss hotel hearings officer fails
16. Pandering to Russian-backed Anti 5G Conspiracy Nuts, Hawaii Council Illegally Obstructs 4G Installers
17. A growing number of missing children on the Big Island is causing concern

1. Hawaii COVID Lawsuit: Emergency Rules Unconstitutional Beyond 60 Days
2. DLIR Updates Unemployment Claims Processing Numbers
3. Ige Extends Emergency Order Through July 31
4. ‘New normal’ requires long-term budget thinking
5. Lockdown victims include Hawaii healthcare providers
6. COVID Count: Seven new cases out of 1,284 new tests
7. Anderson and Kobayashi Block Forensic Audit of Rail—Use COVID as Excuse
8. Hawaii will utilize facial recognition in airports
9. Hotel security keeps tabs on quarantined visitors
10. Vacation rental owners claim discrimination, threaten lawsuit
11. COVID an Excuse to Gut TVRs on Maui, Lanai
12. Honolulu City Council moving forward with resolution pressuring state to test visitors before they board a plane to Hawai'i
13. COVID-19 patient was at Oahu game room hours before being hospitalized
14. Governor: I ‘ordered’ director handling unemployment claims to take time off
15. Pandemic's budget shortfalls push states toward automation
16. COVID $28M for Kauai County to Pass Around
17. This Kauai Doctor Is Helping Revolutionize Drug Treatment For Inmates

1. ​Legislature to Reconvene on June 22
2. Veterans’ Health Administration Health Care System Leadership Change in Hawaii
3. COVID Count: Six New Cases out of 699 tests
4. COVID Count: Four new cases out of 1,122 tests
5. Coronavirus Restrictions: Hawaii vs Alaska 
6. COVID-19 testing pre-departure may eliminate 90% of infectious passengers
7. Confronting Police Abuse Requires Shifting Power From Police Unions
8. 6 in 10 mainland travelers say they’d be willing to be tested for COVID-19 to visit Hawaii
9. CVS to Provide 1,200 Hawaii Tourist COVID Testing Sites on Mainland?
10. Gambling Charges go to top of Big Island PD -- refiled against retired police captain
11. Lt. Gov. Josh Green warns of uptick in COVID-19 cases from mass protests
12. Unemployment office in limbo along with thousands of filers
13. Just try reporting fraudulent unemployment payments
14. Hawaii DLIR pays out more than $594M in unemployment claims
15. Hawaii scrambles to prepare for all mail-in voting in primary election
16. In the first mass testing on Oahu, Arcadia nursing home tests about 550 of its health care workers
17. First Hawaii resident charged with violating traveler quarantine
18. Many who received assistance to return home didn’t plan to honor Hawaii quarantine, nonprofit says
19. Drastic drop in immunizations during COVID-19 pandemic
20. Hawai`i Supreme Court Issues Second Climate Change Ruling
21. Spouse of Abigail Kawananakoa among four seeking to become conservator

1. Rep Case Bill Would Allow States to Impose Air-Travel COVID Testing
2. Debate: Jones Act Necessary for National Security?
3. Dr. Tony Trpkovski -- Protecting Yourself & Hawaii from Coronavirus
4. PIT Count: Oahu Homeless Numbers Nearly Unchanged from 2019
5. Hawaii House Speaker Says Cop Misconduct Bill Is ‘On Our Radar’
6. Honolulu Police To Temporarily Halt Use Of Vascular Neck Restraints
7. Hilo judges recuse themselves from hearing former cop’s assault, abuse cases
8. Rail’s future hinges on P3 pact
9. DoH: Open Hawaii to Japan, NZ, Alaska
10. Gov. Ige asks protesters from weekend Black Lives Matter rallies to voluntarily self-isolate
11. No new cases of COVID-19 reported at Kalakaua Gardens
12. Doctors worry that patients are neglecting their regular visits as well as their health
13. Unions press government on COVID safety
14. Labor department sees more fraud activity connected to pandemic unemployment aid
15. Roth alarmed by release of suspect in violent home invasion
16. Dead Homeless Dude had 24 Criminal Convictions, Yet State Refused to Provide him with Long Term Housing in a nice safe Prison

