Unionized nurses at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women and Children went on a one-day strike Friday as they continue to negotiate a new contract. Patient caseloads are at the center of the contract talks. The nurses want to limit how many patients they're assigned at a time. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.
HPR All Things Considered host Dave Lawrence offers up our third remembrance of recent passings. Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musical pioneer, has died, after months of battling long COVID, at 83 years old. After his death was announced Friday, we examined the 2018 and 2020 interviews with Mendes, and opted to recut a special version of the 2018 interview.