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Saturday, April 25, 2020
Democracy in peril: Upholding government transparency during a crisis
By Video @ 5:52 AM :: 4393 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, COVID-19

...Was it really necessary to suspend those laws to help fight the coronavirus? What can be done to restore government transparency and accountability in Hawaii?....

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Friday, April 24, 2020
A 50-State Visual Guide to Unemployment Benefit Claims
By Tax Foundation @ 9:24 PM :: 4997 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

...another 4,267,395 people filed initial unemployment benefit claims during the week ending April 18, the second week of a decline in the rate of new claims, but still among the highest levels in U.S. history....

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Friday, April 24, 2020
COVID Testing: DLS Lab Corrects Caldwell Admin
By News Release @ 7:19 PM :: 4305 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19

...DLS: Contrary to what the Caldwell admin and Civil Beat claim, all of our COVID tests are approved by FDA under an EUA....

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Friday, April 24, 2020
COVID Count: 2 deaths, 5 new cases, 8 released
By News Release @ 6:03 PM :: 3034 Views :: COVID-19

...Hawai‘i Department of Health reported 5 new positive cases for a cumulative total of 601 cases statewide....

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Friday, April 24, 2020
KIUC Reports 56% Renewable Generation for 2019
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 3748 Views :: Kauai County, Energy

...Kauaʻi’s power generation mix for 2019 included 35% solar, 11% hydro and 10% biomass. Rooftop solar from residential and commercial members accounted for more than one-third of the solar generation....

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Thursday, April 23, 2020
COVID Count: 4 New Cases, 11 Released
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 3222 Views :: COVID-19

...and no new deaths....

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Thursday, April 23, 2020
Another Maui COVID Coverup: Three Cases, 65 Exposed at Merrimans Restaurant
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 5721 Views :: Maui County, Tourism, COVID-19

...When asked why the cases tied to the restaurant had not been disclosed earlier, Hauptman said that the incident had proven not to warrant public concern....

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Thursday, April 23, 2020
States with the Biggest Increases in Unemployment Due to COVID-19
By Selected News Articles @ 4:12 PM :: 4372 Views :: Economy, Labor, COVID-19

...Hawaii -- 3009.22% -- Increase in Unemployment Claims (April vs Start of COVID-19 Crisis)....

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Thursday, April 23, 2020
Planet of the Humans: Michael Moore Debunks Hawaii's Clean Energy Initiative
By Video @ 1:51 PM :: 5902 Views :: Energy, Environment, First Amendment

"...No amount of batteries are going to save us, warns director Jeff Gibbs...."

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Thursday, April 23, 2020
Maui Injection Wells: Supreme Court Overturns 9th Circuit, Creates New Test
By Court House News @ 1:30 PM :: 4270 Views :: Maui County, Environment

...a 6-3 majority found that the Ninth Circuit’s ruling went too far. At the same time, however, the court declined to adopt the reading of the law advanced by the county....

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Thursday, April 23, 2020
New management structure for Maunakea proposed to regents
By News Release @ 6:39 AM :: 6564 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA

...four options, all dealing with the master lease.....

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Planes, trains and automobiles — but not ships
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:59 PM :: 3226 Views :: Jones Act

...Even with all the regulations for shipbuilding in the United States, shipyards silently outsource many critical components....

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
COVID Count: 6 New Cases, 7 Released
By News Release @ 8:10 PM :: 2775 Views :: COVID-19

...and no new deaths....

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
How Many DoE Students are Receiving Consistent Education? -- Congressional Delegation Demands Answers
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 5001 Views :: Education K-12, Congressional Delegation, COVID-19

...Across the state, how many public elementary and secondary students are receiving some kind of consistent education every day? How many students are not receiving this level of education?....

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
A Low-Risk Plan to Re-Start Hawaii’s Economy Now
By Andrew Walden @ 2:25 AM :: 8468 Views :: Economy, Small Business, COVID-19

...To reopen the economy, start with high dollar-per-human-contact businesses—ie the ones nobody is talking about.  We don’t need to wait a month to do this.... 

