“...I replaced CIP funding for renovations and improvements to the Blaisdell Center and Ala Moana Park with funding for rapid housing, mobile hygiene centers, addiction rehabilitation facilities, mental health treatment facilities and quarantine and medical triage facilities...."

...what a difference a week makes....

... Our product will take between six to nine months to be ready for clinical trials ....

...Media personnel are amongst the exempted 'Essential Businesses'....

...The Department of Health reports the person passed away on March 20th and suffered from multiple underlying health conditions....

...As of 22 March 2020, 27 cases of COVID-19 have been reported by Guam....

... VIDEO: The March 22, 2020, Imua TMT Panel Discussion on TMT YouTube ....

...Hawaii County is still going its own way....

...Hawaii ranks 17th for Medicaid spending, 46th for quality....

...Michael Levitt, a Nobel laureate and Stanford biophysicist, began analyzing the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide in January and correctly calculated that China would get through the worst of its coronavirus outbreak long before many health experts had predicted....

"...The only way to contain community spread of the virus is to impose a shelter-in-place directive upon all persons in Hawaii...."

...Airline to focus on returning guests home ahead of Hawai‘i’s March 26 quarantine....

...islandwide nighttime curfew beginning Friday, March 20. The curfew will be in effect from 9 p.m. through 5 a.m. daily until further notice....

...all individuals are ordered to stay at their place of residence startyng Mon March 23, 2020 at 430pm....

...Mayor Victorino announces Public Health Emergency Rules for Maui County....

...bills introduced and votes in Congress....

...Governor Ige’s 14-day quarantine announcement may feel like a health precaution, but it's really a tourism marketing plan....

...Why is this latest effort by Hawaiian officials political suicide? Because ……. Sher Edling....

...Another eight cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Hawai’i as of noon Sunday, state officials said....

...the JSC is extending the application period for one Supreme Court vacancy and is now considering a retention petition for Chief Justice Recktenwald.... 

...When do Legislators know that enough is enough?  -- When somebody — or preferably LOTS of somebodies — tells them....

“...With the majority of Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 cases linked to travel, it is critical that we further mitigate the spread of the virus by both residents and visitors who are coming from out-of-state....”

...21% of Hawaii businesses will lose more than $10,000 a day if they stop operations....

...Most Traffic, Criminal, and Civil Cases Postponed Until After April 30....

...alleged Meth Dealer to be removed from Committees by Reso set for approval at March 25 meeting....

...We recognize that these actions will have immediate and significant economic impacts. However, we remain gravely concerned that a prolonged and widespread outbreak in our State may significantly impact our economy for years to come.... 

...HSTA revels in accountability-free utopia.  Hawaii college applicants will not be so lucky....

...In this uncertain and anxious time, we already are seeing many questionable proposals being put forth....

"...Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Anderson confirmed that two of the cases show evidence of community spread...."

...we will add another round of mailed ballots which will allow all those who are registered to vote and enrolled in the Party by April 4th, 2020....

...This plan identifies three levels of risk: 1) Limited community transmission, 2) Sustained community transmission, 3) Widespread community transmission....

...with 26 cases and no deaths, Hawaii has the 43rd highest count of Corona Virus cases in USA....

...A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, at approximately 10:30 p.m....

..."In order for it to not just ravage our community and start having massive community spread, we need to stop people bringing it into the state"....

...The DOH has received 124 negative results from test samples selected from sites statewide with the goal of identifying possible community transmission of COVID-19.... 

...after Hawaii was annexed by the United States, and thus became subject to cabotage laws such as the PVSA, representatives from the territory complained that transportation to the U.S. mainland became more difficult than when Hawaii was still an independent kingdom....

...to and from Australia and New Zealand, freight costs have increased substantially....

...New York Times columnists were awestruck by Gabbard's epic debate smackdown of Harris, who had been a top-three candidate in polling....

...The handling of this COVID-19 pandemic has been utterly chaotic and there is mass confusion among the public....

...Stored property enforcement and sidewalk nuisance enforcement to continue; HONU to continue to serve homeless population....

...The memo recommends all Senate offices close until further notice....

...her endorsement of Biden quells Democrats’ concerns the Iraq War veteran would mount a third-party challenge in November....

...Ige, by Supplemental Emergency Proclamation dated March 16, 2020, waived many laws pertaining to transparency and accountability, specifically Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 92 dealing with open meetings, and Chapter 91 dealing with rulemaking....

...government power in times of crisis and the tension between that power and property and other individual rights....

...All classes of Hawai‘i hotel properties statewide reported higher RevPAR and ADR in February compared to a year ago....

...How Much Does Your State Collect in Sales Taxes per Capita?....

...but the State government is the least dependent....

...One resident from each of the County’s nine Council districts is needed to fill the Commission vacancies. The commission needs to be appointed and confirmed by July 1, 2020....

"...All cases who tested positive in Hawaiʻi are travel related. There is no evidence of community spread in Hawai‘i at this time...." -- DoH

...A public request to enact stronger measures of social distancing across Hawaiʻi....