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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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Mobility Data Shows Fewer Residents Staying at Home
By UHERO @ 10:21 PM :: 3268 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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... A potential cause of the recent virus spread is the decline in the share of people staying at home and a rise in gatherings ....
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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VIDEO: Should Government Account for Long-Term Liabilities?
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:36 PM :: 2570 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... the private Government Accounting Standards Board is considering rule changes that would make it easier for governments to ignore long-term liabilities when crafting short-term budgets ....
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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2021 UH Legislative Update, including proposed budget cuts
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 4271 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, COVID-19
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... Many of the reductions are hopefully made up with federal stimulus funding ....
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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After Kaka'ako Makai Debacle: 'OHA Shall Seek Decision Making Influence over All Land in Hawai'i'
By Andrew Walden @ 6:08 AM :: 6530 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use, OHA
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... OHA shall promote the idea that every property in Hawai'i is sacred and pursue initiatives that help achieve a broad acceptance of this truth ....
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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Honolulu $1 billion-a-mile rail boondoggle a warning to Biden ‘Build Back’ plan
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 AM :: 3605 Views :: Rail
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... “This rail service began as one of those ‘shovel ready’ projects funded by the Obama-Biden stimulus program a decade ago. While never completed, it’s still digging a deeper money pit for taxpayer dollars” ....
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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Hawaii 2nd Best State for Children’s Health Care
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 AM :: 4160 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... 2021’s Best & Worst States for Children’s Health Care ....
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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Hawaii State and Local Taxes $7,332 per person
By Tax Foundation @ 2:59 AM :: 3722 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii taxes 5th highest in USA ....
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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Fourth Hawaiʻi Commercial Rent Survey Shows Some Recovery
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 3520 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... 40 percent of businesses did not pay rent in full versus 50 percent in the third survey ....
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021 |
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Aipoalani: Being banned never stopped him
By Selected News Articles @ 2:14 PM :: 3596 Views :: Ethics
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he “...had previously attempted to divert federal grant funds to his bank account”....
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
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Mokuleia Crash: A Nest of Incompetents Surrounding 11 Deaths
By News Release @ 11:05 PM :: 6376 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... Accident Involving Inadequately Trained Pilot Leads to Call for Better Monitoring of Flight Instructors ....
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
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SB1350: Hawaii House Votes to Suspend Pay Raises for Legislators
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 4222 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... The House voted for a suspension running through December 31, 2022 ....
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
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Ige Signs Bill Allowing Nurses to Kill Babies in Abortions
By Selected News Articles @ 9:01 PM :: 3203 Views :: Life
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... House Bill 576, allows advanced practice registered nurses to do first-trimester abortions either with abortion drugs or by the surgical aspiration method ....
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
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Could Compensation Smooth the Path for Jones Act Reform?
By Cato Foundation @ 8:56 PM :: 3233 Views :: Jones Act
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... This is the messy reality of politics that must be acknowledged ....
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
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‘Plan C’ for rail?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:24 PM :: 3304 Views :: Rail
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... Joe Uno, HART Board member, speaks in his private capacity as a citizen to host Keli‘i Akina about whether a ‘Plan C’ may help salvage the troubled project ....
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
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Auditor: Working Group Report "Slipshod and riddled with errors and omissions"
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:06 PM :: 5232 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, OHA
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... Scathing ‘audit’ of Hawaii state auditor Les Kondo is met with scathing rebuttal ....
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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Urban Transit After COVID-19
By Selected News Articles @ 7:00 PM :: 3716 Views :: Rail, COVID-19
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... it is premature to commit funding for major new rail transit projects before we have some idea of the extent of transit ridership in the first several years after nationwide vaccinations ....
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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Hawaii: 26.5% Expect to Lose Income
By Selected News Articles @ 6:39 PM :: 3919 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... The state where people are most likely to face an expected loss of employment income is Hawaii, at 26.5% ....
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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How Hawaii Can Waste More Federal COVID Stimulus Money--Biden has some ideas
By News Release @ 6:25 PM :: 4647 Views :: National News, Economy, COVID-19
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... Today, the White House released state-by-state fact sheets (crony dreambooks) that highlight the (allegedly) urgent need in every state across the country for the investments (pork projects) proposed by President Biden in the American Jobs Plan ....
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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Vaccine Passport: Hawaii vs Florida
By Selected News Articles @ 6:12 PM :: 4733 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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“...Requiring so-called COVID-19 vaccine passports for taking part in everyday life — such as attending a sporting event, patronizing a restaurant, or going to a movie theater— would create two cases of citizens based on vaccination....”
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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Hawaii Small Businesses Among Most Exposed to Pandemic Losses
By Selected News Articles @ 12:17 PM :: 3742 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, COVID-19
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... States With the Most Pandemic-Proof Small Businesses -- Hawaii 50th ....
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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SB251 Favors Uber/Lyft at Expense of Local Companies
By News Release @ 12:03 PM :: 2749 Views :: Small Business
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... “The true intent of this effort is to create a façade of regulation that will allow the TNC’s to bypass all the current rules, regulations and taxes that Hawaii based operators must comply with.” ....
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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Financially Literate States -- Hawaii Ranks 39th
By Selected News Articles @ 4:14 AM :: 2607 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... After the Great Recession, it became clear that more people needed to learn financial literacy ....
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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U.S.-Taiwan Partnership in the Pacific Islands
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:07 AM :: 2814 Views :: Military
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... For the U.S., the Pacific Islands are critical to the Indo-Pacific strategy and its status as a resident power in the Western Pacific. ...
