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Tuesday, April 28, 2020 |
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Hawaii ERS headed for disaster if economy keeps heading south
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:57 PM :: 5774 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19
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... Major reforms could help the pension system honor its promises ....
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 2 new cases, 12 released
By News Release @ 6:56 PM :: 2887 Views :: COVID-19
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...317 new tests, one new hospitalization, no new deaths....
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020 |
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Memo: U.S. Attorneys to be on ‘Lookout’ for Civil Liberties Violations Amidst Coronavirus Crisis
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 AM :: 3677 Views :: First Amendment, COVID-19
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...The memorandum titled “Balancing Public Safety with the Preservation of Civil Rights” asks U.S. attorneys to be on the “lookout” for abuses of powers from government officials....
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020 |
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VIDEO: Police Ticket Mayoral Candidate for Videotaping Ala Moana Trees Being Cut Down
By Video @ 4:33 AM :: 6045 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, COVID-19
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...Six police cars swoop in on Honolulu Mayoral candidate Choon James, Monday, April 27, 2020, as she attempts to video the destruction of Monkeypod trees being cut down during repaving of the Ala Moana/Magic Island parking lot....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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City to Open Second Homeless Tent City
By News Release @ 10:34 PM :: 4223 Views :: Homelessness, COVID-19
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...City to open a Provisional Outdoor Screening and Triage (POST) facility in Pearl City....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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COVID Economics: Who Suffers Most?
By UHERO @ 10:27 PM :: 3856 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...COVID-19’s Uneven Impact on Businesses and Workers: Results from a UHERO-Chamber of Commerce Hawaii Survey....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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COVID Count -- 2 Deaths -- 1 New Case -- 5 Recover
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 2780 Views :: COVID-19
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...A total of 28,260 individuals have been tested in the state. 169 new test results reported since yesterday....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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COVID Risk: Hawaii #1 State for Multi-Generational Homes
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 AM :: 4805 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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...it may be harder to social distance or self-isolate in multigenerational households....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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DoT Outlines New Verification Process for Airline Passengers
By News Release @ 3:42 AM :: 3978 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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...If the person refuses to provide a phone number that can be answered on the spot, law enforcement is contacted and they are subject to citation and arrest....
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Sunday, April 26, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 519 Tested, 2 New Cases, 6 Released
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 2665 Views :: COVID-19
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...no new deaths and no new hospitalizations....
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Sunday, April 26, 2020 |
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Can the Governor Raise Taxes Now?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4615 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes, COVID-19
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...This is not a far-fetched scenario....
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Saturday, April 25, 2020 |
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Ige extends stay-at-home order through May 31--Limits Mayors Authority
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 5081 Views :: COVID-19
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...The stay-at-home order means residents may leave their homes only for various essential needs....
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Saturday, April 25, 2020 |
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How to kill civic trust
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:20 PM :: 3712 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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... Sunlight and openness are essential to keeping our lawmakers and administrative officials honest and accountable to citizens ....
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Saturday, April 25, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 3 new cases, 19 released
By News Release @ 7:21 PM :: 2722 Views :: COVID-19
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...no new deaths, one more hospitalized....
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Saturday, April 25, 2020 |
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Partnership to provide meals to the newly unemployed
By News Release @ 6:40 PM :: 3239 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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...The funds will go to Hawai‘i Foodbank to deploy food distributions at four new locations across O‘ahu beginning Thursday, April 30, 2020....
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Saturday, April 25, 2020 |
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Democracy in peril: Upholding government transparency during a crisis
By Video @ 5:52 AM :: 4385 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, COVID-19
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...Was it really necessary to suspend those laws to help fight the coronavirus? What can be done to restore government transparency and accountability in Hawaii?....
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Friday, April 24, 2020 |
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COVID Testing: DLS Lab Corrects Caldwell Admin
By News Release @ 7:19 PM :: 4300 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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...DLS: Contrary to what the Caldwell admin and Civil Beat claim, all of our COVID tests are approved by FDA under an EUA....
