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| Sunday, September 12, 2021 |
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Public input requested for new Maunakea Master Plan
By News Release @ 7:48 PM :: 4954 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... the draft is going to the UH Board of Regents for review and possibly further changes before final approval, which is expected in early 2022 ....
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| Sunday, September 12, 2021 |
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Can the Hawaii SMART Health Card record your sexual performances and store them in a database?
By Andrew Walden @ 6:41 AM :: 8821 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... the small print reveals a trail of breadcrumbs leading to your bedroom ....
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| Sunday, September 12, 2021 |
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Vacant Homes Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 9817 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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... How does some bureaucrat sitting in the real property tax office have any idea whether a property is vacant? ....
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| Saturday, September 11, 2021 |
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Hawaii most expensive state to raise children
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 AM :: 4723 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Parents in Hawaii may spend the most on bringing up their children with an estimated total cost of $281,597 to support a kid’s basic needs for 18 years ....
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| Saturday, September 11, 2021 |
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FEMA Sends 30 Medics to Administer Antibody Treatment
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 2821 Views :: COVID-19
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... Monoclonal antibodies help the immune system temporarily respond to the immediate infection ....
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| Saturday, September 11, 2021 |
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| Friday, September 10, 2021 |
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| Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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VIDEO: Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees, Contractors and Large Private Sector Employers
By Video @ 10:41 PM :: 4568 Views :: National News, Labor, COVID-19
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... More than 80 million Americans working in the private sector will soon be federally mandated to either get vaccinated against Covid-19 or get tested weekly ....
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| Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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| Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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89% of DoE Employees Vaxxed--Lower on Maui
By News Release @ 3:20 AM :: 3996 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, COVID-19
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...the Hāna-Lahainaluna-Duckburg Complex Area is the lowest at 75%....
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| Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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Spying on You: Digital Hawaii SMART Health Card
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 4612 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... Foil a Spy: Laminate a photocopy of your CDC vax card. Score it down the middle to fold to the size of a business card. Then put it in your wallet ....
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| Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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| Wednesday, September 8, 2021 |
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HSTA files class grievances over COVID school conditions, testing mandate
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 3845 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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"HIDOE has thus far refused to formally engage in the bargaining process, preferring only to sit informally over these issues...."
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| Tuesday, September 7, 2021 |
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The Cost of Disinformation
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:55 PM :: 5173 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs, COVID-19
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... Hearing after hearing, the least informed made so many false claims and none could ever be corroborated with data. Like a virus, that same disinformation was repeated over and over until it was believed as fact. Not one politician asked these testifiers for evidence ever. ...
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| Tuesday, September 7, 2021 |
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COVID mandates lead to crisis of aloha
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:41 PM :: 3222 Views :: COVID-19
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... we must come together when the government overreaches and threatens fundamental rights ....
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| Monday, September 6, 2021 |
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Ethics Commission to Replace Dan Gluck
By Andrew Walden @ 9:47 PM :: 3715 Views :: Ethics
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“The Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission is accepting applications for the position of Executive Director.”
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| Monday, September 6, 2021 |
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Judge Denies Feds’ motion to dismiss voting rights lawsuit in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:02 PM :: 3206 Views :: Office of Elections
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... A motion to dismiss a voting rights lawsuit involving U.S. citizens who moved to overseas territories was denied by a federal judge on Friday, allowing the case to proceed ....
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| Sunday, September 5, 2021 |
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Manoa Rep Dale Kobayashi Speaks at Antivaxxer Rallies
By Andrew Walden @ 7:32 PM :: 11726 Views :: Democratic Party, Higher Education, COVID-19
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... Now that the cat is out of the bag, will voters in Manoa reelect their antivaxxer Rep in 2022? ....
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| Sunday, September 5, 2021 |
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Honolulu Council urged to shelve digital vaccine passports resolution
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:43 PM :: 3053 Views :: COVID-19
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... The New York measure upon which this Honolulu resolution is based is already being challenged in court and has been criticized for its intrusions ....