1. UH begins training COVID-19 contact tracers
2. COVID Count: One new case out of 327 tests
3. Two Months of Petty Bickering Sets Back Hawaii Recovery
4. 2,800 Visitors Pour into Hawaii as ‘Leaders’ Dither over Testing  
5. Attorney General Babysits Senate -- COVID-19 committee will not be "investigative"
6. Retaliation: HSTA Jumps into Mayoral Race After Counties Block Union Grab for Property Tax Funds
7. COVID Contracting: How A Major Campaign Donor Got A Million-Dollar Cleaning Contract In Honolulu
8. Kauai County Insiders use COVID Emergency to Steal Building from Residential Drug Treatment Facility
9. Doug Chin, Michael Broderick Nominated for Police Commission
10. These Kauai Cops Are Tired Of Racist Police Killings, Too
11. Maui Memorial to start rapid universal testing today
12. Personal Car Use Bounces Back in Hawaii
13. Hawaii Gas and Hawaiian Telcom Are on the Chopping Block
14. State moving to new public access data portal

1. Amemiya Joins Pack of Insiders Grabbing ‘Affordable’ Housing Units for Themselves
2. Hawaii Spending Cap Too Easily Ignored by Lawmakers
3. Is Our GET Too Soft on Sales to the Feds?
4. BLM Protesters Leave Signs at Hawaii GOP HQ
5. COVID Count: Nine new cases out of 798 tests
6. COVID Count: Two new cases out of 1,092 tests
7. State Finally Launches Digital Time and Leave System
8. Repeal Bill 40, Honolulu's discriminatory builder contracting law
9. Life in the time of lockdowns
10. Auditor Dings City Parks for Poor Management
11. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 6, 2020
12. Recovery Held Back by a Childish Snit playing out for all to see
13. Our police commissioners must be watchdogs, not lapdogs
14. BLM Protesters Back Esser for Honolulu Prosecutor
15. Graduate: DoE Online Learning Was a Sham
16. UH COVID Modelers Propose Tourist Quarantine Exemption With Negative COVID Test
17. Healing Hawaii responsibly must include the reopening of legal vacation rentals
18. Hannemann: You Should Elect me Now Because I lost to Abercrombie, Caldwell, and Ige
19. Oahu home sales decline 22% in May, condo sales drop 50%—but prices steady
20. Hawaii’s private schools brace themselves for a harsh economic reality
21. KPD Body-cam Footage Exonerates 87% of Officers Facing Complaints
22. BLM Rallies in Hawaii

1. Hawai'i Supreme Court Orders Maui Planning Commission To Answer Petition on Media Access
2. Jones Act 100th -- Happy Birthday, NOT!
3. Happy Birthday Jones Act. Let’s Hope it’s Your Last
4. Could “Tariff Man” Trump support Jones Act reform?
5. US Sen Mike Lee calls for Jones Act gas carrier exemption
6. Caldwell Announces New Plan to Jam up Traffic
7. Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge of the Third Circuit
8. It Begins: 3 employees at Oahu senior living facilities test positive for COVID-19—One Location Secret
9. The Head Of Hawaii’s Unemployment Office Is On Leave After Getting Death Threats
10. New data on race shows that Native Hawaiians aren’t currently experiencing higher rates of COVID-19
11. 650 Criminals Released --- Hawaii Supreme Court ends its COVID Excuse inmate-release program
12. Employment numbers improve for Hawaii as businesses reopen
13. Maui: Only 10% of Students Engaged with distance learning
14. Kauai School Doing Everything Online—Except Teaching Classes
15. Impact of COVID-19 on UH-Hilo applications ‘nominal’
16. Sacrifice: Maui County Council cuts spending from $824M to $823M
17. HECO: COVID Making Electric Clocks Run Fast

