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Many patients known as long-haulers have lost jobs or been forced by fatigue and sickness to work greatly reduced hours.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz predicts it will prevent layoffs and furloughs, and have a major impact on the state economy.

Meanwhile, another case of the U.K. variant was confirmed in an Oahu resident who had traveled to Las Vegas.

Cases at the correctional center are rising and the state health department has identified the situation as a cluster.

The rest of the state remains in phase 1b allowing only medical workers, people 75 and older and those who work in critical industries to get the shots.

Senators moved to raise income taxes on high earners, and the House passed capital gains and inheritance tax increases.

It’s essential to helping Hawaii’s economy grow at a critical turning point in the pandemic.

The state’s largest private employer has said it will delay plans for a large lay off, even as changes to Hawaii’s travel policy remain in limbo.

The first shipments of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine have arrived, and state health officials are moving faster than planned to include more people.

Of all the business casualties due to the pandemic, the demise of the 169-year-old company hits hard.