...Jones Act supporters in Hawaii can be forgiven for feeling a bit on edge these days....

...Its been a difficult few months for the American Samoa Democratic Party....

...Ige has approved Honolulu’s Emergency Order No. 2020-25, reinstating a “Stay at Home/Work from Home” Order for the island of O‘ahu, effective at 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 27, through September 9....

...Open Letter to Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim....

...Hawaii’s local businesses have taken the economic brunt of stopping the spread of COVID-19....

...Megan Kau hired by Miske....

...No symptoms necessary...Surge test participants will not be subject to the fourteen-day quarantine that other test programs require. ...

...The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says the lack of transparency is ‘eroding public trust in the management of the pandemic’....

...20 new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...DOH Official: Some Inmates Who Were Released Caused ‘Spillover’ Infections....

...for campaign use of State facilities, State Seal....

... OHA Negotiating Position: “$50 million per year” ....

...3 new hospitalizations, 2 new deaths....

...Discussion with OCCC Sgt. Lana Hughes about pandemic conditions at the facility - August 23, 2020....

...19 new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...and 30.6 percent of middle school students....

...having to forgo, or pay back, a bunch of that money is not going to be a happy thing....

... Did Burgess tell KSBE that he would need a steady flow of free money for the next 15 years to make good on the Trust’s investment? ....

...40 new hospitalizations, one new death....

...The lawsuit alleges that Hawaii's ban on Handgun magazines with a capacity greater than ten rounds in unconstitutional....

...Cases currently being investigated are not included in the count and will be reported in the following weeks....

...Pacific Islanders other than Native Hawaiians have ten times the infection rate of all other ethnic groups in Hawai‘i....

...a lack of public trust came from a lack of transparency....

...phase two of the new thermal temperature screening equipment installation has been completed....

... The unemployment rate would have been much higher except that there were nearly 30,000 fewer people in the labor force than a year ago ....

... 20 new hospitalizations, one new death ....

...expecting what the resolution describes as, “a steep reduction of general fund support” that is expected to directly impact all aspects of operations....

... BOR approved a revised plan to restructure the internal management of UH-managed lands on Maunakea ....

... INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI, THURSDAY AUGUST 20 @ 8PM ....

...3 new deaths, 14 new hospitalizations....

...including a strip club, bars, Honolulu Hale, homeless shelter, and jail.... 

...now they claim COVID outbreak makes case for even more criminals on our streets.  Will you be fooled too?  Read their report and find out....

...but the Big Island is much more affordable....

...calling for outright repeal of the protectionist federal maritime law known as the Jones Act so far has not been a successful strategy....

... Certificate of Need (CON) laws increase mortality rates for COVID-19 patients and others ....

"...Through the issuance of a 'no action message,' DFI is not taking any action against these companies...."

...3 new hospitalizations, 2 new deaths (one of which will be reported with tomorrow's numbers)....

...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....