...caught off guard by another last-minute government switcheroo....

...use of CWAs, also known as project labor agreements, would drastically limit the use of nonunion employees on public projects, thereby reducing competition among bidding contractors and increasing costs for Honolulu taxpayers....

...Timesheets and leave requests are now transmitted electronically to payroll offices, replacing paper-based manual labor-intensive tracking methods in employee pay calculation....  

...8 cases on Oahu and 1 Oahu resident diagnosed out of state....

... Pandemic no excuse for government hostility to sunshine laws ....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....

...The O‘ahu Pedestrian Plan’s draft pedestrian priority network open for public comment....

...The best gift for this 100-year-old law that harms Hawaii would be to modernize it for the 21st century....

...Mulligan says that despite Trump’s reputation as a strong supporter of protectionist tariffs, the President sees the Jones Act as a “harmful regulation” and is particularly disappointed by the lack of competitiveness of U.S. shipyards....

... he notes the complete absence of self-propelled oceangoing liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers in the Jones Act fleet ....

...The Jones Act turns 100 years old today....

...the UPW still has not agreed to allow all guards to be searched for contraband....

... this is the largest number of new cases in quite a while ....

...Pine today addressed rumors that professional agitators have arrived in the islands to stir up trouble at peaceful protests being staged to honor George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement....

...the Trump administration has since revised the rule, making it more difficult to challenge land-use rules that make housing more expensive....

...The 20-mile line is expected to cost $9.2 billion, more than the cost of the 243 miles of light-rail lines in Sacramento, Saint Louis, Salt Lake City, San Diego, and San Jose combined....

...Bureau of Labor Statistics recently disclosed that it misclassified many workers on temporary layoffs as “absent from work because of other reasons” rather than “unemployed.” Therefore, the real unemployment rate may be around 33 percent higher than reported....

...how many times will Hawaii fall for phony High-Tech scamsters?....

...Creagan made his unannounced move June 3, 2020—the last day for withdrawals and one day after the deadline to file....

...to provide food assistance to recently unemployed individuals is set to conclude with two remaining food distribution events at Aloha Stadium....

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

“...Hawaii and Puerto Rico now receive more cargo from foreign countries than they do from the U.S. mainland....”

... On May 30, Mayor Victorino issued a directive indicating certain shoreline development approval requests will be reviewed within fifteen days or be automatically approved ....

...It was developed by the Governor’s Office along with the Hawai‘i Economic and Community Recovery Navigator in collaboration with many government agencies and business sector partners....

...three patients released today....

"...the most legislative candidates the Hawaii Republican Party has had in several election cycles...."

...Really Obvious Question: How many of these 16 are represented by Caliboso?....

... 5 withdrawals by June 3 deadline....

...if our leaders let their coronavirus lockdowns linger, Hawaii can expect a wave of "deaths of despair"....

...Chief Justice John Roberts wrote a short opinion to express his agreement with (and to explain) the denial of the church’s request....

...Parks and Recreation Online System, PROS, available to public beginning Wednesday, June 3 at 12 noon....

... no new deaths, no new hospitalizations, one patient released ....

... The Hawaii Supreme Court is seeking both attorney and non-attorney applicants to fill six positions on the Disciplinary Board ....

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

...This month, the state has seen only 45 new confirmed cases and has had seven days with no increase in confirmed infections....

...figuring out how to spend $1 billion of federal money that is being made available to Hawaii under the CARES Act....

...Their legislation follows their recent initiative to create Hawaii’s first National Heritage Area at Ka’ena Point....

... bills introduced and votes in Congress from GovTrack.us .... 

...no new deaths, no new hospitalizations, one patient released....

...In Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Med-QUEST to Issue New Request for Proposal for Managed Care Organizations....

...93% consider COVID-19 to be a “very serious” or “somewhat serious” health concern, and 75% believe it poses a real danger or threat to themselves or others living in their household....

...New report details challenges, needs and potential of Native Hawaiian businesses during and after pandemic....

... a surprise on today's candidate printout ....

...If Hawaii extends its 14-day quarantine or imposes testing requirements on visitors, this could lead to “a steeper decline in arrivals in 2020 and would likely delay the recovery”....

...no details until after the June 2 deadline to file for election....

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

...City Council to hear union preference 'fixer bill' next Wednesday, June 3....

...Top US official misused office to get son-in-law job....

...that both the FSM Congress and the US Congress would need to approve the delegations’ work once agreement is reached....

...Roadmap to Prosperity: How Hawaii can recover and even excel after the coronavirus lockdown....