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State Officials Are Overusing Privacy Excuse To Withhold COVID-19 Data Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

State Officials Are Overusing Privacy Excuse To Withhold COVID-19 Data

A powerful federal law shields lots of health information from the public’s view, but there are some exceptions.

Hawaii And Maui Counties May Be Reaching A Virus ‘Tipping Point’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaii And Maui Counties May Be Reaching A Virus ‘Tipping Point’

Test positivity rates have been climbing steadily in recent weeks, as Oahu’s had before there was a sudden surge in late July.

The Public Wanted More COVID-19 Data. What DOH Delivered ‘Misses The Point’ Screenshot

The Public Wanted More COVID-19 Data. What DOH Delivered ‘Misses The Point’

New data released this week from the health department is mostly repackaged information already available on the state dashboard.

Trying To Make Sense Of COVID-19 Data? Here’s Some Help

Trying To Make Sense Of COVID-19 Data? Here’s Some Help

Experts talked to Civil Beat about how to make sense of available data during a recent Hawaii Variable event.

COVID-19 Data Shows Hawaii Is In A ‘Very Dire Situation’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

COVID-19 Data Shows Hawaii Is In A ‘Very Dire Situation’

Despite a troubling rise in the number of cases, the public does not seem to have an appropriate sense of urgency, an epidemic tracking expert says.

How Bad Is Hawaii At Social Distancing? Here’s What The Data Shows Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

How Bad Is Hawaii At Social Distancing? Here’s What The Data Shows

Mobility data gives us a clearer picture of just how much people have been moving around during the pandemic.

Why Does Hawaii Have Such Low Voter Turnout? Here’s What The Data Says Ku驶u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2020

Why Does Hawaii Have Such Low Voter Turnout? Here’s What The Data Says

Despite the pandemic, this could be the year that election participation starts to improve.

Report: Hawaii Isn鈥檛 Collecting And Sharing Enough Data On COVID-19 Screenshot-State of Hawaii

Report: Hawaii Isn鈥檛 Collecting And Sharing Enough Data On COVID-19

A recent study found that COVID-19 data tracking in the U.S. is incomplete and inaccessible. Hawaii is no exception.

UH Releases Pay Levels For Hundreds Of Graduate Assistants, Lecturers Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

UH Releases Pay Levels For Hundreds Of Graduate Assistants, Lecturers

Most of them are at the Manoa campus, working up to 20 hours per week and also receiving tuition waivers.

Honolulu City Officials Have Received Big Pay Raises In The Past Year Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Honolulu City Officials Have Received Big Pay Raises In The Past Year

Civil Beat fills out its salary database with thousands of City and County of Honolulu workers, including those caught up in a federal probe.