1. UPW Prison Guard Busted Allegedly Smuggling Meth into OCCC
2. Honolulu’s Terrible Folly and a Transit Mystery
3. Land Use: Disparate Impact
4. Free Food Giveaways set to conclude
5. HD5 Rep Creagan Withdraws from Race for Reelection
6. ERS Risks $75M of Your Retirement Fund on Hawaii High Tech Startups
7. Honolulu 7th Largest Increase in Unemployment 
8. Kym Pine: ANTIFA Agitator Photos not Credible
9. COVID Count: Six new cases out of 921 tests
10. While 200K Unemployed Twist in Wind, DBEDT, Senators Feud over ‘Bullying’
11. Budget Chief: Deep Cuts Loom For The University of Hawaii
12. HSTA, DoE Still Pushing for Fake Online Classes so Teachers Can be Paid to do Nothing
13. HART Has Spent Millions On Rail Design Work That May Not Be Used
14. Hawaii Co Council approves budget with property tax hike
15. 24% Unemployment—but No County Workers Laid Off
16. Hawaii Does Not Reveal How Many COVID Deaths in Nursing Homes
17. If George Floyd Died In Hawaii, We’d Know Little About The Cop Who Killed Him
18. Stressed Due to no Tourists to Mooch, Homeless Killing Each Other in Bumfights
19. Mayor signs bills jacking up the cost of housing to subsidize electric cars
20. Anti-5G Conspiracy Nuts Waste Time in Hilo

1. Sierra Club: Maui Mayor Exploits Corona Emergency Powers to Fast-Track Shoreline Development 
2. Ige Admin Places 'Reopening Strategy' Online
3. Young Bros: Another Jones Act Failure
4. COVID Count: Two New Cases out of 1,698 tests
5. Unemployment rate in Maui metro area highest in the nation at 35%
6. DLIR Stops Counting at 316K -- Hawaii’s Jobless Grow Desperate As Unemployment Approvals Lag
7. Alaska may be first state to ask visitors to pack a negative COVID-19 test — will Hawaii follow?
8. Honolulu will Have New Mayor, Council and Prosecutor
9. No Supervision: Police Commission Goes Back to Covering for HPD
10. State-regulated marijuana vape cartridges aren’t safe, doctor and whistleblower say
11. Council Boosts Spending, Raises Golf Fees
12. Those who violate mandatory quarantine order could end up wearing an ankle bracelet
13. Kaiser High School ranks No. 1 in the US in math, reading

1. 423 Candidates Pull Papers for Election--338 File
2. Republicans Contest Only About Half of Legislative Races
3. VIDEO: How to Save Lives in Hawaii, in 50 Seconds
4. Hawaiian Electric posts new battery projects’ details
5. COVID Count: One New Case out of 1,130 Tests
6. 200K Unemployed but Hawaii Recovery Plan held up Because Sen Wakai has Personal Beef with HTA
7. In only 60 days the 2020 primary election will essentially be over
8. Recovery: City Spends $19M on Office to Find More Free Money
9. HDOE: Fake ‘Distance Learning’ Scam will Continue into Fall Semester
10. Hawaii Law Enforcement Standards Board behind as nation turns focus on policing
11. Food demands in Hawaii increase as unemployment insurance complaints continue
12. Dentists struggle amid shortage of medical masks, mounting costs of doing business
13. More volunteers sought for state’s new contact tracing program
14. Judge issues $200 in fines to fish poacher

