- Hawaiʻi Island Mayor Mitch Roth, Maui County Mayor Mike Victorino, and Kauaʻi Mayor Derek Kawakami express their thoughts on the state collecting hotel room tax for their counties | Full Article
- Civil Beat reporter Suevon Lee discusses another side effect of the pandemic impacting students — a school bus driver shortage in today's Reality Check | Full Article
- Jason Dela Cruz, Hawaiʻi County's health district officer for the Department of Health, talks about potential additional restrictions on the Big Island and the approval of the Pfizer vaccine | Full Article
- HPR reporter Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi gives a debrief on increasing COVID cases on Hawaiʻi Island
- Dr. Lorrin Pang, head of the Department of Health's Maui County health district, discusses the Delta variant and his participation in the Pono Coalition for Informed Consent | Full Article
- We learn more about the songs of two different Hawaiʻi cardinals in our weekly series, Manu Minute
The Conversation: Mayors on Hotel Room Tax Collection; COVID Updates From Hawaiʻi Island and Maui Health Officials
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