...The scheme began with three days of meetings in Hong Kong in March 2001....

...Caldwell said at the news briefing that county and state leaders discussed the modified restrictions for O‘ahu over the past five days, trying to decide whether to use a scalpel or a hammer. “We’ve chosen a scalpel,” Caldwell said....

...HD 18 Candidate Lori Ford was contacted by a special agent with the Hawaii Attorney General's office and was requested to fly back to Hawaii so she could be arrested.... 

...one new death, twelve new hospitalizations....

...“While the mayor has ordered these gardens closed for nearly a month, we need to make sure that when they reopen, more people can have access to garden plots, with increased awareness, easier access and clearer guidelines that minimize red tape. The program needs to be expanded,” Pine said....

...$30 Million Purchase of Honolulu ABC Network Affiliate (KITV-ABC 4) from SJL Broadcasting is 16th Station Purchase for Allen's 'Allen Media Broadcasting' Division....

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... Keli'i Akina & Colin Moore Talk Story ....

... Hawaii 5th largest quarterly increase in overall delinquency rate ....

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

...technology has brought us great advances in life and in how we connect, but it has also opened us up to a whole new host of dangers....

...Now that the economy is down and tax revenues are in the tank, we are now seeing cases of our Department of Taxation using some particularly nasty provisions in the tax code....

...the testing method is immediately available to other diagnostic laboratories that want to start using the new test, which can be scaled up quickly for use across the nation — and, perhaps, beyond — in the coming weeks....

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

...even U.S.-built tugboats suffer from similar excess costs. That means that tugboats built in the United States for $20 million would cost only $4 million-$5 million if constructed in another country....

…More than 100 Democratic politicians urge DNC to reform abortion platform….

...Every Friday, DOE to inform families about COVID cases by complex area, not by campus....

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

...this is national news....

...Eco-Hypocrisy: How Obama Got a Legal Seawall for Another 55 Years....

...Growing the budget and approving government employee pay raises when Hawaii is running out of money is an unsustainable way to run a state....

...make your antibodies available to hospitalized COVID-19 patients who are at the greatest risk....

...the postives are being kept inside and the negatives are kicked out....

...With the exception of jobs in information technology and other services, no industry category saw a meaningful increase from the devastating April 2020 job numbers....

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

...The position has been vacant since the retirement of Associate Judge Alexa D.M. Fujise in April 2020....

...seeking public comment on judicial nominees for vacancies in the District Court and District Family Court of the First Circuit (Oahu)....

...Dozens of people have drowned in the Hanakapiai Valley over the years, and KFD personnel have numerous stories – myself included – on the precarious positions we put ourselves in whenever we perform rescues in this area....

...At 11am today, the Hawaii Supreme Court is hearing a motion from the State Public Defender’s office using COVD as an excuse to order another mass release of criminals from Hawaii’s prisons and jails....

...some parents or guardians are hesitant for their trans child to start hormones before they’re eighteen...Now I’m 19 years old and about three years on testosterone....

...Mr. Rosenlee encouraged teachers to show up for paid training days over the past two weeks, and now he is telling teachers not to show up for students. The union demanded this additional training for teachers, at a cost of nine fewer instructional days for students, but is trying to prevent students from having the same opportunity....

...COVID surge prompts HGEA to tell Departments: Limit physical presence at worksites....

...2 new deaths, 9 hospitalized....

...with the ACLU egging them on by the offer of early release, guards report inmates are purposefully spreading COVID at OCCC.  92 criminals and 24 staff are found to be infected after mass testing results came in today.  COVID is also spreading among homeless criminals who are not currently incarcerated....

...Injunction to stop students from returning to campus dropped....

...For the first time since 2002, Hawaii Democrat candidates will be on the ballot in the General Election challenging every single sitting Republican incumbent legislator....

...George Washington University researchers analyzed five biomarkers present in the blood of hundreds of COVID-19 patients, finding elevated levels associated with higher odds of clinical deterioration and death....

...Three executives from Imperial Pacific International (IPI) and MCC International Saipan have been indicted on federal criminal charges, including Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) conspiracy, harboring illegal aliens, unlawful employment of aliens, and international promotional money laundering....

...The waiver affirms DHHL as the only entity with the legal standing to apply in the Window and implement broadband service on Hawaiian Home Lands....

...4 deaths, 9 new hospitalizations....

...Sarah Bolles of Salt Lake thought she was going to die....

...Public schools on Kaua‘i, Hawaiʻi Island, and Maui County – with the exception of Moloka‘i schools and Hāna High & Elementary – will transition to full distance learning for the first four weeks of the 2020-21 school year....

...In the last 11 days, there have been at least nine campuses with coronavirus cases in which some staff were quarantined and campuses were closed....

...9 new hospitalizations, no new deaths (but two deaths will be reported tomorrow)....

... As soon as the HPD officers working the desk found out he was a US national and not a citizen he was swiftly denied the opportunity to apply ....

...all city workers are instructed to work from home through September 6, if possible....

... and 3,892 new tests.  This is a two-day test count total--all other totals are for one day....

...Scott Murakami resigned on Aug. 5 as director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations....

... This message was shared with the students, faculty, and staff of the 10-campus University of Hawaii system on August 10, 2020 ....

...two more hospitalized, no new deaths....