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Monday, July 24, 2023 |
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Case Introduces Measure To Ban Discriminatory Treatment And Pricing Of Shipping Of Goods To U.S. Locations Outside Of Continent
By Ed Case @ 8:01 PM :: 2552 Views :: Jones Act, Cost of Living
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... private shipping companies cannot exclude shipments to Hawai’i and other non-contiguous parts of country and cannot charge inflated costs ....
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023 |
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Can Hawaii residents afford 100% renewable energy?
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:33 PM :: 1785 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... Hawaiian Electric Co. recently released its integrated grid plan, which put the cost of interconnecting the state’s planned renewable energy plants at around $9 billion — and that doesn’t include the cost to build the plants themselves ....
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Sunday, July 9, 2023 |
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The Budget Is Signed
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1696 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... At the ceremony, the Governor made clear that tax relief, especially for ALICE (asset-limited, income-constrained, employed) families, is still on the table. There will be a Phase 2, he said, apparently targeting the 2024 legislative session ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Need $60K to Pay Your Mortgage?
By News Release @ 5:02 AM :: 1726 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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... Since the program’s inception in 2021, service providers from the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and Hawaiʻi Community Lending have been serving homeowners with the greatest needs ....
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Wednesday, July 5, 2023 |
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Green hopes housing will alleviate teacher shortage
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 1561 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Cost of Living
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... Senate Bill 941 allows the School Facilities Authority to join with public and private agencies in developing off or on-campus housing for teachers and other staff ....
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Sunday, July 2, 2023 |
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Regulations make housing prices unsustainable
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:09 PM :: 1885 Views :: Development, Hawaii History, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... why have prices spiked over the past half-century? ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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UHERO: Housing Even More Expensive Than Reported
By News Release @ 6:39 PM :: 1399 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... UHERO released the first edition of an annual report on the state of housing called “The Hawaiʻi Housing Factbook” ....
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023 |
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Hawaii 4th-Highest Beer Taxes in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 11:59 PM :: 2218 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... all the different layers of taxation on production and distribution make up about 40 percent of the retail price for beer ....
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023 |
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About that so-called Vienna housing model
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:00 PM :: 2275 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... some Hawaii lawmakers have been looking at the so-called Vienna model of housing as a way to help resolve Hawaii's housing crisis ....
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Saturday, June 24, 2023 |
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HiDOT Jacks up Airport Parking Fees in Effort to Price You Out
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 2305 Views :: Tourism, Cost of Living
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... the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation expects the additional benefit of reduced demand for overnight and multiple-day parking ....
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Thursday, June 22, 2023 |
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Green Pours Millions into Housing
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 PM :: 2162 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... "We are working with our colleagues, possibly in the next couple of weeks, you will see this housing declaration of emergency, similarly to address some of the bottlenecks on housing," Green said. ....
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Monday, June 19, 2023 |
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Hawaii most expensive state to live in
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 PM :: 2413 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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"... living in Hawaii would require an annual income of at least $80,000 to $100,000 for a single person and around $125,000 to $150,000 for a family ....”
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Monday, June 19, 2023 |
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Honolulu Credit Card Debt Soars
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 2216 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Honolulu average household credit card debt is $14,927, up by $2,498 ....
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Monday, June 19, 2023 |
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Honolulu Rent Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 PM :: 2271 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... #1 Highest Avg Rent in USA: Urban Honolulu, HI $2,514/mo ....
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Sunday, June 11, 2023 |
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Taxes and Cost of Living: Focus Shifts to County Councils
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:57 PM :: 1879 Views :: Development, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... lawmaking continues at the county level ....
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Sunday, June 11, 2023 |
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Want more housing? Why not just cut the red tape?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:50 PM :: 1888 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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... address the structural problems in the housing market, namely the strict regulatory environment ....
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Sunday, June 11, 2023 |
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New video tells what the story of Iam Tongi says about Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:13 PM :: 2687 Views :: Cost of Living
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... you shouldn't have to be an "American Idol" winner to be priced back into Hawaii ....