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Friday, April 24, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 2 deaths, 5 new cases, 8 released
By News Release @ 6:03 PM :: 3028 Views :: COVID-19
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...Hawai‘i Department of Health reported 5 new positive cases for a cumulative total of 601 cases statewide....
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 4 New Cases, 11 Released
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 3218 Views :: COVID-19
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...and no new deaths....
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 |
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Another Maui COVID Coverup: Three Cases, 65 Exposed at Merrimans Restaurant
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 5715 Views :: Maui County, Tourism, COVID-19
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...When asked why the cases tied to the restaurant had not been disclosed earlier, Hauptman said that the incident had proven not to warrant public concern....
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 |
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States with the Biggest Increases in Unemployment Due to COVID-19
By Selected News Articles @ 4:12 PM :: 4366 Views :: Economy, Labor, COVID-19
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...Hawaii -- 3009.22% -- Increase in Unemployment Claims (April vs Start of COVID-19 Crisis)....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 6 New Cases, 7 Released
By News Release @ 8:10 PM :: 2771 Views :: COVID-19
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...and no new deaths....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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How Many DoE Students are Receiving Consistent Education? -- Congressional Delegation Demands Answers
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 4998 Views :: Education K-12, Congressional Delegation, COVID-19
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...Across the state, how many public elementary and secondary students are receiving some kind of consistent education every day? How many students are not receiving this level of education?....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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A Low-Risk Plan to Re-Start Hawaii’s Economy Now
By Andrew Walden @ 2:25 AM :: 8466 Views :: Economy, Small Business, COVID-19
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...To reopen the economy, start with high dollar-per-human-contact businesses—ie the ones nobody is talking about. We don’t need to wait a month to do this....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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COVID-19 Relief Options Approved by Hawaiian Homes Commission
By News Release @ 2:00 AM :: 3297 Views :: DHHL, COVID-19
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...HHC approved the establishment of the DHHL COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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UHERO: Hawaii Needs Free Money from the Sky to Support Local Economy
By UHERO @ 11:01 PM :: 3751 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...tax revenue declines that could easily top 15-20% will almost certainly require reductions in some public programs....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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COVID Count -- 2 Deaths -- 2 New Cases -- 14 Recover
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 3087 Views :: COVID-19
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...two new cases, 14 released....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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Global Warmers Feeling Forgotten: Civil Beat Agrees to Help
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 3545 Views :: Environment, COVID-19
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...Do you remember to panic? Media will try to remind you....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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Hawaii is State Slowing Down the Most During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 4438 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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...WalletHub compared the 50 states across six key metrics. Each metric measures the percentage point increase or decrease in visits to various types of places due to coronavirus....
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Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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Antibody Tests Reveal 4.1% of Los Angeles Adults have had Corona Virus
By Selected News Articles @ 6:59 PM :: 3374 Views :: COVID-19
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...the results indicate a lower risk of death among those with infection than was previously thought....
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Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Work at Home
By Selected News Articles @ 6:48 PM :: 4437 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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"...We also considered factors like how large and how crowded homes are in the state...."
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Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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COVID Count: Only 4 New Cases
By News Release @ 6:38 PM :: 2790 Views :: COVID-19
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...this is the smallest number of new cases in 2 months....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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COVID Count -- One More Death -- Six New Cases -- Four Recover
By News Release @ 7:18 PM :: 2263 Views :: COVID-19
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...Only 6 new cases from 813 tests....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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Mobile Device Tracking Reveals Which Hawaii Counties are Really Staying at Home
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 3553 Views :: COVID-19
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...Shelter-in-place Compliance Remains Low, UMD Research Finds....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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UPW: We Like Sitting at Home Getting Paid--Do Not Reassign Us
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 6046 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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...we have still not received a response to the question posed as to whether employees who are redeployed are still eligible to benefit entitlements provided by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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HSTA Claims 20% Pay Cut Will be 'Implemented' June 1
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 4725 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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...After unions notified their members of the salary reduction idea Tuesday night, state officials informed union leaders the implementation date of the salary cuts has been delayed by at least one month, to June 1 instead of May 1....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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UHPA: Ige Has No Right to Cut our Pay
By News Release @ 3:29 AM :: 4279 Views :: Higher Education, Labor, COVID-19
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"...We want to reassure you that the Governor has no legal authority, right, or privilege to unilaterally negate or disregard our current Unit 7 contract...."