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| Sunday, September 5, 2021 |
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Counties, You’re TAT Collectors Now
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3409 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... HB 862 makes no provision whatsoever for joint collection. The counties are on their own ....
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| Sunday, September 5, 2021 |
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Unemployment: State Refunds $700M to Feds
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 2110 Views
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... DLIR today announced it paid $700M to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for advances it has received to pay regular unemployment insurance benefits ....
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| Sunday, September 5, 2021 |
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Registration Opens for 2021-2022 Hawaii LifeSmarts Competition
By News Release @ 2:56 AM :: 2677 Views :: Education K-12
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... LifeSmarts is a free national educational program that teaches students critical life skills through online quizzes and in-person competitions covering five key areas: Personal Finance, Consumer Rights & Responsibilities, Health & Safety, the Environment, and Technology ....
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| Sunday, September 5, 2021 |
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JSC Announces Two Judicial Vacancies
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 4489 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Judiciary
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...Third Circuit and Fifth Circuit ....
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| Saturday, September 4, 2021 |
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Anti-Vaxxer to Lead Hawaii Democratic Party?
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 7506 Views :: Democratic Party, COVID-19
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... We have a duty to elect pro-science leaders, but some of our elected Democrats protest with anti-vaxxers ....
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| Friday, September 3, 2021 |
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DoH Report: Delta Variant now nearly all of Hawaii COVID Cases
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 3269 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... DOH released a new cluster report identifying 70 COVID-19 clusters statewide, totaling 1,374 cases. Eighteen clusters occurred on Oʻahu, 44 occurred on Maui, one occurred on Hawaiʻi Island and seven occurred on Kauaʻi. ....
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| Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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Akina: OHA is Becoming More Accountable in How It Gives Out Money
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:21 PM :: 3862 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... How effective were our reform efforts? Well, I am pleased to say that one of the first report cards has just arrived ....
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| Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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Liliʻuokalani Took Decisive Action to Stop the Spread of Smallpox
By Selected News Articles @ 11:08 PM :: 3956 Views :: Hawaii History, COVID-19
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... the science behind creating vaccines is not new. It has been around for more than 200 years ....
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| Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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VIDEO: Blangiardi shows us why it is useless to argue with antivaxxer fools
By Video @ 4:28 PM :: 4152 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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... Instead of drawing attention to these protesters, political leaders should be out at vaccination sites thanking people for getting vaxxed and highlighting the stories behind their decision to get vaxxed. These stories will convince others to get vaxxed ....
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| Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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DoE Enrollment Down 1.7% for 2021-22
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 3851 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Enrollment at Hawaii's public and charter schools for the 2021-22 school year decreased to 171,600 students, compared with enrollment of 174,704 students at the start of last school year — a difference of 1.7% ....
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| Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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Two Hawaii Lawyers Appointed to Interior Department
By News Release @ 2:46 AM :: 3893 Views :: DHHL, OHA
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... Summer Lee Haunani Sylva and Keone Nakoa ....
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| Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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Must Upload COVID Database to Enter UH Campus
By News Release @ 1:17 AM :: 3440 Views :: Higher Education, COVID-19
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... Unvaccinated UH students and employees are required to upload proof of a negative COVID-19 test to the LumiSight UH app to be on a UH campus or property during the fall 2021 semester ....
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| Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
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City Releases Draft Right-of-Way Widths for Planned Streets
By News Release @ 12:24 AM :: 4237 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use
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"...to implement Complete Streets which provide equitable access across all modes and for all abilities, including pedestrians, bicycles, cars, trucks, and buses...."
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| Wednesday, September 1, 2021 |
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The Danger of Politics
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:01 PM :: 2868 Views :: COVID-19
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... Disinformation continues to flow all over the social media while the unvaccinated are filling hospital beds on ICUs ....
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| Wednesday, September 1, 2021 |
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Hawaii Catholic Diocese not giving religious exemptions for COVID vaccines
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 3895 Views :: Religion, COVID-19
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... “Pope Francis has made it clear that being vaccinated can be an act of charity toward the community in order to curtail the spread of the virus.” ....