1. Kam Napier: How to strike the right balance in reopening Hawaii economy
2. US Supreme Court declines to lift restrictions on crowds at church services
3. COVID Count: No new cases out of 434 tests
4. COVID Count: One new case out of 587 tests
5. Applicants Sought for Disciplinary Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court
6. 417 Candidates Pull Papers for Election--303 File
7. New online system to assist with shooting range reservations
8. Ige lifting interisland quarantine Effective June 16 — May Join Aus/NZ Bubble
9. ‘No Fraud or Collusion’ Claimed as Land tied to criminal Al Hee’s company is bought by Another Al Hee Company
10. Hawaii could lose 30K in population in slow Covid recovery
11. How Many Will Die?  People Avoiding The Doctor Due To COVID-19 Fears
12. Let’s Put COVID-19 In Context
13. Study Estimates 30% to 50% Learning Loss for Students By Fall
14. Hawaii chambers of commerce petition urges governor to save small business
15. Hawaii short-term rentals remain on hold for virus recovery
16. PUC opens emergency investigation of Young Brothers
17. Local restaurant owner launches #SaveHawaiiBusinesses campaign
18. Bar owners awaiting governor’s plan for reopening
19. The Pandemic Is Proving Too Much For Some Big Island Businesses
20. Family of an abused Oahu toddler files suit for lack of child protection
21. Academy of Hawaiian Arts falls victim to rioters in Oakland
22. Tweeker Caught Stealing, Given Free Food

1. Hannemann: “I’m not implicated”
2. Sheehan, Levinson voice frustration as they resign from Police Commission
3. ‘It’s Going To Be Bad’: Federal Aid Will Soon Run Out For Many In Hawaii
4. Set the Date to Reopen Tourism
5. Taxpayers to Take Back Cable from Criminal Al Hee?
6. Homeless Criminals Turn Sand Island Park into Illegal dump

1. The Governor, The Legislature, and The Billion Dollar Mess
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 30, 2020
3. Case, Gabbard Pursue First National Forest for Hawai’i 
4. COVID Count: Hawaii Down to only 27 Active Cases
5. HGEA 40% Furlough for State Employees?  
6. HGEA Endorsement The Kiss of Death?
7. COVID Restrictions Help Incumbents to Reelection
8. Mayor Victorino Asks Governor to Lift Interisland Quarantine on June 15
9. Alaska will lift mandatory quarantine for travelers, instead requiring they be tested before flying to Alaska
10. USDOJ Challenges Quarantine Rules in Maine, Michigan 
11. HIEMA Survey: Hawaii Is Already Enduring Widespread Socioeconomic Strain
12. COVID Releases: “Dummies that are beating somebody up or stealing something or threatening somebody”
13. Vigilantes hunt tourists
14. Hawaii has never done a successful P3 project.
15. Hawaii County Finally Completes TVR Registrations
16. Airfield advocates hopeful Dillingham survives past June 2021

1. 406 Candidates File for Election
2. Mufi Hannemann Pulls Papers to Run for Mayor
3. Legislators Short $2B: "We are going to have to look for strategic cuts"
4. Grassroot: Quarantine Extension Will Delay Economic Recovery
5. DoH Survey Shows Hawaii Residents Take COVID Threat Seriously
6. Report: Native Hawaiian Businesses Less Exposed to Tourism Downturn
7. US and FSM Begin Negotiations on Expiring Provisions of Compact of Free Association
8. Investigation Into Alleged Ethics Misconduct by the Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs
9. No Bill 40 PLA: Contractors Demand Full Repeal of Union Preference Ordinance
10. COVID Count: 3 new cases out of 933 tests
11. COVID Count: 3 New Cases, Only 29 Active Cases Statewide
12. Does Jones Act protect national security?
13. Med Quest Junks Plan to Cancel 38,000 Kaiser Policies
14. Hawaii Lockdown Could Kill 4 Times More People than COVID
15. Travel Bubbles a Challenge for Airlines
16. Consumer Advocate: Cancel Young Brothers’ rate hike request
17. DoE Did Nothing for 45 Days—Will They Get Back to Work in Fall?
18. Caldwell Leaving an Infected Mess for Successor
19. Top DoH Execs Still Obstructing Testing—District Office Disagrees
20. OHA Insiders: DoH Should Take Time to Track Racial Data so money will come to our Profitable Nonprofits
21. Hawaii commercial real estate investment to drop by 50% in post-Covid 2020, Colliers says
22. Hawaii Hospitals Losses Exceed $100M from Federal Health Care Bailout
23. Business owners in Hawaii rally at the state Capitol
24. Honolulu and Kauai Mayors: Property owners illegally renting to tourists are ongoing problem
25. Calvin Say Leaving Long-Held House Seat For Council Run
26. Emergency shelters on Maui will provide temporary shelter for displaced families
27. Homeless Dude from Mainland Accused of Murder in Lahaina

