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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Hawaii Medicaid Spending High, Quality Low
By Wallet Hub @ 12:44 PM :: 3225 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii ranks 17th for Medicaid spending, 46th for quality....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Why this Nobel laureate predicts a quicker coronavirus recovery: 'We're going to be fine'
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 AM :: 4096 Views :: COVID-19
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...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....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Legislators: Ige's Tourism Shutdown is not Enough
By News Release @ 5:18 AM :: 4073 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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"...The only way to contain community spread of the virus is to impose a shelter-in-place directive upon all persons in Hawaii...."
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Hawaiian Airlines to Suspend Most Long-Haul Passenger Service Due to New State of Hawai‘i Quarantine Order
By News Release @ 4:58 AM :: 3098 Views :: Health Care, Tourism
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...Airline to focus on returning guests home ahead of Hawai‘i’s March 26 quarantine....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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UPDATE: Kauai Mayor Stay-at-Home Order and Nightly Curfew
By News Release @ 12:25 AM :: 5759 Views :: Kauai County, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...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....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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UPDATE--Stay Home Order Imposed: Caldwell Updates COVID Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 12:22 AM :: 6335 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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...all individuals are ordered to stay at their place of residence startyng Mon March 23, 2020 at 430pm....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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UPDATE: Maui County Stay-Home Order: Tourists Blocked from Road to Hana
By News Release @ 12:13 AM :: 5066 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...Mayor Victorino announces Public Health Emergency Rules for Maui County....
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 |
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Hawaii: The Road to Corona Recovery Leads Through Japan
By Andrew Walden @ 9:58 PM :: 7651 Views :: Health Care, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Governor Ige’s 14-day quarantine announcement may feel like a health precaution, but it's really a tourism marketing plan....
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 |
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Honolulu Sues 'Big Oil' -- Fatal Flaws in Evidence
By Selected News Articles @ 9:18 PM :: 3824 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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...Why is this latest effort by Hawaiian officials political suicide? Because ……. Sher Edling....
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 |
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UPDATE: 56 COVID Cases in Hawaii
By News Release @ 7:58 PM :: 3505 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Another eight cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Hawai’i as of noon Sunday, state officials said....
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 |
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40% of Hawaii Supreme Court up for Grabs
By News Release @ 3:36 PM :: 3740 Views :: Judiciary
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...the JSC is extending the application period for one Supreme Court vacancy and is now considering a retention petition for Chief Justice Recktenwald....
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 |
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Who’s Watching the Store?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3026 Views :: Taxes
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...When do Legislators know that enough is enough? -- When somebody — or preferably LOTS of somebodies — tells them....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Ige Imposes 14-Day Quarantine
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 4629 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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“...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....”
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Shutdown? 21% of Hawaii Businesses Would Lose $10,000 per Day
By News Release @ 6:23 PM :: 2777 Views :: Small Business
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...21% of Hawaii businesses will lose more than $10,000 a day if they stop operations....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Hawaii Courts Open--Most Traffic, Criminal, and Civil Cases Postponed Until After April 30
By News Release @ 3:41 PM :: 1966 Views
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...Most Traffic, Criminal, and Civil Cases Postponed Until After April 30....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Kauai Council Bans Public from Meetings--Just in time for Property Tax Hike, Removal of Alleged Meth Dealer
By News Release @ 2:56 PM :: 3486 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics
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...alleged Meth Dealer to be removed from Committees by Reso set for approval at March 25 meeting....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Honolulu Council Calls for 14-Day Quarantine
By News Release @ 4:51 AM :: 1707 Views
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...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....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Thanks to Virus, DoE Finally Achieves Goal of Eliminating All Standardized Testing
By News Release @ 4:13 AM :: 4375 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...HSTA revels in accountability-free utopia. Hawaii college applicants will not be so lucky....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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Working to protect our freedoms
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:11 PM :: 4055 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...In this uncertain and anxious time, we already are seeing many questionable proposals being put forth....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii COVID Hits 37: 11 New Cases
By News Release @ 6:57 PM :: 3464 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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"...Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Anderson confirmed that two of the cases show evidence of community spread...."