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Saturday, June 10, 2023 |
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Hawaii highest household debt to income ratio
By Selected News Articles @ 9:12 PM :: 1586 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii has the highest debt-to-income ratio of any state at 2.26 ....
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Saturday, June 10, 2023 |
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The Real Value of $100 in Hawaii -- $86.80
By Selected News Articles @ 8:58 PM :: 1986 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... you’ll get a lot more for your money in Mississippi than in Hawaii ....
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Friday, June 2, 2023 |
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Hawaii Highest Electric Rates in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:01 AM :: 2467 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii clocked in as the most expensive state for electricity, with a 44 cents per kilowatt-hour cost ....
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Friday, June 2, 2023 |
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Hawaii Job Satisfaction 3rd Lowest in USA
By News Release @ 3:39 AM :: 1980 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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... Three Lowest States: Arkansas (2.1), Mississippi (2.3), Hawaii (2.5) ....
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Wednesday, May 31, 2023 |
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Owning a firearm in Hawaii is about to get more expensive
By Selected News Articles @ 4:01 AM :: 2394 Views :: Second Amendment, Cost of Living
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... Recently, state legislators proposed a bill that, if passed, would increase the costs associated with obtaining and carrying a firearm for self-defense ....
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Sunday, May 28, 2023 |
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GET on Health Care
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2226 Views :: Health Care, Military, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... One of the bills in this past legislative session that fell to the cutting room floor when it probably shouldn’t have was Senate Bill 1035, which would have exempted medical services provided by health care providers if the services were paid for by Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE ....
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Friday, May 26, 2023 |
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Simpsons in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:49 PM :: 3364 Views :: Cost of Living
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... the Simpsons try to buy a house in Hawaii ....
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Friday, May 26, 2023 |
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Honolulu Among Least Affordable Cities for Home Buyers
By Selected News Articles @ 10:11 PM :: 1892 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Honolulu ranks 280th of 300 overall and 62nd of 68 among large cities ....
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023 |
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'Renewable' Gravy Train End of Line: After Decades, HECO Dumps 'Avoided Cost' Contracts
By News Release @ 12:19 PM :: 2197 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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... The four original contracts were negotiated in the 1990s and 2000s ... a typical residential customer using 500 kilowatts could see savings ranging from $9 to $13 per month ....
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Monday, May 22, 2023 |
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Hawaii Residents Furthest Behind on Retirement Savings
By Selected News Articles @ 4:17 PM :: 1987 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii’s ideal savings benchmark is $1,813,768. But the average retirement fund there contains just $366,776. That’s 80% off the mark ....
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
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HECO Admits De-carbonization Means Rate Hikes
By News Release @ 2:37 AM :: 1857 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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"...Hawaiian Electric’s modeling shows that...energy rates may rise in the near-term transition to clean energy...."
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Monday, May 15, 2023 |
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Honolulu Lowest Starting Salaries in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:45 PM :: 2104 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... 2023’s Best & Worst Places to Start a Career ....
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Monday, May 15, 2023 |
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Got $1.5M? You Can Retire in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 AM :: 2161 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii residents can reasonably expect to spend, on average, $1,501,762 over the course of their retirement starting at age 65, the highest amount of all states ....
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Thursday, May 11, 2023 |
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ALICE Hawaii: $104,052 is 'Household Survival Budget'
By News Release @ 3:00 AM :: 2314 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... $104,052 Household Survival Budget drops to $85,812 when CTC (Child Tax Credit) and CDCTC (Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit) are applied ....
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 |
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DOD Implements New Overseas Cost-of-Living Allowance Adjustment Process
By News Release @ 4:19 PM :: 2076 Views :: Military, Cost of Living
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... Many of the locations that we will see initially will be in areas such as Hawaii, Guam, Japan and other locations in the [U.S. Indo-Pacific Command] theater ....
