Entries for July 2020

...Teachers return on Wednesday, July 29....

... one new hospitalization, no new deaths ....

...The Hawaii senator fails to fully consider the causes of bad policing....

... The game teaches children several curious lessons ....

... the Supply-Demand Connection They Won’t Talk About at UH: Hawaii’s artificial restriction of land supply has profited KSBE, A&B and other major landowners by making housing unaffordable for middle class and working class families.  Greenmail protests and litigation by OHA, sovereignty activists and enviro groups shapes the land-use environment and drives young families out of Hawaii ....

...Pastor JD explains why the QAnon Great Awakening may very well become the great deception....  

...the industry groups say the law will endanger guests and employees by increasing the frequency of cleaning staff in guest rooms, creating more opportunities to catch and spread the Covid-19 virus in a confined space....

...How do they view the present and the future, and what will they contribute to Hawaii and the world? Join us as we explore their attitudes, beliefs and values.... 

...no new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

• For Honolulu Mayor, Bud Stonebraker.   
• For Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney, RJ Brown  

... in recognition of its 100th anniversary ....

...ten new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...He doesn't see any traditional Republican values in Donald Trump, and he will not vote for him in November....

...For tax benefits, the pendulum has started swinging in the other direction as well....

...Once all three parking lot entrances were blocked, Glendon was observed walking around the parking lot with a “Lei O Mano,” which is a Hawaiian shark tooth war club....

...Cert Petition: "This case is the proverbial 'Exhibit A' of much that is wrong [with takings law]...."

...States Whose Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Most....

...one new death, one new hospitalization....

...Waiving the entire “annual required contribution” or ARC payment to EUTF for this year would save the state about $840 million, according to one official….

...which measures changes in employment and employee wages, monthly revenue and revenue sources, current state of operations and plan for trans-Pacific tourism opening, impact of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and business outlook....

...Total number of people experiencing homelessness on the night of January 22, 2020 was 4,448....

...the Jones Act, a protectionist federal maritime law enacted in 1920, is one of the few political issues that doesn’t break down along party lines....

...one new hospitalization, one new death....

...Next Step: Federally-mandated state-funded beachcombing as an act of pennance in the eco-religion....

... HDOT has selected NEC Corporation, NEC Corporation of America and their partner, Infrared Cameras Inc., to provide thermal temperature screening and facial imaging technology ....

...individuals are classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force based on questions about their activities during the survey reference week (June 7th through June 13th)....

... construction will probably not happen this year or through the upcoming winter season ....

...Pass-through businesses, such as sole proprietorships, S corporations, and partnerships, make up a majority of businesses in the United States....

...In 2010, the city estimated that it would spend $3.4 billion in capital costs through fiscal year 2020....  

...one new hospitalization, no new deaths....

...In Hawaii, the Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom apartment is $2,015—the highest in USA....

...Employment–population ratio, Hawaii 2nd lowest in USA....

...Eleven defendants charged in Hawaii federal court with racketeering and other offenses....

...on January 28, 2018, while working as on-duty officers, Rabago and Reginald Ramones conspired to force an individual to lick a urinal in a public bathroom...in a separate and unrelated incident prior to January, 2018, Rabago made another individual place his head in a public bathroom toilet in order to avoid arrest....

...four new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 30 released....

...sources say this is the result of a grand jury indictment....

...the state’s total employment rate, as well as its unemployment rate, will not return to its pre-pandemic level until 2029....

...2020’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States....

...United States Holds Second Round of Compact Consultations with the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau...The U.S. government team also held an informal consultation with the Republic of the Marshall Islands....

... five new hospitalizations, no new deaths ....

...the legislature did pass two anti-gun bills....

... On March 10, 2020 Maui County passed Bill 22, signing into law Ordinance 5059 that set the Molokai legal, short term rental cap to zero. This, effectively, canceled the operations of 17 families ....

... only 7% found them “Mostly Unreasonable” violations of individual rights ....

...“Trump backed off shipping reform under political pressure, former advisers claim”....

... UH Board of Regents resolution calls for emergency proclamation, drastic cuts ....

...The surveys focused on distance-learning experiences during the closure of school buildings following spring break....

...exemptions for out-of-state college students registered to attend school in Hawaiʻi in the fall....

... The program is now scheduled to begin on Sept. 1 ....

...Kalbert Young, UH vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2020 legislative session....

...Hawaii’s low numbers came at enormous cost....