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
COVID-19 Relief Options Approved by Hawaiian Homes Commission
By News Release @ 2:00 AM :: 3304 Views :: DHHL, COVID-19

...HHC approved the establishment of the DHHL COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program....

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
UHERO: Hawaii Needs Free Money from the Sky to Support Local Economy
By UHERO @ 11:01 PM :: 3752 Views :: Economy, COVID-19

...tax revenue declines that could easily top 15-20% will almost certainly require reductions in some public programs....

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Hawaii Air Quality Cleanest in the Nation
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 3789 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics

...Honolulu City and County set record levels for low amounts of annual particle pollution....

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
COVID Count -- 2 Deaths -- 2 New Cases -- 14 Recover
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 3091 Views :: COVID-19

...two new cases, 14 released....

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Global Warmers Feeling Forgotten: Civil Beat Agrees to Help
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 3547 Views :: Environment, COVID-19

...Do you remember to panic?  Media will try to remind you....

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Hawaii is State Slowing Down the Most During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 4441 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19

...WalletHub compared the 50 states across six key metrics. Each metric measures the percentage point increase or decrease in visits to various types of places due to coronavirus....

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Kahuku Mother Sues Board of Education over Secret, Closed-Door Meeting and Vote
By News Release @ 6:09 PM :: 6147 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Energy, Ethics

...suit against the Board of Education for holding a secret, closed door meeting last February, that resulted in denying her petition for rulemaking, violating the state Sunshine Law....

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Monday, April 20, 2020
Antibody Tests Reveal 4.1% of Los Angeles Adults have had Corona Virus
By Selected News Articles @ 6:59 PM :: 3376 Views :: COVID-19

...the results indicate a lower risk of death among those with infection than was previously thought....

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Monday, April 20, 2020
Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Work at Home
By Selected News Articles @ 6:48 PM :: 4443 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living, COVID-19

"...We also considered factors like how large and how crowded homes are in the state...."

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Monday, April 20, 2020
COVID Count: Only 4 New Cases
By News Release @ 6:38 PM :: 2793 Views :: COVID-19

...this is the smallest number of new cases in 2 months.... 

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Monday, April 20, 2020
Hawaiian Electric Releases 2019-2020 Sustainability Report
By News Release @ 6:34 PM :: 3072 Views :: Energy

...Hawaiian Electric employees continue planning the renewable energy transformation....

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Sunday, April 19, 2020
COVID Count -- One More Death -- Six New Cases -- Four Recover
By News Release @ 7:18 PM :: 2265 Views :: COVID-19

...Only 6 new cases from 813 tests....

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Sunday, April 19, 2020
Taxing Medical Practice to Death
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5049 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes

...Unless you like the idea of having doctors in rural areas being scarcer than toilet paper....

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Sunday, April 19, 2020
Mobile Device Tracking Reveals Which Hawaii Counties are Really Staying at Home
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 3556 Views :: COVID-19

...Shelter-in-place Compliance Remains Low, UMD Research Finds....

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Sunday, April 19, 2020
UPW: We Like Sitting at Home Getting Paid--Do Not Reassign Us
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 6049 Views :: Labor, COVID-19

...we have still not received a response to the question posed as to whether employees who are redeployed are still eligible to benefit entitlements provided by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act....

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Sunday, April 19, 2020
HSTA Claims 20% Pay Cut Will be 'Implemented' June 1
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 4730 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19

...After unions notified their members of the salary reduction idea Tuesday night, state officials informed union leaders the implementation date of the salary cuts has been delayed by at least one month, to June 1 instead of May 1.... 

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Sunday, April 19, 2020
UHPA: Ige Has No Right to Cut our Pay
By News Release @ 3:29 AM :: 4284 Views :: Higher Education, Labor, COVID-19

"...We want to reassure you that the Governor has no legal authority, right, or privilege to unilaterally negate or disregard our current Unit 7 contract...."

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Saturday, April 18, 2020
COVID Count: 919 Tests, 21 New Cases, 20 Released
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 2636 Views :: COVID-19

...2.3% -- 21 of the 919 tests -- came back positive.  Another day with zero deaths....

