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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Friday, June 17, 2022 |
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Bribery: Kaneshiro, Mitsunaga Arrested by FBI
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 5775 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... Kaneshiro was on paid leave for two years ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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State Economies with the Most Racial Equality -- Hawaii Ranks 4th
By Selected News Articles @ 11:05 PM :: 1066 Views
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... data compares the difference between white and black Americans in areas such as annual income, unemployment rate and homeownership rate ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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Honolulu Most Diverse Large Metro in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 10:43 PM :: 1317 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii also ranks the highest among U.S. states, with a DI score of 78.4% for millennials ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 1810 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the highest unemployment rate in Hawaii using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022 |
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Hawaii #1 for Catalytic Converter Theft
By Selected News Articles @ 1:55 PM :: 2043 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... Hawaii has averaged 68 catalytic converter thefts per 100,000 registered vehicles in just the first four months of 2022 ....
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Monday, June 13, 2022 |
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Hawaii State Tax Burden: 14.1% of Income -- 3rd Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:09 PM :: 1602 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... State-local taxes paid $8,410 -- 14.1% of income ....
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Bill 45: Rail TOD Giveaway to High Tech Tax Credit Schemers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:30 AM :: 2522 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail, Tax Credits
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... The vague language in the proposal lacks any metrics for measuring success, similar to another business-focused tax credit whose value to the state is dubious ...
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 11, 2022
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 1298 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... votes cast and bills introduced for week ending June 11, 2022 ....
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Oahu and Maui Have Some of the Highest Rents in the Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 AM :: 1655 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... In the Urban Honolulu metro area the median monthly rent price is $1,779 - 62.3% higher than the national average ....
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Saturday, June 11, 2022 |
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Hawaii Per-Capita Pension Liability 4th Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 1764 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii per-capita pension liability $39,939.43 ....
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Thursday, June 9, 2022 |
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Hawaii Gun Industry Among Smallest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 1458 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment
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... 1st place Kentucky has 69x more NCIS background checks per capita than 50th place Hawaii ....
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 |
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When permission is absent--Misrepresentation of Micronesian navigation must be corrected
By Selected News Articles @ 9:48 PM :: 3186 Views :: Hawaii History
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... Cultural appropriation by the Polynesian Voyaging Society is robbing me and my Micronesian brothers of our heritage, history and truthful place in the world ....
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 |
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Racial Equality in Education -- Hawaii Ranks 11th
By Selected News Articles @ 9:08 PM :: 1294 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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... data compares the difference between white and black Americans in areas such as high school and college degrees, test scores and graduation rates ....
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Monday, June 6, 2022 |
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State Economy: Hawaii Ranks 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:47 PM :: 1607 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... 2022’s Best & Worst State Economies ....
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Monday, June 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii Most Dangerous State for COVID-19 Right Now
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 AM :: 1733 Views :: COVID-19
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... On a per capita basis, the Aloha State reported 88.7 average daily cases per 100,000 people, the most of any state ....
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Monday, June 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii Cost of Living Matched by Cost of Dying
By Selected News Articles @ 3:50 AM :: 1799 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... The Cost of Dying: Average cost of funerals, cremations, and medical care ....
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Monday, June 6, 2022 |
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Where it Pays to be a Nurse? -- not Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:43 AM :: 2189 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... the high cost of living makes Hawaii nurses the lowest-salaried nurses in the nation ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 |
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Maui’s Public Nuisance Climate Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 6:58 PM :: 1986 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... Over 1,300 climate lawsuits have been filed in the U.S. None has yet succeeded ....
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Wednesday, June 1, 2022 |
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Where people in Hawaii are moving to most
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 AM :: 2242 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Stacker compiled a list of states where people from Hawaii are moving to the most using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. ...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022 |
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Census Overcount Favored Blue States
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 AM :: 1819 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii Statistics
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... red states effectively lost at least three seats in Congress while blue states effectively gained them ....
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Sunday, May 29, 2022 |
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Report: Federal funding flaw shortchanges Hawaii's school nutrition programs
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 AM :: 1208 Views :: Education K-12
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... The Hawaii State Department of Education is paying tens of millions of dollars to feed Hawaiian school children due to a flaw in the funding method used by the federal government ....
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Thursday, May 26, 2022 |
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Hawaii Highest COVID Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:26 PM :: 1881 Views :: COVID-19
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... 71 new cases per 100,000 people over the last two weeks ....
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Friday, May 20, 2022 |
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Unemployment Bounce Back? Hawaii Ranks 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 7:45 PM :: 1638 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... Recovery from Unemployment (2022 April vs 2020 January) -- Hawaii 51st ....
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Thursday, May 19, 2022 |
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COVID Cut Hawaii Marriage Rate 48%
By Selected News Articles @ 3:37 PM :: 2183 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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... of the 50 states, Hawaii saw the largest decline in marriage rate, dropping from 14.2-per-1,000 residents in 2019 to 7.4 in 2020 ....
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Monday, May 16, 2022 |
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Study: Hawaii has lowest monthly starting salaries
By Selected News Articles @ 5:23 PM :: 1476 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Adjusted for cost of living, first place Tacoma, WA has starting salaries three times higher than Honolulu and Pearl City ....
