A new study says a similar approach could save the state money by providing a place where the homeless, the mentally ill and others can get help without going to the ER.

The military declines to say how many Hawaii-based troops have been infected, but it has put restrictions on both daily operations and training efforts.

The money will fund state response to public health threats such as infectious diseases, natural disasters and biological, chemical, nuclear and radiological events.

The Hawaii attorney general’s office says the development is a small victory in the case.

The string of cases related to Oahu’s largest nursing facility totals 16.

Gov. David Ige said officials expect to see a rise in virus cases, but Hawaii hospitals are equipped with the capacity to handle new infections.

The U.S. Justice Department is supporting several Hawaii homeowners who want the trans-Pacific quarantine lifted.

A DOT spokesman says the pilot program isn’t technology from “spy movies,” but a civil rights group argues it is mass surveillance.

Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami’s decisive handling of the COVID-19 pandemic — and the Garden Isle’s relatively low disease infection count — has won him praise locally and statewide.