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Thursday, July 16, 2020 |
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Hawaii Highest Market Rent for 2br Apartment
By News Release @ 4:51 AM :: 2924 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...In Hawaii, the Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom apartment is $2,015—the highest in USA....
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Thursday, July 16, 2020 |
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Hawaii: Only 45% of Adults Working
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 3397 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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...Employment–population ratio, Hawaii 2nd lowest in USA....
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Thursday, July 16, 2020 |
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Feds: Miske Could Get Death Penalty
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 5263 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Police
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...Eleven defendants charged in Hawaii federal court with racketeering and other offenses....
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Thursday, July 16, 2020 |
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Former HPD Officer Gets Four Years Prison--Forced Two Suspects to Lick or Dunk Toilet
By News Release @ 3:25 AM :: 3822 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...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....
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 29 new cases out of 1,830 tests
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 1818 Views :: COVID-19
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...four new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 30 released....
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020 |
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FBI Arrests Kealoha Pal Mike Miske for Murder
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 28852 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...sources say this is the result of a grand jury indictment....
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020 |
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UHERO--Recovery may take decade
By UHERO @ 12:17 AM :: 2967 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...the state’s total employment rate, as well as its unemployment rate, will not return to its pre-pandemic level until 2029....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 |
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Hawaii: Highest Energy Costs, Lowest Energy Consumption
By Selected News Articles @ 11:05 PM :: 3821 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...2020’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 |
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COFA: United States Holds Second Round of Compact Consultations
By News Release @ 10:11 PM :: 3081 Views :: National News
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...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....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 22 new cases out of 1,487 tests
By News Release @ 9:41 PM :: 1887 Views :: COVID-19
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... five new hospitalizations, no new deaths ....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 |
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Hawaii: Legislature Adjourns, Mag Ban and Ammo Checks Defeated!
By NRA ILA @ 9:16 PM :: 3635 Views :: Second Amendment
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...the legislature did pass two anti-gun bills....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 |
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Federal Lawsuit Challenges Revocation of Molokai TVR Permits
By News Release @ 8:45 PM :: 4357 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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... 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 ....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 |
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UH Survey: Hawaii Residents Assess COVID Restrictions
By News Release @ 9:10 AM :: 2664 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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... only 7% found them “Mostly Unreasonable” violations of individual rights ....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 |
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The scuttling of Trump’s modest Jones Act reform
By Michael Hansen @ 2:54 AM :: 2934 Views :: Jones Act
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...“Trump backed off shipping reform under political pressure, former advisers claim”....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 |
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UH Regents: Use COVID Emergency to Re-write Labor Contracts
By Selected News Articles @ 2:12 AM :: 3619 Views :: Higher Education, Labor, COVID-19
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... UH Board of Regents resolution calls for emergency proclamation, drastic cuts ....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 |
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HIDOE Distance-Learning Survey Insights and Findings
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 3025 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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...The surveys focused on distance-learning experiences during the closure of school buildings following spring break....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 |
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Exemption for out-of-state students part of extended quarantine
By News Release @ 12:29 AM :: 2742 Views :: Higher Education, COVID-19
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...exemptions for out-of-state college students registered to attend school in Hawaiʻi in the fall....
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Monday, July 13, 2020 |
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Ige: Tourism Reopening Pushed back to Sept 1
By News Release @ 11:37 PM :: 2781 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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... The program is now scheduled to begin on Sept. 1 ....
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Monday, July 13, 2020 |
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UH legislative update as session adjourns during COVID-19 pandemic
By News Release @ 11:24 PM :: 2287 Views :: Higher Education
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...Kalbert Young, UH vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2020 legislative session....
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Monday, July 13, 2020 |
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COVID Governors: Ige Best Performing Democrat in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:09 PM :: 3259 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Hawaii’s low numbers came at enormous cost....
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Monday, July 13, 2020 |
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Hirono: Trump supporters are “white supremacists”
By Video @ 10:59 PM :: 3417 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...this is what Hirono thinks of Trump supporters....
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Monday, July 13, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 23 new cases out of 900 tests--3 deaths
By News Release @ 5:40 PM :: 1911 Views :: COVID-19
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... three new deaths and three new hospitalizations ....
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Monday, July 13, 2020 |
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My OHA Endorsements
By Samuel Wilder King II @ 5:05 PM :: 10937 Views :: OHA
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Sunday, July 12, 2020 |
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Highlights of 2020 Legislative Session
By News Release @ 7:00 PM :: 2843 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...a list of all bills passed during the 2020 session....
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Sunday, July 12, 2020 |
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Counties Announce Primary Ballot Mailing Dates
By News Release @ 6:27 PM :: 2454 Views :: Office of Elections
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...Kauai County will mail out ballots on Tues July 14, 2020....
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Sunday, July 12, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 21 new cases out of 1,250 tests
By News Release @ 5:20 PM :: 2094 Views :: COVID-19
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...no new hospitalizations, no new deaths....
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Sunday, July 12, 2020 |
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Future of Unemployment Insurance
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4016 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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...unemployment insurance and how it is going to fare after the pandemic....
