A large increase in cases could stress Hawaii’s hospital capacity.
Coronavirus-related claims are being denied at higher rates than other claims because it’s hard to prove whether an employee caught the virus at work.
Clinic directors say coronavirus relief funds will help cover testing and contact tracing costs as well as provide families with direct financial relief.
Hawaii’s attorney general has assembled a team to advise lawmakers on the issues, and how Hawaii might regulate legal use.
UPDATED: Hawaii’s Department of Public Safety makes progress in accrediting state deputy sheriffs nearly a decade after state law required it.
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Cory Lum/Civil Beat Aren’t we complicit when we sell at these exorbitant prices?
Flickr: DonkeyHotey The 2020 election was a disappointment and even a shock to whichever side you were on. No need to hug it out but let’s move on from the conspiracy theories.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat Hawaii residents are so often expected to be the “eyes and ears” for government regulations.
In the last two weeks, people in Hawaii have caught the virus at college parties, elementary and intermediate schools and on shared lunch breaks.
The Hawaii police union is trying to subvert a new law that grants public access to officers’ disciplinary records if they are suspended or fired for misconduct.
No new deaths were reported.
Efforts to enforce travel quarantines have fallen flat in other states, but Hawaii has unique advantages.
A growing number of states have adopted the new technology as a tool to boost contact tracing when case counts explode.
A new report shows racial disparities persisted in 2019 in the Honolulu Police Department’s use of force.
County officials said their hand was forced due to their own inaction on the permit.
The official death toll is now 222, although seventeen deaths on Hawaii island are still missing from that total.
The Sierra Club’s complaint against the advocate for developers comes as the City Council takes up a controversial parking bill.
A Biden presidency will give U.S. Sens. Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono more opportunity to pursue Native Hawaiian issues as well as climate change and immigration.
The next two weeks determine whether Honolulu moves forward or backward in terms of reopening.
Oahu has seen an average of 88 new cases reported daily in the last week.
John Johnson/One Breath Photo While we may not be apocalyptically doomed, we are definitely doomed to change.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat Some say systematic failures to respond to COVID-19 reveal just how challenging it will be to stop climate change, while others see reasons for hope.
Washington State House Republicans Focusing on your car’s carbon impact may be misguided.
Claire Caulfield/Civil Beat Debates within the Nanakuli and Maili community about a possible landfill expansion are heating up.
