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Tuesday, August 27, 2019 |
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Batteries: Hawaii Ratepayers Give the Most to Elon Musk
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 4534 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... Elon Musk needs money. That's why he is a billionaire and its why you are paying higher electric rates ....
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Thursday, August 22, 2019 |
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Hawaii Millionaire Will Go Broke Faster Than Any Other State
By Selected News Articles @ 3:44 AM :: 4228 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...If you retire with $1 million in Hawaii, you’ll have less than a dozen years to ride out your savings....
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019 |
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For Hawaii, Cost of Dying is Like Cost of Living
By Selected News Articles @ 11:40 PM :: 5526 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Death in Hawaii is by far the priciest among all the states....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019 |
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Hawaii: $100 Worth Only $84
By Tax Foundation @ 6:50 PM :: 4679 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... $100 is effectively worth the least in Hawaii ($84.39) ....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019 |
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Hawaii 3rd-Lowest Percentage of Kids in PreSchool
By Selected News Articles @ 6:31 PM :: 6201 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii Child Care Costs More than College Tuition....
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Saturday, July 27, 2019 |
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Hawaii Consumers Deepest in Debt--Not Counting Mortgages
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 4075 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii is No. 1 in the country when it comes to residents whose consumer debt, not including mortgages, outweighs their yearly salary....
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Sunday, July 21, 2019 |
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Canada to ship containerized LNG to China instead of Hawaii
By Michael Hansen @ 4:16 AM :: 6090 Views :: Energy, Jones Act, Cost of Living
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...The HECO LNG plans were abandoned after their proposed merger with NextEra Energy, Inc. was disapproved by the Hawaii State Public Utilities Commission....
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Saturday, July 13, 2019 |
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Honolulu Among Worst Cities for First-Time Home Buyers
By Selected News Articles @ 4:57 AM :: 4450 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...WalletHub compared 300 cities of varying sizes across 27 key indicators of market attractiveness, affordability and quality of life....
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Saturday, July 13, 2019 |
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Hawaii--3rd Lowest Student Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 4:43 AM :: 4137 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Cost of Living
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...Student Debt as % of Income, Adjusted for Cost of Living (3rd-lowest)....
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Friday, July 12, 2019 |
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CNBC America's Top States for Business -- Hawaii 49th
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 4845 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...To rank CNBC's 2019 America's Top States for Business, we put all 50 states through a rigorous test and graded them based on more than 60 measures of competitiveness in 10 broad categories....
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Friday, July 12, 2019 |
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Updating Old Jones Act Cost Estimates
By Michael Hansen @ 3:18 AM :: 4399 Views :: Jones Act, Cost of Living
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...The Hawaii Shippers’ Council (HSC) recently reviewed its 1997 estimates of the cost of the Jones Act on Hawaii....
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Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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Solar Variance Trick Makes Housing Even More Un-affordable in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 11:04 PM :: 7312 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Development, Cost of Living
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...a dirty legislative trick from 2008 has--eleven years later--effectively outlawed new installation of tankless on-demand gas water heaters....
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Friday, July 5, 2019 |
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Harvard: High Housing Costs Caused by 'Regulatory Constraints on Development'
By News Release @ 12:53 PM :: 3997 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...“These constraints, largely imposed at the local level, raise costs and limit the number of homes that can be built in places where demand is highest.”....
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Friday, July 5, 2019 |
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Energy: Hawaii has Highest Prices, Lowest Consumption
By Selected News Articles @ 2:14 AM :: 5342 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...despite the nation's lowest electricity consumption, chart-topping rates give Hawaii the 10th highest electric bills....
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Saturday, June 29, 2019 |
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Housing and the Hendersons
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:38 AM :: 5467 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...It is universally acknowledged that Hawaii residents need more homes. So why is it so hard to build them?....
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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VIDEO: Why People are Leaving Hawai'i
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:20 AM :: 5955 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii residents have been moving away from the islands in droves in recent years; in fiscal 2017, more than 13,000 people departed — the highest negative net migration ever....
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Saturday, June 22, 2019 |
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Honolulu Workers Need $39.75 Per Hour To Rent A 2-BR
By News Release @ 4:26 AM :: 4117 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Out of Reach documents the significant gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing....
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Saturday, June 22, 2019 |
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The average Hawaii household forks over more than $10,000 a year for food
By News Release @ 4:06 AM :: 3900 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Honolulu residents spend the 2nd-most for food, 3rd-most as a percentage of income....
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Saturday, June 15, 2019 |
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Hawaii Mortgage Debt--2nd Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:28 AM :: 3386 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...and Hawaii has the 4th-lowest home ownership rate in USA....
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Thursday, June 6, 2019 |
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Final Report: Utility Ownership and Regulatory Models for Hawaii
By News Release @ 7:30 PM :: 4330 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...Study concludes that ratepayers are being gouged to the greatest possible degree and no other system could gouge us more effectively without us noticing....
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Wednesday, June 5, 2019 |
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Panos: Some Ways To Stop The Exodus To The Mainland
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 4:02 AM :: 4957 Views :: Economy, Cost of Living
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...For decades now, the young ones have heard this message loud and clear....
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Friday, May 31, 2019 |
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Hawaii US Dollar Worth Only 84 Cents
By Selected News Articles @ 8:40 PM :: 4239 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...in Hawaii the dollar has less buying power than in any other state....
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Friday, May 31, 2019 |
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Why people are leaving ‘paradise’
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:50 PM :: 5367 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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...the population of urban Honolulu declined in 2018 for the second year in a row....
