Question: The state gives a six-month extension to file your income taxes, but only if you pay the taxes due by the deadline. I am ball-parking an estimate, but what if I am off? Read more
Question: I got a call about how to pay the funeral expenses of people who died of COVID-19. I get a lot of scam calls, and this sounded like one, but the weird thing is I did have a relative who died of COVID-19, but it was months ago on the mainland and we were not close. Is this a scam? If not, how did they get my number? Read more
Losses so far have affected businesses large and small, old and new. Read more
Question: I got a text from “Hawaii Department of Job & Family Services” to fix my unemployment claim. Is this legit from the state office? Read more
Recent events point to a city losing its way. One of Honolulu’s major responsibilities is policing, but with the former chief of police, Louis Kealoha, starting a seven-year federal prison term June 1 for using his position to frame a relative for a crime the latter didn’t commit was Hawaii’s biggest corruption case. Read more
Question: My husband and I have not yet received a third stimulus check and are concerned ours is lost because it seems as if everyone else has received theirs. For the second payment, ours also seemed to come later than most and was in the form of a debit card which we have not used yet because we don’t go out much during the pandemic. Read more
Seldom has a public agency needed a housecleaning more than the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation. Read more
Question: The official document you get verifying you’ve had both of your COVID-19 vaccine doses is such a valuable document. Is it OK to laminate it to preserve it? Or does the health department not want you to laminate it? Also, in case you lose this document, is there a database to show you’ve been vaccinated? If yes, what are the details about confirming vaccination through the database? Read more
Question: This may not be typical, but I made a lot more money last year than the year before because of overtime. I was never furloughed. Our office is busy. Read more
Shingen closed in Waikiki in November and has reopened in the much more casual location. Read more
Question: Auwe! I went online to make an appointment to talk to unemployment, and it said my appointment will be canceled if I have a “pending issue.” That’s the reason I am trying to make an appointment! What’s going on? Read more
Gone are the days of Mazie Hirono being Senator “Walk On By.” Read more
Question: I am on Social Security. I thought we were supposed to get our stimulus payment without having to do anything. Do you know how long it will take? Read more
It’s infuriating to see federal prosecutors once again having to expose local public corruption that city and state authorities should have been on long ago. Read more
A few weeks ago I wrote about iconic Hawaii museums, auditoriums, schools, centers, athletic facilities and entertainment complexes and the possible locations that were seriously considered for them but not chosen. Read more
Question: Please warn students about a scam that is going around. It’s so devastating, and some kids are falling for it because this is the time they are receiving college and financial aid notifications, so they think they have to respond. Read more
When a CBS TV executive in New York phoned the sports department of the Honolulu Advertiser in the 1970s, he told a clerk, “I’m returning Ferd’s call.” Read more
Question: I know the IRS will increase your refund if you paid income taxes on unemployment (808ne.ws/324kline), but when? I filed my taxes in February and already got my refund and haven’t gotten anything extra. Read more
Question: Will the vacation rental hearing be open to the public? If not, how do we testify or submit testimony? Before COVID-19 this was in the news all the time, but you never hear about it anymore. Read more
In coming weeks, COVID-19 counts permitting, sports competition will resume at public high schools on Oahu and Hawaii island after more than a year’s break, underwritten by a remarkable ground swell of community support. Read more
Who needs business school when the past 12 months have offered a crash course in crisis and creative management, marketing on a shoestring and addressing fluctuating customer concerns and demands? Read more
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