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Hawaii governor sees all in-person public schools by fall April 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HILO, Hawaii (AP) Hawaii Gov. David Ige has said he anticipates that public schools will fully reopen for in-person instruction in the fall. The coronavirus pandemic has forced the state s schools primarily online, but that most have enacted hybrid instruction models mixing in-person learning with virtual methods, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Wednesday. Ige said in an interview that the goal is to return kids to school in-person full-time and that he is confident the state will be able to enact the initiative smoothly. An agreement between the state s schools, public health officials and teacher unions had pushed public schools to bring more students back to campus last month under coronavirus prevention guidelines. ....
Hawaii Tourism Authority bill advances to full Senate April 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HILO, Hawaii (AP) Two state Senate committees have voted to advance a House bill that would reconfigure how the aerospace industry is managed in Hawaii with amendments that some argue limit the duties and resources of the Hawaii Tourism Authority. The bill was originally aimed at eliminating the office of aerospace development, the aerospace advisory committee and the state unmanned aerial systems test site advisory board. It also would transfer administration for other programs to the University of Hilo at Hilo and the state Department of Education. However, the bill was amended earlier this week to cut back the Hawaii Tourism Authority s ability to conduct activities other than marketing and promotion, removing its authority to develop policies and form advisory boards and limiting the amount of funding it could draw from the Tourism Emergency Special Fund. ....