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Hip-Hop And Hindi Fill This Second Grader’s Distance Learning Days Courtesy: Andrea Malji

Hip-Hop And Hindi Fill This Second Grader’s Distance Learning Days

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced parents to figure out how to turn their homes into classrooms.

Lee Cataluna: Don’t Blame Politics For Management’s Failure At The Hilo Veterans Home Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Lee Cataluna: Don’t Blame Politics For Management’s Failure At The Hilo Veterans Home

Most of the facility’s 89 residents got sick and 26 have died. Politicians got involved and things got done.

Chad Blair: Why Politics In Hawaii May Never Be The Same Again Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Chad Blair: Why Politics In Hawaii May Never Be The Same Again

Voters will demand competent leaders that talk straight and act decisively, while revenue losses will force unenviable budgetary decisions.

VIRUS TRACKER — Sept. 26: 127 New COVID-19 Cases And 4 Deaths In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

VIRUS TRACKER — Sept. 26: 127 New COVID-19 Cases And 4 Deaths In Hawaii

The Department of Health’s dashboard shows there are 1,761 active cases of COVID-19 in Hawaii and that it’s trending downward.

Avalon Health Care Will No Longer Manage Hawaii Veterans Home Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Avalon Health Care Will No Longer Manage Hawaii Veterans Home

After 26 deaths, the Utah-based company agreed to transfer control of the troubled Hilo facility to the state.

Airlines Are Racing To Offer COVID-19 Testing To Hawaii-Bound Passengers Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Airlines Are Racing To Offer COVID-19 Testing To Hawaii-Bound Passengers

United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines both plan to offer coronavirus tests to passengers on select routes, but the state says it won’t accept at least one of the options from United.

Eric Stinton: COVID-19 Gives Us A Chance To Change How We Teach. Let’s Not Waste It Getty Images/iStockphoto

Eric Stinton: COVID-19 Gives Us A Chance To Change How We Teach. Let’s Not Waste It

Teachers need to be freed up from administrative tasks so they can spend more time actually teaching.

Schatz Seeks Details On Ventilation In Classrooms Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Schatz Seeks Details On Ventilation In Classrooms

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz told private and public school leaders that proper circulation and ventilation in the schools is critical to prevent COVID-19 spread.

Panel: We Need Solid Data To Predict Hawaii’s Economic Future Screenshot/2020

Panel: We Need Solid Data To Predict Hawaii’s Economic Future

Economists say it’s tough to help decision-makers guide economic recovery without consistent information from government and other sources.