Question: I am one of those who has been “pending” with state UI for months now. If I’m ever approved, will I get the federal benefits too, paid retroactively, even if those programs are done? Read more
Many urge Mayor Kirk Caldwell to start treating Oahu’s driver’s licensing centers and satellite city halls as essential businesses not subject to pandemic shutdowns. Read more
Question: How do gig workers who have mixed W-2 and self-employment receive the $300 boost? My husband is a professional musician. Read more
Question: I didn’t hear the mayor say whether the DMV will stay closed. Will it? I have an appointment to renew my driver’s license on Thursday, the day it was supposed to reopen. If my appointment is canceled, this will be the third time during this pandemic! Read more
Question: I never got the $1,200 stimulus and my friends did. One guy said I didn’t get it because I have a record. Is that right? I was convicted, but I haven’t been in jail for a long time. I’ve worked for the past two years, all minimum-wage stuff. Read more
Question: I was furloughed in March and went through that nightmare of filing for unemployment and it finally worked out. Read more
Question: I have a driver’s license renewal appointment scheduled for Wednesday (Sept. 9). Will the DMV be open that day or will it be closed and my appointment canceled? I have not been able to reach anyone by telephone and the information on the website is unclear. Read more
Question: Is the extra $300 only for people on UI or will we get it on PUA too? Read more
Numerous readers are asking what to do now that appointments at Honolulu County’s driver license centers and satellite city halls have been canceled during Oahu’s second work-from-home, stay-at-home order, which lasts through at least Sept. 9. Read more
Question: Is it true that if we make less than $100 a week on employment we won’t get the extra $300? Read more
Question: If I am in the two-week quarantine because I am a resident having returned from the mainland, can I take the COVID-19 test at one of the surge- testing sites, and if negative, be cleared from my quarantine? Read more
Question: Usually by now you have something about getting permits for Honolulu City Lights. Is that not happening? Read more
Question: Why are no unemployment offices open for in-person visits in Hawaii, even by appointment, and even on the neighbor islands where there are fewer claimants and fewer cases of COVID-19? Read more
Question: I would like clarification on the new restrictions on social gatherings in private residences. Does this mean that grandparents who do not live in the same household as their grandchildren are not allowed to babysit unless it is in a controlled environment, like a restaurant? Additionally, how does it work if separated adults share custody of a child? Is the child not allowed to live with one of the parents? Read more
Question: I am in the difficult situation of seeking long-term care for my elderly mother from off island; I live in Los Angeles and she is in Honolulu. Read more
Question: What is the holdup on the extra money for unemployment? Some states are getting it already! Read more
Question: How does the city pay for the drive-thru COVID-19 testing clinics it supports? Read more
Question: At first there were hardly any masks available and we took what we could get, but now there are a lot more for sale so we have been trying different ones to see what we like. Besides the price, what should we be considering? Read more
Question: I am on Social Security disability. I got my stimulus, but without the $500 for my grandson, who is my legal dependent and under 17, so he should have been eligible. Is there anything I can do at this point? Read more
Question: When will we get the extra $400 a week President Trump promised for unemployment? Read more
Question: Following up on your answer regarding condo pools (808ne.ws/811kline), are private tennis courts at residential condominium buildings also exempt? Read more
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