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii Democratic Primary Cancels In-Person Voting
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 2679 Views :: Democratic Party
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...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....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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COVID Committee Meets in Secret: Harbors Div Closes Hawaii to Cruise Ships, Airports Div Next
By News Release @ 2:54 PM :: 5271 Views :: Health Care, Military, Tourism
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...This plan identifies three levels of risk: 1) Limited community transmission, 2) Sustained community transmission, 3) Widespread community transmission....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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Corona Virus: Hawaii Ranks 43rd
By Selected News Articles @ 1:41 PM :: 3256 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...with 26 cases and no deaths, Hawaii has the 43rd highest count of Corona Virus cases in USA....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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Barking Sands: Pentagon Test Launches Prototype Hypersonic Weapon
By Video @ 1:14 PM :: 4109 Views :: Kauai County, Military
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...A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, at approximately 10:30 p.m....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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Thousands Sign Petition Demanding 14-Day Quarantine for all Visitors
By News Release @ 11:02 AM :: 3908 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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..."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"....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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COVID: 26 Cases -- All Travel Related
By News Release @ 3:32 AM :: 3141 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...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....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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The Cruise Industry Assistance Washington Should Give: Repeal the Passenger Vessel Services Act
By Cato Foundation @ 3:00 AM :: 2190 Views
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...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....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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A century of Australia/New Zealand shipping to Hawaii ends
By Michael Hansen @ 2:32 AM :: 3988 Views :: Hawaii History, Jones Act
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...to and from Australia and New Zealand, freight costs have increased substantially....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii K-O: Gabbard Exits Primary a Lady Legend After Downing Officer Harris
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 AM :: 6146 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Police, Politicians, Tulsi Gabbard
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...New York Times columnists were awestruck by Gabbard's epic debate smackdown of Harris, who had been a top-three candidate in polling....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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COVID: House Speaker 'Implores' Ige to Impose Travel Ban, Order Military Response
By News Release @ 1:18 AM :: 5255 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Military, Small Business
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...The handling of this COVID-19 pandemic has been utterly chaotic and there is mass confusion among the public....
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Thursday, March 19, 2020 |
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Caldwell: Homeless enforcement more important than ever
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 4236 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Homelessness
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...Stored property enforcement and sidewalk nuisance enforcement to continue; HONU to continue to serve homeless population....
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Thursday, March 19, 2020 |
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State Senator Clarence Nishihara tests positive for COVID-19
By News Release @ 6:44 PM :: 4098 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Politicians
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...The memo recommends all Senate offices close until further notice....
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Thursday, March 19, 2020 |
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Gabbard Quits Presidential Race, Endorses Biden
By Court House News @ 5:11 PM :: 4631 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians, Tulsi Gabbard
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...her endorsement of Biden quells Democrats’ concerns the Iraq War veteran would mount a third-party challenge in November....
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Thursday, March 19, 2020 |
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Democracy Still Matters in Time of Pandemic
By News Release @ 5:03 PM :: 4059 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...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....
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Thursday, March 19, 2020 |
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Emergencies, Police Power, Commandeering, And Compensation: Essential Readings
By Robert Thomas @ 5:00 AM :: 3942 Views :: Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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...government power in times of crisis and the tension between that power and property and other individual rights....
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Thursday, March 19, 2020 |
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February 2020: Hawaii Hotels Set Another Record
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 3291 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...All classes of Hawai‘i hotel properties statewide reported higher RevPAR and ADR in February compared to a year ago....
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Thursday, March 19, 2020 |
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Hawaii GE Tax Takes $2431 per Capita -- 2nd Highest in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 12:03 AM :: 3277 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...How Much Does Your State Collect in Sales Taxes per Capita?....
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Thursday, March 19, 2020 |
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Hawaii County Seeks to Fill Vacancies on Redistricting Commission
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 3343 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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...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....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 |
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COVID 16 Cases in Hawaii--all Travel-Related
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 2397 Views :: Health Care
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"...All cases who tested positive in Hawaiʻi are travel related. There is no evidence of community spread in Hawai‘i at this time...." -- DoH
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 |
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COVID: Activist Groups Demand Ige Clamp Down Harder
By News Release @ 8:37 PM :: 4199 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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...A public request to enact stronger measures of social distancing across Hawaiʻi....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 |
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 |
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Coronavirus: Modern Research & Chinese Medicine
By Video @ 2:15 AM :: 2541 Views :: Health Care
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...Keli'i Akina interviews Dr. Mai Wang....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 |
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Crushed by COVID? Small Businesses Aid Application Period Extended
By Ed Case @ 1:29 AM :: 4425 Views :: Small Business
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...the deadline is 4pm Wednesday March 18, 2020. The forms are linked in this post....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 |
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Scams Galore: Hi-Tech Tax Credit Crowd Gets into Digital Currency
By News Release @ 12:12 AM :: 4826 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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...State of Hawaii’s “Digital Currency Innovation Lab” seeks applicants for first pilot program....
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020 |
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Katherine Kealoha Surrenders Law License
By News Release @ 11:48 PM :: 3319 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...the Rules of the Supreme Court of Hawaiʻi provides that a “[r]esignation in lieu of discipline is a disbarment for all purposes under these rules, including reinstatement.” RSCH Rule 2.14(d)....
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020 |
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Ige Orders Bars, Restaurants to Close--Asks Tourists to Stay Away
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 3506 Views :: COVID-19
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...“The actions I’m announcing today may seem extreme to some of you, and we know that it will have negative effects to our economy. But we are confident that taking aggressive actions now will allow us to have a quicker recovery when this crisis is over,” said Gov. Ige....
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020 |
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COVID Circulating at Capitol? Nishihara Tests Positive
By Rep Gene Ward @ 9:28 PM :: 4615 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...On March 4, 2020 a Capitol employee was suspected of having been exposed to the virus, and the Public Access was subsequently shuttered....
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