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Honolulu Offers Grants Up To $10,000 To Small Businesses Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Honolulu Offers Grants Up To $10,000 To Small Businesses

Oahu is using part of its $387 million from the feds to help hard-hit commercial operations.

Only 1 New COVID-19 Case Reported In Hawaii Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020

Only 1 New COVID-19 Case Reported In Hawaii

There are no active COVID-19 cases left on Kauai or the Big Island, meaning those who tested positive are no longer considered to have the virus.

Denby Fawcett: When Tourism Returns To Hawaii, It Should Be Smarter Courtesy: Rex Von Arnswaldt

Denby Fawcett: When Tourism Returns To Hawaii, It Should Be Smarter

We can use technology to encourage visitors to avoid crowded sites, charge for driving in heavy traffic and entice big spenders.

Hawaii’s Struggling Farms Want The State To Become A Bigger Customer Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaii’s Struggling Farms Want The State To Become A Bigger Customer

With local farmers reeling from a drop in demand from hotels and restaurants, advocates hope schools, prisons and hospitals will buy more local produce.

Native Hawaiians Eligible For Rental Assistance During COVID-19 Crisis Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Native Hawaiians Eligible For Rental Assistance During COVID-19 Crisis

Applicants must be on the Department of Hawaiian Homelands waitlist for housing lots.

Back In Session: Hawaii Lawmakers Grapple With A Billion-Dollar Budget Hole Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Back In Session: Hawaii Lawmakers Grapple With A Billion-Dollar Budget Hole

Gov. David Ige is not on board with much of the Legislature’s fiscal plan including how to spend federal bailout money and public worker pay cuts.

2 New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed In Hawaii Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020

2 New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed In Hawaii

The state has confirmed 634 COVID-19 cases since the first case of the virus was reported in early March. About 13% of those people have been hospitalized.

Danny De Gracia: Let’s Keep The Pandemic’s Positive Changes Claire Caulfield/Civil Beat/2020

Danny De Gracia: Let’s Keep The Pandemic’s Positive Changes

Teleworking, exercise, home crafts: these changes will make life better.

Hawaii Missed An Opportunity To Fix Its Benefits System Before COVID-19 Struck Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaii Missed An Opportunity To Fix Its Benefits System Before COVID-19 Struck

A proposal following the Great Recession to build a single benefits portal for multiple agencies “died on the vine.” Many believe it would have helped alleviate the current crisis.

These Retired Hawaii Doctors And Nurses Work Behind The Scenes Battling COVID-19 Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

These Retired Hawaii Doctors And Nurses Work Behind The Scenes Battling COVID-19

The Hawaii Medical Reserve Corps has 1,370 volunteers taking on a number of tasks during the pandemic.