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Saturday, April 18, 2020
Judiciary Postpones Trials Until End of May
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 3255 Views :: Judiciary, COVID-19

...postponed to a date after May 29, 2020 or the termination of Gov. David Ige’s state of emergency, whichever is sooner....

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Saturday, April 18, 2020
Model Shows Hawaii Could Ease Social Distancing in Early May
By Court House News @ 5:16 AM :: 3765 Views :: COVID-19

...the Institute for Health and Metrics Evaluation model makes projections for when each state can safely begin relaxing social-distancing guidelines....

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Saturday, April 18, 2020
Crush the Curve: Urgent Steps Hawai‘i Can Take to Contain the Covid-19 Pandemic
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 2909 Views :: COVID-19

...Hawai‘i should emulate regional governments like South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, which have at least initially contained the virus through aggressive public health responses....

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Friday, April 17, 2020
Governor Ige Orders Face Masks in Stores Statewide
By News Release @ 8:21 PM :: 3989 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19

...Violations of these orders could result in a misdemeanor with fines of up to $5,000 and/or up to one year in prison or both....

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Friday, April 17, 2020
The Lowdown on Lockdowns
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:14 PM :: 2848 Views :: COVID-19

...Feeling cooped up by the curfews and quarantines?....

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Friday, April 17, 2020
COVID Count 12 New Cases, 16 Released
By News Release @ 7:23 PM :: 2649 Views :: COVID-19

...and Zero Deaths....

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Friday, April 17, 2020
New Dean for UH Law School -- Focus on 'Critical Race Theory'
By News Release @ 3:29 PM :: 4349 Views :: Higher Education

...Nelson’s scholarship focuses on the intersection of critical race theory and cultural studies....

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Friday, April 17, 2020
Judge Orders Habitat Protection for 14 Hawaii Species
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 4590 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Environment

...The rare species, which are now required to receive protection no later than Feb. 29, 2024, include 12 plants, one anchialine pool shrimp and a picture-wing fly....

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Friday, April 17, 2020
Who's Going to Ride Rail with COVID?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:44 AM :: 4018 Views :: Rail, COVID-19

...How many people will be willing to use a mode of transportation where others breathe, sneeze and cough 2-3 feet from their face....

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Friday, April 17, 2020
Hawaii County Police 162 Arrested or Cited for Stay-at-Home Violations
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 4378 Views :: Hawaii County , Police, COVID-19

...The Hawaiʻi Police Department three week combined total enforcement stands at 162 individual offenses (40 arrests, 115 citations issued, and 7 additional cases)....

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Friday, April 17, 2020
COVID-19 Turmoil Places Renewed Focus on Costly Maritime Protectionism
By Cato Foundation @ 2:06 AM :: 3614 Views :: Jones Act, COVID-19

...rather than handing out taxpayer dollars to these firms....

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Thursday, April 16, 2020
COVID Count: Another Day Without a Death
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 2804 Views :: COVID-19

...11 new cases, 15 released, and zero deaths....

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Thursday, April 16, 2020
How Well-Funded Are Pension Plans in Your State?
By Tax Foundation @ 2:59 PM :: 4196 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

...Hawaii pension plan only 55% funded ranks 43rd among states....

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Thursday, April 16, 2020
Hawaii #1 State Hit Hardest by COVID-19’s Impact on Tourism
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 PM :: 4916 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19

...The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on many of America’s “non-essential” industries....

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Thursday, April 16, 2020
Kauai Announces New Standard Operating Procedures for Boards and Commissions meetings
By News Release @ 1:01 PM :: 3370 Views :: Kauai County, COVID-19

...Meetings will be conducted remotely, and all testimony must be written and sent to the respective commission 24 hours before each meeting.... 

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Thursday, April 16, 2020
HDoT Gives Dillingham Airfield Another Year
By News Release @ 10:40 AM :: 3863 Views :: Small Business, Tourism, COVID-19

...HDOT Airports Division has notified tenants of Dillingham Airfield the termination of their permit at the facility has been rescinded due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic....

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Thursday, April 16, 2020
Rep Case, Legislators Challenge Ige on Union Pay Cuts
By News Release @ 3:56 AM :: 4500 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19

...Representative Case says money from the CARES Act should be used for covering revenue losses....

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