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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Trump campaign boosted by $1.7M Pass Thru via Hawaii GOP
By News Release @ 3:55 AM :: 3497 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party
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... Federal regulators are probing financial reporting discrepancies stemming from an effort to funnel $75 million through state Republican parties to the national GOP effort to reelect Donald Trump ....
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Sunday, April 11, 2021 |
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Bride of Frankenbill
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3049 Views :: Taxes
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... our lawmakers are not stopping at just one Frankenbill ....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 5503 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life
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... Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: We Need your Kokua ....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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Case Joins the Bipartisan U.S. House Problem Solvers Caucus
By Ed Case @ 4:05 PM :: 11580 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...Equally divided between Democrats and Republican, the bipartisan group focuses on commonsense solutions to the country's toughest challenges....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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DLNR hands out more dam fines
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 4343 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Agriculture
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... Ka’u dam has been empty since about 2010 ....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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Rep Ward Questions Inaction on Legislative Pay Hikes
By Rep Gene Ward @ 5:48 AM :: 4450 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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.... Speaker Saiki and Senate President Kochi have until April 28 (Adjournment Day) to rectify the situation if they so desire ....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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HART Frog Debacle Earns First “What Were They Thinking?!” Award
By Rep Gene Ward @ 5:40 AM :: 3315 Views :: Rail
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... The first WWTT Award will be presented to HART for its contract with Hitachi and the wrong sized wheels that do not fit the ‘frogs’ or rail intersections of two tracks ....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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Ige Signs 19th COVID Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 5:23 AM :: 2988 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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... the proclamation includes mention of an anticipated new exception for vaccinated travelers that will become effective only upon approval by the director of the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Senate Slams Ige for Holding Back BoE Nominee
By News Release @ 11:16 PM :: 3080 Views :: Education K-12
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"... This is especially concerning given that the Board is currently engaged in the search process for a new Superintendent ...."
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Hawaii: Committee Passes Retroactive Home-Built Gun Ban
By NRA ILA @ 11:04 PM :: 3020 Views :: Second Amendment
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... House Bill 1366 bans possession of home-built firearms ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Maui Beware!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:48 PM :: 5752 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... This would give Maui the second most restrictive affordable-housing law in the country ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Forced out by SHOPO, Blangiardi and Police Commission--HPD Chief Ballard Resigns
By Video @ 10:34 PM :: 7491 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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...The Mafia has achieved its goal. Next they will impose the Chief they want. Someone like Kealoha without the drug-addicted wife to ruin it all....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Mauna Kea Working Group Nominations Extended
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 6762 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... The House of Representatives has extended the nomination deadline for Native Hawaiian persons who wish to serve on the Mauna Kea Working Group from April 5, 2021 to April 26, 2021 ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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2021 Legislature almost pau, and thank goodness for that
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:38 AM :: 2941 Views :: Taxes
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... Nobody's life, liberty or property are ever safe when our lawmakers get together, but there could actually be some bright spots this year ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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COVID Justice: 430 Inmates Released, 58% Have Already Reoffended
By News Release @ 4:25 AM :: 4622 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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... The Criminal Justice Research institute reported that 58% of inmates had reoffended at least once since their release ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Hawaii State Senate Confirms Three DHHL Commissioners
By News Release @ 2:46 AM :: 2830 Views :: DHHL
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... The Hawaiʻi State Senate confirmed David Kaʻapu, Michael Kaleikini, and Dennis Neves to the Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC) on Thursday, April 8, 2021 ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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HECO Paying Blue Planet to 'Shape Opinion'
By News Release @ 2:23 AM :: 2023 Views
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... Hawaiian Electric (HECO) financially supports the Blue Planet Foundation ....
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Thursday, April 8, 2021 |
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Forbes: Hawaii Tops List Of Worst-Performing States
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 AM :: 4393 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Hawaii lags the nation’s economic momentum by an astonishing 5.14% ....
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Thursday, April 8, 2021 |
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Petition: 'Hawaiians are not a Tribe'
By Video @ 12:04 AM :: 5737 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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... Robin Danner Is Trying To Steal Your Future. She Wants To Turn You Into An America Indian Whether You Want It Or Not ....
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021 |
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O‘ahu businesses and activities to continue operations in Tier 3
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 3793 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... Honolulu will continue to operate in Tier 3 of the reopening strategy for the next four weeks, meaning O‘ahu businesses and activities will continue operations without reverting back to the Tier 2 framework ....
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021 |
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DLNR: Court Ruling Balances Municipal Water Needs with Protection of East Maui Streams
By News Release @ 11:17 PM :: 5043 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Greenmail, OHA
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...“This is a classic balancing”, the court ruled, “and the court is persuaded and finds and concludes that applying the applicable law…it was not unreasonable for the BLNR to balance these considerations as it did.”...
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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COVID Restrictions Correlate with Unemployment, not Deathrates
By Selected News Articles @ 10:04 PM :: 3512 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Hawaii is now the 11th-most restrictive state ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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Third Circuit Seeking Applicants for Independent Grand Jury Counsel
By News Release @ 8:36 PM :: 3400 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary
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... The Circuit Court of the Third Circuit (Hawaii island) is seeking applications for independent grand jury counsel for Hilo and Kona ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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DCCA: Obamacare Enrollment Extended Again
By News Release @ 6:45 PM :: 4527 Views :: Health Care
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... extension of a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for Marketplace coverage until August 15 ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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UNITE HERE Bosses Back Down after Federal Charge Challenging Illegal Dues Seizures
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 4004 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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... NLRA mandates that union officials cannot force private sector workers who decline formal union membership to pay union fees as a condition of keeping a job ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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Hawaii 3rd Safest State During COVID
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 AM :: 3181 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... the lower COVID-19 transmission and deaths are in a state, the more that state is able to eliminate restrictions on businesses ....
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