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023 |
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Worst State for Nurses -- Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 8:00 PM :: 2227 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Annual Nursing Salary When Adjusted for Cost of Living ....
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023 |
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Honolulu: Where You Can Earn Six Figures and Still Be Broke
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 2082 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... in Honolulu, spending on the basics is $865 higher than the monthly income for a family of three that earns $100,000 annually ....
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Monday, April 24, 2023 |
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UHERO: Effect of Eliminating all Short-term vacation rentals?
By UHERO @ 5:30 PM :: 2758 Views :: Tourism, Cost of Living
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... In Waikiki, Lahaina, and Kihei, 10,000s of hotel condo units were built as STRs in the 1980s and 1990s long before anybody ever heard of AirBnB and long before the recent housing inflation. 'Removing all STRs' would include stripping these units of their rights. You are not supposed to notice this fatuous little trick, but now you have ....
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Sunday, April 23, 2023 |
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Wanna know why homebuilders in Hawaii prefer to build mansions?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:22 PM :: 2812 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... homebuilders say multi-unit projects could be more profitable, but there are just too many rules, regulations and delays to make it worth the effort ....
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023 |
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How Much Home You Can Buy for $200K in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:56 AM :: 2605 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... 300 square feet, smallest in USA ....
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023 |
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Fixing Hawaii’s Transportation System; A Dose of the Private Sector Would Help
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:09 AM :: 2299 Views :: Jones Act, Rail, Cost of Living
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... how Hawai'i can reduce the costs and the improve service quality of its various mass transportation systems ....
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Saturday, April 8, 2023 |
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Hawaii Average Monthly Utility Cost $611.87
By Selected News Articles @ 8:49 PM :: 3797 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii has the highest electricity price, nearly triple the US average rate, and the state relies on imported petroleum for 60% of its electricity generation ....
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Saturday, April 8, 2023 |
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In Honolulu $100K only worth $36,026
By Selected News Articles @ 6:26 PM :: 2821 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... In Honolulu, $100K amounts to just $36,036 when you consider taxes and the cost of living ....
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Saturday, April 8, 2023 |
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Counties must prioritize property tax relief
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:08 PM :: 1586 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... No one likes the idea of our county governments profiting from Hawaii’s high cost of living. But that’s what is going to happen soon unless we engineer some property tax relief ....
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Saturday, April 8, 2023 |
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Is there relief for rising property taxes on Oahu?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:53 AM :: 2510 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... Akina said Hawaii home prices are sky-high because of the scarcity of housing caused by “all the regulation … that developers and individual home builders have to go through in order to renovate or in order to build.” ....
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Thursday, April 6, 2023 |
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Hawaii Minimum salary needed to be happy: $195,300
By Selected News Articles @ 6:04 AM :: 2373 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... but you can settle for emotional well-being at $111,600 ....
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023 |
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Rate Hikes Coming: Hawaiian Electric seeks public comment on draft ‘Integrated Grid Plan: A pathway to a clean energy future’
By News Release @ 4:42 AM :: 2222 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... Your rates will be going up to pay for the infrastructure we need to make irregular and erratic wind and solar electricity less damaging to our grid ....
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Monday, April 3, 2023 |
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Priced Out: Millennials Buying Cheapest Homes in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 10:36 PM :: 2306 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... In most US metro areas, millennials are buying homes at prices above the general market. But in Honolulu millennials are buying homes 4.2% below the market average. This is the biggest downside gap in any of the 56 large metros studied ....
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Sunday, April 2, 2023 |
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Is there life after Downtown Walmart?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:47 PM :: 2161 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... adaptive reuse ....
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Friday, March 31, 2023 |
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2017 cesspool law creating a mess for Hawaii property owners
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:39 PM :: 2227 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... the state’s mandate to eliminate cesspools is too costly for homeowners ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Update Hawaii licensing laws to attract more doctors
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:05 AM :: 1903 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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... medical professionals have found Hawaii to be an increasingly uninviting place to practice ....
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