1. Report: HMSA Payment Plan Imposing Burdens On Providers, Hurting Patients
2. 396 Candidates File for Election
3. How to Reopen Hawaii's Economy--Michael W. Perry Interviews Keli'i Akina
4. Thanks to Cheap Oil, HECO Forced to Abandon $77M Rate Hike
5. Prosecutor Race: Alm 21%, Megan Kau 5%   
6. Special master defends early release of Hawaii inmates, says 1-month recidivism rate lower than other criminals lifetime recidivism rate
7. Newest projection: State tax revenues will drop by a jaw-dropping $2.25B this fiscal year
8. Rail project expecting $100M shortfall, possibly $100M more
9. Next Boondoggle: SB2940 Aloha Stadium Authority
10. Ige to extend quarantine for mainland, international travelers beyond June 30
11. StarAdv: Trade CARES Money for Reduced YB Rate Hike
12. Maui In-person religious services allowed to resume today with social distancing
13. Firm gets warning for hand sanitizer brouhaha
14. Quarantine is a Joke: 1,000 Party on North Shore (again)
15. Homeless Shelter-Refusers Get Ticket After Ticket
16. After Supreme Court Ruling, Big Island Environmental commission urges fast work on sewage discharges
17. Lawsuit: Oahu Hospital Allegedly Shielded 2 Sexual Harassers

1. With Campaign Over, Gabbard Drops Suit Against Clinton
2. Blue Crush: How a One-Party State is Crushing the Little Guy
3. Mayor outlines plan to get more of Oʻahu safely back to work
4. Mayor Victorino announces broad reopening of businesses and services on June 1 in Maui County
5. Hawaii to be a top post-pandemic travel destination
6. Hawaii Safest State for Seniors During COVID-19
7. Latest Poll Shows 2-1 Margin in Support of TMT on Maunakea
8. HGEA Endorses Keith Amemiya for Honolulu Mayor
9. UHERO: How Long Will Reopening Take?
10. COVID Count--3 new cases out of 742 tests
11. Mayoral Race Blangiardi 21% Hanabusa 15%
12. Cocaine: Earl Tsuneyoshi Announces Run For Menor’s Council Seat
13. Hawaii senators support effort for ‘travel bubble’ agreement with Japan
14. Union Hotel workers demand safe return to work with mass testing
15. Reopening: Green, Caldwell One-upmanship
16. Kauai Council Approves $2.3M Property Tax Hike
17. Kauai County faces prohibited practices complaint for 4-day workweek
18. What Have Lobbyists Been Doing While You Were Locked Down?
19. HGEA Sues Kauai County Challenges Use of Emergency Order to Rewrite Labor Agreement for 4-day workweek
20. Quarantine Vigilantes Harass Waikiki Residents
21. Quarantine Manhunts ‘Creepy’
22. House Speaker Scott Saiki lays off 3 in House, cancels contracts
23. Fearing COVID-19, patients are delaying urgent care and putting their health at risk, hospitals say
24. HPD: 50 inmates released early on Oahu due to COVID-19 fears were re-arrested
25. CARES Funds Homeless Psych Triage Center
26. Alternative Siting Methods Proposed for Hawai`i Energy Projects

