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The Conversation: New Semester Kicks Off at UH Mānoa Amid COVID Surge; Unemployment Office Stays Remote

Published August 23, 2021 at 1:06 PM HST

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Michael Bruno, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa provost, joins us as students prepare for their first day of classes | Full Article
Director Anne Perreira-Eustaquio discusses the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' decision to delay in-person meetings for unemployment claims | Full Segment
Civil Beat reporter Blaze Lovell walks us through the state's unusual consequences for Hawaiʻi lawmakers who disobey the vaccine mandate | Full Article
and HPR's Casey Harlow looks at how businesses are handling vaccine mandates for both employees and customers | Full Article

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Catherine Cruz is the Host of The Conversation and a member of HPR’s news team. She has been a television reporter in Hawai‘i since 1983 and has won a number of awards and respect from a statewide audience. She spent more than thirty years at KITV, covering beats from government to education and health. Originally from Guam, Cruz is also a co-founder and former Board member and programming chair of Pacific Islanders in Communication (PIC). Catherine is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.

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