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 |
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UH Regents Vote to Freeze Tuition
By News Release @ 11:41 PM :: 5235 Views :: Higher Education, Cost of Living
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...the proposed schedule also includes decreases in resident and non-resident graduate school tuition rates that will increase the university’s competitiveness in attracting graduate students....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019 |
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Honolulu: Lowest Starting Salaries in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:07 PM :: 4454 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Honolulu and Pearl City tie with Juneau, AK as the cities with the lowest average starting salaries when adjusted for cost of living....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019 |
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Best States for New College Grads--Hawaii 49th
By Selected News Articles @ 4:16 AM :: 5065 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Cost of Living
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"...Years needed to afford down payment: 25.68...."
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Friday, April 26, 2019 |
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More studies show Jones Act harmful to Puerto Rico
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:54 AM :: 5220 Views :: Jones Act, Cost of Living
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...the Jones Act equals a 7.2 percent tax on food and beverages, or about $367 million extra for island residents....
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Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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City adopts new affordable housing rules
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 6064 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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...The rules took effect on March 31 and implement the affordable housing requirements in Ordinance 18-10 and other approvals issued by the city....
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Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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Want higher wages? Try economic freedom
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:24 PM :: 6770 Views :: Economy, Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii policymakers cannot mandate people into prosperity....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019 |
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Hawaii Swamped by Carbon Dioxide Tax Bills
By Selected News Articles @ 6:23 PM :: 7041 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Multiple carbon-dioxide tax bills are under consideration in the current session of the Hawaii State Legislature....
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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Relax Maui zoning to allow more urban dwellings
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:28 AM :: 6622 Views :: Maui County, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...For many Maui families, purchasing a home is a pipe dream. However, there may be an opportunity for them to realize that dream, if county residents would be open to reforming local housing regulations....
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Thursday, April 4, 2019 |
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Do You Think Like an Islander?
By Video @ 5:00 AM :: 3492 Views :: Cost of Living
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...Is There A Way Of Living In Hawai'i Without All The Problems?....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 |
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Is Leasehold Housing Built on Government Land a Solution to Unaffordable Housing in Honolulu?
By UHERO @ 4:50 AM :: 6420 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...the State (in 1967) and the City and County of Honolulu (in 2004) passed legislation designed to dismantle leasehold housing on private lands....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 |
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Hawaii County has Least Expensive Housing in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 AM :: 5237 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Editor's Note: The Big Island is different because the subdivisions in Puna and Kau change the supply-demand equation.
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Sunday, March 31, 2019 |
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Trump Tax Cut Lowers Electric Bills--HECO Gave Back the Least
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 PM :: 5345 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Utility bills have dropped ranging from less than a dollar a month for the average residential customer in Hawaii to about $14 for the same group in Florida....
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Thursday, March 28, 2019 |
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First phase of grid modernization plan approved--Ratepayers Soaked to Funnel More Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 4638 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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“Would you accept a rate increase to modernize the grid? How much of an increase? What about a 5%, 10%, 15% increase to your current bill?”
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Monday, March 25, 2019 |
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Hilo Has the Highest Food Prices in America
By Selected News Articles @ 10:40 PM :: 8538 Views :: Energy, Jones Act, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...As much as a third of the food waste in Hawaii is due to food that has gone bad before it reaches the consumer....
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Monday, March 25, 2019 |
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The hypocrisy of minimum-wage laws
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:45 PM :: 5662 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...it is never enough....
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Friday, March 22, 2019 |
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Hawaii PUC approves special rates for Al Gore's electric buses
By News Release @ 3:32 AM :: 5989 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Cost of Living
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... it is expected at least 130 electric buses will be added to fleets during the course of the pilot, including tour buses, school buses and public transit systems like TheBus on Oahu....
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019 |
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Buying a House? Need Money? Honolulu can help
By News Release @ 5:36 AM :: 4463 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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...Interest-free home down payment loans now available....
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Sunday, March 10, 2019 |
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GET increase will add to Hawaii’s high cost of living
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:34 PM :: 5482 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...The Hawaii Legislature is considering a bill to add 0.5 percent to the 4 percent state general excise tax....
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Saturday, March 9, 2019 |
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DPP: Shortage of New Affordable Housing Triples
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 5619 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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...The share of low-income households experiencing severe housing cost burden continues to increase....
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Friday, March 1, 2019 |
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New report urges 'building out' to ease housing crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:49 PM :: 5080 Views :: Land Use, Cost of Living
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...Grassroot Scholar Randal O'Toole faults artificial land scarcity for high Hawaii home prices....
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Friday, March 1, 2019 |
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Honolulu Rents 12th Highest in USA
By News Release @ 4:14 AM :: 5467 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Zumper National Rent Report: March 2019....
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Thursday, February 28, 2019 |
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Mortgage debt-to-income ratio crushing in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:55 AM :: 4599 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...14 Hawaii communities compared -- Hilo is the most affordable, Kailua the least....
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019 |
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Housing Instability and Crowding a Hardship for Hawaii Babies
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 6545 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii ranks among top half of all states for babies, according to a first-of-its kind report. The State of Babies Yearbook: 2019....
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Sunday, February 24, 2019 |
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Individual Development Accounts, Version 2.0
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3705 Views :: Cost of Living
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...If an eligible person deposits money into the account, a sponsor such as a government agency matches the deposit....
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Friday, February 22, 2019 |
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UH: Tuition Hikes Set for Next Year After Regents Reject Freeze
By News Release @ 7:33 PM :: 7665 Views :: Higher Education, Cost of Living
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...The tuition schedule for the 2019–20 academic year at the University of Hawaiʻi’s 10 campuses will remain as previously approved ....
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