1. Debunked: YB Demands $25M COVID Relief on Top of $13M Rate Hike
2. Does Jones Act protect national security?
3. GOP: Did Honolulu Council Act Illegally on Rail in 2011?
4. Another of HECO's Secret Battery Farms Outs Itself
5. Public Hospitals: Hawaii Spends the Most, Gets Nearly the Least
6. COVID Count One New Case out of 518 Tests
7. Retired detective arrested for allegedly abusing councilwoman
8. Collusion Keeps Your Electric Bill High: Solar Projects Represented by Same Lawyer Submit Identical Bids
9. Ige: Reopening Interisland Travel is Test for Reopening Tourism
10. Maui County 'Broad Reopening' on Friday
11. Poll: Stop Virus First to Prevent Second Wave
12. Hawaii hotels report huge declines in occupancy, revenue     
13. Condotels ramp up security to ensure visitors comply with quarantine order
14. As summer session starts, uncertainty clouds UH enrollment, financial outlook
15. Energy industry lowers barriers affecting growth during Covid-19 pandemic
16. The Other Coronavirus Crisis: Escalating Mental Health Problems
17. COVID Catch and Release: Police Arrest Man For Second Time During Pandemic
18. Suspect in violent sex assault cites COVID-19, speedy trial violation in release requests
19. 9 candidates for Honolulu mayor to participate remotely in live online forum

1. Alaska Is First to Fully Reopen After Pandemic Closures
2. Legislative Recess Designed to Prevent HGEA from Running Candidates Against Incumbents
3. Poll: COVID a Winner for Josh Green, a Loser for Caldwell
4. Council: ‘Kauai a Dictatorship’
5. DoH Still Obstructing Mass COVID Testing at Nursing Homes
6. Head of Labor Department: 190,000 could remain unemployed through end of year
7. Hawaii’s Hotels Are Bleeding Cash Amid Shutdown
8. Retail recovery to be slow, very slow
9. Banks Only Process the Larges Companies' PPP Loan Requests

1. 'Safe Travels System' -- Quarantine App Turns Hawaii Into a Privacy Nightmare
2. Hawaii Proposes ‘Feminist Economic Recovery Plan’ Filled With Sex Discrimination
3. COVID Count: Another Day with No New Cases
4. COVID Cancels Massive Stormwater Fee Hike: Decision will be left to next mayor
5. Bar Owner: PPP Loan Money Runs out June 30
6. Church Services Allowed for First Time in Two Months
7. MMMC: Another employee tests positive for virus
8. Council Tinkers With Failed Affordable Housing Mandate
9. University of California system has given $68M to TMT project
10. Another HECO Solar-Battery Schemer Outs Itself
11. It Takes a Strong Person to Clean up After the Homeless
12. 6 cited for coronavirus violations in raid at suspected brothel near Waikiki

1. ​Memorial Day: Thanks for your Service Is Not Enough
2. Money Laying Around?
3. Auditor Finds Another $483M
4. 360 Candidates File for Election -- Deadline June 2
5. Hawaii Democratic Primary: RCV Wipes out all Candidates Except Biden, Sanders
6. COVID Count: One New Case out of 583 Tests
7. Counties Reopening 'Medium Risk' Businesses
8. BLNR Rejects Aquarium Fishing EIS
9. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 23, 2020
10. Business re-opening Limbo is on Fed’s radar as necessity for closures lessens
11. Hawaii tourism pushing July 1 Reopening Date
12. JABSOM Lab to Open End of June for coronavirus testing in Hawaii
13. Saiki: When Legislature Reconvenes, We Will Abandon Plan to Convert CARES Money into HGEA Payroll and Instead Apply it to Unemployment Compensation
14. It’s raining only when government employees don’t get paid
15. Contract delays sidelined investigators crucial to quarantine enforcement
16. Welcome to Puerto Rico, Now Line Up for Your Virus Screening
17. As tourism stalls, military spending continues to boost Hawaii’s economy
18. Aloha Stadium Bids Due Tuesday—Christmas for Politicians
19. Homeless services burden Chinatown
20. Hawaiians Move to California, Marry Indians, Get Casino
21. Unemployed?  Deadline to Apply for Elected Job is June 2