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 鈥� and the Garden Isle’s relatively low disease infection count 鈥� has won him praise locally and statewide.

The plan to test travelers twice with a six-day quarantine in a designated hotel would apply to returning residents as well.

Two new cases were found in a Kaneohe care home.

Residents are a big problem, too. It’s your job to prevent the spread of the virus, not just the government’s.

UPDATED: State officials maintain they have the resources to test, monitor and trace an increasing number of infection clusters on Oahu.

Other long-term care facilities in Hawaii are ramping up their testing.

Lawmakers are continuing to hear suggestions for how to safely reopen the state to tourists, which remains the state’s chief economic driver.

An adult male resident received a positive test result for COVID-19 on Thursday, according to Kauai health officials.