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Sunday, July 12, 2020 |
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As COVID Testing Soars, Wait Times For Results Jump To A Week — Or More
By Selected News Articles @ 2:33 AM :: 3335 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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...Truslow was initially told it would take two to four days. Then CVS said five or six days. On the sixth day, the pharmacy estimated it would take 10 days....
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Saturday, July 11, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 42 new cases out of 1,686 tests
By News Release @ 6:29 PM :: 1640 Views :: COVID-19
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...a new one-day record for new cases....
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Saturday, July 11, 2020 |
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Legislative Session: The good, the bad and the ugly
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:42 PM :: 4591 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... donning rose-colored glasses and approaching the budget shortfall as a temporary setback ....
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Saturday, July 11, 2020 |
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Victorino: Maui Council Should not Bypass Charter Commission
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 2360 Views :: Maui County
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"...Our Charter is our County Bible, our foundational document. It’s not something that should be changed on a whim, or on the idea that if something sounds good it’s the right thing to do....”
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Saturday, July 11, 2020 |
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Driving up Electric Bill: Legislature Bans Coal
By News Release @ 3:37 AM :: 2580 Views :: Energy
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...SB2629 SD2 HD1 prohibits, after June 30, 2020 the approval of a new or renewed power purchase agreement for electricity generated from coal....
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Saturday, July 11, 2020 |
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HB1819: Legislature passes bill to legalize industrial hemp
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 4628 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, Drugs
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...Another hemp bill, Senate Bill 1353, was vetoed by Governor Ige last year, after he expressed concerns that it was unenforceable. This year’s version was worked on directly with the Governor's administration to ensure its enactment....
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Saturday, July 11, 2020 |
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Ige appoints Bennette Misalucha to State Senate until Special Election
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 3069 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Office of Elections
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...to fill the late Sen. Breene Harimoto’s state Senate seat. State Senate District 16 includes Pearl City....
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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Jobs Report: Lets Avoid Aggravating the Problem
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 3335 Views :: Economy, Small Business, COVID-19
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...the Hawaii Legislature should not make a dismal situation worse....
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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Pandemic Priorities
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:44 PM :: 4052 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs, COVID-19
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...people want what works, and they don’t care about the toxicity....
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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COVID Legislature: "This will be a shell of a democracy"
By Rep Gene Ward @ 10:49 PM :: 3627 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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"...The people of Hawaii are facing a dead economy, and thousands are waiting in food lines to feed their families...."
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:12 PM :: 4308 Views :: Family, Life, Religion
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...adjournment Sine Die....
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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DHS, OHA to Share Native Hawaiian COVID Data
By News Release @ 8:20 PM :: 2458 Views :: OHA, COVID-19
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...DHS will share Native Hawaiian data tables from its programs with OHA to help assess the impacts COVID-19 is having on Hawaiʻi’s indigenous people....
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 28 new cases out of 1,639 tests
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 1928 Views :: COVID-19
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... 17 coronavirus cases tied to exercise classes at 2 Oahu gyms ....
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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COVID Economy: State Much More Susceptible than Counties
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 4342 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Tourism, COVID-19
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"...The revenue profiles of the state and the city and county are quite different. The state is much more exposed to volatile revenue sources such as general excise tax and transient accommodation tax (TAT)...."
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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City Council defers borrowing for rail
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:11 AM :: 2814 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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...a resolution that would have authorized up to $26 million in borrowing to help fund its over-budget and behind-schedule rail project....
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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DoE Announces COVID Class Schedules for Fall
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 3439 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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... what will be your school's class schedule? ....
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Thursday, July 9, 2020 |
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Groups Challenge Hawaii’s prohibition on the open carry of firearms
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 2618 Views :: Second Amendment
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... The issue before the en banc Young court is whether the Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding citizens to openly carry firearms outside the home ....
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Thursday, July 9, 2020 |
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COVID Count: 36 new cases out of 1,443 tests
By News Release @ 9:09 PM :: 2520 Views :: COVID-19
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...one new hospitalization, no new deaths....
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Thursday, July 9, 2020 |
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DoH: 'Severe Consequences' for Food Establishments Violating COVID Rules
By News Release @ 7:34 PM :: 2959 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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...Food Safety Branch will begin to temporarily suspend the operations of restaurants, bars and other food establishments that do not comply....
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Thursday, July 9, 2020 |
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CMS: Action to protect nursing homes against COVID-19
By Selected News Articles @ 3:21 PM :: 2140 Views :: COVID-19
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...Beginning in May, CMS required nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid to inform residents, their families, and their representatives within 12 hours of when a single confirmed COVID-19 case is reported, or when three or more residents or staffers develop respiratory symptoms within 72 hours of each other....
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Thursday, July 9, 2020 |
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Hawaii GET Taxes 105 percent of the state’s personal income
By Tax Foundation @ 2:52 PM :: 4152 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, but it taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 105 percent of the state’s personal income. This base is far wider than the national median, where the sales tax applies to 34.25 percent of personal income....
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