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Saturday, April 18, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 919 Tests, 21 New Cases, 20 Released
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 2633 Views :: COVID-19
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...2.3% -- 21 of the 919 tests -- came back positive. Another day with zero deaths....
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Saturday, April 18, 2020 |
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Judiciary Postpones Trials Until End of May
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 3251 Views :: Judiciary, COVID-19
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...postponed to a date after May 29, 2020 or the termination of Gov. David Ige’s state of emergency, whichever is sooner....
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Saturday, April 18, 2020 |
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Model Shows Hawaii Could Ease Social Distancing in Early May
By Court House News @ 5:16 AM :: 3764 Views :: COVID-19
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...the Institute for Health and Metrics Evaluation model makes projections for when each state can safely begin relaxing social-distancing guidelines....
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Saturday, April 18, 2020 |
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Crush the Curve: Urgent Steps Hawai‘i Can Take to Contain the Covid-19 Pandemic
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 2908 Views :: COVID-19
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...Hawai‘i should emulate regional governments like South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, which have at least initially contained the virus through aggressive public health responses....
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Friday, April 17, 2020 |
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Governor Ige Orders Face Masks in Stores Statewide
By News Release @ 8:21 PM :: 3984 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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...Violations of these orders could result in a misdemeanor with fines of up to $5,000 and/or up to one year in prison or both....
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Friday, April 17, 2020 |
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The Lowdown on Lockdowns
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:14 PM :: 2845 Views :: COVID-19
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...Feeling cooped up by the curfews and quarantines?....
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Friday, April 17, 2020 |
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COVID Count 12 New Cases, 16 Released
By News Release @ 7:23 PM :: 2646 Views :: COVID-19
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...and Zero Deaths....
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Friday, April 17, 2020 |
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Who's Going to Ride Rail with COVID?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:44 AM :: 4011 Views :: Rail, COVID-19
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...How many people will be willing to use a mode of transportation where others breathe, sneeze and cough 2-3 feet from their face....
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Friday, April 17, 2020 |
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Hawaii County Police 162 Arrested or Cited for Stay-at-Home Violations
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 4372 Views :: Hawaii County , Police, COVID-19
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...The Hawaiʻi Police Department three week combined total enforcement stands at 162 individual offenses (40 arrests, 115 citations issued, and 7 additional cases)....
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Friday, April 17, 2020 |
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COVID-19 Turmoil Places Renewed Focus on Costly Maritime Protectionism
By Cato Foundation @ 2:06 AM :: 3608 Views :: Jones Act, COVID-19
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...rather than handing out taxpayer dollars to these firms....
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Thursday, April 16, 2020 |
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COVID Count: Another Day Without a Death
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 2799 Views :: COVID-19
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...11 new cases, 15 released, and zero deaths....
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Thursday, April 16, 2020 |
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Hawaii #1 State Hit Hardest by COVID-19’s Impact on Tourism
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 PM :: 4913 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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...The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on many of America’s “non-essential” industries....
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Thursday, April 16, 2020 |
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Kauai Announces New Standard Operating Procedures for Boards and Commissions meetings
By News Release @ 1:01 PM :: 3367 Views :: Kauai County, COVID-19
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...Meetings will be conducted remotely, and all testimony must be written and sent to the respective commission 24 hours before each meeting....
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