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Friday, May 13, 2022 |
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Honolulu Rail: $9.9 Billion to Go Nowhere
By Selected News Articles @ 5:45 PM :: 2894 Views :: Rail
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... HART now says it will cost $9.9 billion to not finish its rail project by 2031 ....
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Wednesday, May 11, 2022 |
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Hawaii: Burn Through $1M in 10 Years
By Selected News Articles @ 8:00 PM :: 1931 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... $1 million will last in savings: 10 years, 10 months, 11 days ....
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022 |
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Hawaii highest personal debt compared to income
By Selected News Articles @ 10:24 PM :: 1538 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii’s cost of living is high—93% greater than the national average and the highest in the country in 2021—and personal income on the island state is only slightly higher than the national average ....
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022 |
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COVID-19 infection rates soaring in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:38 PM :: 2573 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... on Oahu 2,107 new cases, +74% change from previous week ....
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022 |
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Who has the most Student Debt? -- 16 Hawaii Towns Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 5:40 PM :: 1587 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... 2022’s Cities with the Most & Least Student Debt ....
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Monday, May 9, 2022 |
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14 'Good Government' Bills Heading to Governor
By Selected News Articles @ 3:42 PM :: 1492 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Common Cause Hawaii 2022 Legislative Wrap-Up ....
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Monday, May 9, 2022 |
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Hawaii 2nd Worst State for Police Officers
By Selected News Articles @ 11:48 AM :: 2302 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Police
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... but it's a great place to be a criminal ....
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Friday, May 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii 2nd Lowest Drug Abuse in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:30 PM :: 1796 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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... Drug Use by State: 2022’s Problem Areas ....
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Friday, May 6, 2022 |
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Did Hawaii Beat the Virus?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:33 AM :: 2385 Views :: Hawaii History, Tourism, COVID-19
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... At great cost, isolation from the world delayed the spread until vaccines and treatments were available ....
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Thursday, May 5, 2022 |
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Hawaii: Highest 1-year Business Failure Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:54 PM :: 1553 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... In the Aloha State, 25.4% of businesses fail in that first year ....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022 |
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Unemployment Bounce Back? Honolulu Ranks 156th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 1608 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... employee base permanently reduced by COVID? ....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022 |
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Hawaii Among Worst States for Working Moms
By Selected News Articles @ 6:07 PM :: 1558 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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... professional opportunities are extremely limited ....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022 |
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Honolulu's new restrictions on short-term rentals take effect in October
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 1833 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Oahu's available vacation rentals have already fallen over 37% since 2019, more than any other island ....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022 |
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Hawaii Residents Are Among the Least Likely to Own Their Homes in the Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 5:53 PM :: 1522 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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... In Hawaii, the homeownership rate stands at 60.3%, 4th lowest in USA ....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022 |
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Top 10 Hawaii Public High Schools Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 5:43 PM :: 1984 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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... from US News and World Report ....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022 |
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Hawaii lawmakers could approve $300 tax rebates this week
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 AM :: 2034 Views :: Tax Credits
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... the total estimated cost of the rebate program will be around $250 million ....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022 |
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Hawaii Most Expensive, but Ranks 24th in Earnings
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 AM :: 1495 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Here’s How Rich Hawaii Residents Are Compared to the Nation ....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022 |
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OHA Trustees Reject Maunakea Bill
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 AM :: 2458 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... an appraisal must be taken to set the commercial value of the lease and to ensure that the lease rent is set to ensure the highest return to the State and to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ....
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Sunday, May 1, 2022 |
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Red Hill fuel cleanup could require more tax dollars than allocated
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 PM :: 2169 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Military
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... More than $1 billion is being poured into the defueling and cleanup efforts connected to the Red Hill fuel storage facility in Hawaii, but one lawmaker said more money is needed ....
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Sunday, May 1, 2022 |
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HB2075: Legislators Ignore Federal Judge to Push Gun Control Agenda
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 1906 Views :: Second Amendment
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... legislators (sneakily) decided (in conference committee, away from the public eye) to go ahead and re-write the law ....
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Thursday, April 28, 2022 |
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HB1434 'Dangerous' -- Eminent Domain Property Seizures
By Selected News Articles @ 8:21 PM :: 2725 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture, Land Use
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... It’s one of the best-kept secrets this session ....
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Wednesday, April 27, 2022 |
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Laughed out of Hawaii, Kahele Slinks Back to Washington, DC
By Selected News Articles @ 6:01 AM :: 3987 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... Asked Tuesday if he intends to still work for Hawaiian Airlines while in Congress, "Yeah, absolutely" ....
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Friday, April 22, 2022 |
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Economic report ranks Hawaii in bottom 10
By Selected News Articles @ 5:13 PM :: 1535 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... over 83,000 people have moved away from Hawaii between 2011 and 2020 ....
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Thursday, April 21, 2022 |
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How Much Food Costs in Hawaii, Compared to the Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 2:35 PM :: 2592 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... In Hawaii, a family of four can expect to spend an average of $14,042 on food in 2022, the highest amount among states ....
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022 |
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Ethics Complaint Nails Kahele
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 2245 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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... Kahele is cosponsoring legislation and taking action as a committee member that directly affects his outside employer, which is further evidenced by Hawaiian Airlines lobbying on the bills Kahele cosponsored ....
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