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| Wednesday, September 1, 2021 |
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HTA Publishes Three Year Plan to Reduce Tourism
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 3467 Views :: Tourism
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... The community-based plan is part of HTA’s work toward Malama Kuu Home (caring for my beloved home) and its accelerated efforts underway to manage tourism in a regenerative manner ....
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| Tuesday, August 31, 2021 |
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Rep Okimoto: Vaccine passport will increase spread among unvaccinated
By News Release @ 11:45 PM :: 4528 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... if you implement a policy that segregates the vaccinated with the unvaccinated, we're inadvertently incentivizing the unvaccinated community to gather and spread COVID within their own communities ....
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| Tuesday, August 31, 2021 |
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State Announces End of All Federal Unemployment & Assistance Programs
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 3472 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... This affects individuals receiving Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC). ...
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| Tuesday, August 31, 2021 |
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New Tax Proposals at the Honolulu Council
By Video @ 5:01 AM :: 4627 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Taxes
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... Honolulu rail project get a portion of the revenues? ....
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| Monday, August 30, 2021 |
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City Launches Vaccine Pass System for Restaurants, Bars, Gyms
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 4642 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... City launches “Safe Access O‘ahu” program to help protect businesses, employees and customers ....
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| Monday, August 30, 2021 |
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Tourists Spent $1.58B in July
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 2799 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Visitor spending decreased compared to $1.70 billion (-6.8%) in July 2019....
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| Monday, August 30, 2021 |
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Federal Court Decision: Parts of Hawaii Gun Registration Law are Unconstitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 4:40 PM :: 4145 Views :: Second Amendment
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... The order of summary judgment will not take effect until 15 September 2021 ....
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| Monday, August 30, 2021 |
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Hotel Occupancy Hits 82.4%
By News Release @ 4:36 PM :: 2681 Views :: Tourism
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... Compared with July 2019, RevPAR was 16.9 percent higher, driven by increased ADR (+21.0%) which offset slightly lower occupancy (-2.9 percentage points) ....
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| Sunday, August 29, 2021 |
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Jenga game illustrates how government budgets go wrong
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:15 PM :: 3463 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... “Yes,” Weinberg said. “You are going to mess up Hawaii’s finances.” ....
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| Sunday, August 29, 2021 |
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Can Raising a Tax Lose Money?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2703 Views :: Taxes
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... One fundamental assumption that has been made over the years by our lawmakers is that if you enact a tax, money will be raised. What if that weren’t true? ....
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| Saturday, August 28, 2021 |
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Hawaiʻi graduates among nation's best on student debt
By News Release @ 5:38 PM :: 4029 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Cost of Living
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... Hawaiʻi college graduates are among the least likely to leave school with debt. And for those who do graduate with debt, they owe among the least in the country ....
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| Saturday, August 28, 2021 |
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Mythbusting 10 Fears & Rumors About COVID Vaccination
By Selected News Articles @ 5:29 PM :: 3849 Views :: COVID-19
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... Dr. Keawe Kaholokula of the John A. Burns School of Medicine addresses 10 fears and rumors about the vaccine currently circulating in our community ....
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| Saturday, August 28, 2021 |
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| Saturday, August 28, 2021 |
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Supreme Court Rules Against the Revised CDC Eviction Moratorium
By Selected News Articles @ 2:36 PM :: 3512 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... Here is the Supreme Court majority's explanation of why the moratorium is illegal ....
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| Saturday, August 28, 2021 |
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How Much COVID does your school have?
By News Release @ 2:41 AM :: 4642 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Campbell HS is #1 followed by Waipahu, Kapolei, and Farrington ....
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| Saturday, August 28, 2021 |
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Senate Votes Sonja M.P. McCullen to ICA
By News Release @ 2:16 AM :: 3045 Views :: Judiciary
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... Judge McCullen has served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with the Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for a combined 11 years in the Appellate Division ....
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