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Entries for 'UHERO'
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 |
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UHERO: Should the Counties Get a Share of the Transient Accommodation Tax?
By UHERO @ 11:05 PM :: 2649 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism
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... The Legislature’s decision to strip the county’s share of TAT revenues is certainly a stark change from just a few years ago ....
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Thursday, April 29, 2021 |
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How Bad? Labor Underutilization in Hawaii During the Pandemic
By UHERO @ 4:55 AM :: 2466 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii led the nation with the highest percentage of its civilian labor force unemployed for 15 weeks or longer 5.3% ....
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Sunday, April 18, 2021 |
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COVID-19 infections, vaccines, and economic recovery
By UHERO @ 3:25 AM :: 3605 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... As business activity contracted, the state quickly shed more than 150,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate jumped from 2% to 22% ....
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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Mobility Data Shows Fewer Residents Staying at Home
By UHERO @ 10:21 PM :: 2450 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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... A potential cause of the recent virus spread is the decline in the share of people staying at home and a rise in gatherings ....
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Friday, March 5, 2021 |
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UHERO: Recovery Poised to Accelerate
By UHERO @ 7:00 AM :: 2828 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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... Falling virus counts and vaccination progress set the stage for a strengthening visitor industry recovery ....
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021 |
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UHERO: History of Gambling Bills Since Statehood
By UHERO @ 7:22 PM :: 3069 Views :: DHHL, Gambling
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... The number of gambling measures introduced in the legislature rose whenever the state government encountered money problems ....
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Saturday, January 23, 2021 |
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Agribusiness Development Corp: "Costly, disorganized and ineffective"
By UHERO @ 1:06 AM :: 2914 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture
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... ADC’s emphasis on land acquisition has made it a costly, disorganized and ineffective program while the state and counties have failed to fulfill their promises to landowners participating in the IAL program ....
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Saturday, January 23, 2021 |
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021 |
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What COVID Emergency? Let's Quadruple Hawaii's Phony Hi-Tech Tax Credits
By UHERO @ 2:46 AM :: 2276 Views :: Tax Credits
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... CLUE: There is no shortage of private capital available for tech startups. If your tech startup needs government funds it is fake ....
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Thursday, December 17, 2020 |
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Friday, December 11, 2020 |
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UHERO: Vaccines promise 2021 growth
By UHERO @ 6:05 PM :: 2438 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... Annual Hawaii Forecast With Global Outlook: Mainland COVID-19 surge means a bleak winter, but vaccines promise 2021 growth ....
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Friday, December 11, 2020 |
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Spying on You: Cell Phone Tracking COVID Obedience
By UHERO @ 5:32 PM :: 2995 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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...The data comes from the firm Safegraph, which collects cellular location data from the apps that run in the background of many people’s smartphones....
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Saturday, November 21, 2020 |
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UHERO: Ratepayers Pay $1.15 More for Every $1.00 Saved by Solar Users
By UHERO @ 9:26 PM :: 3212 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...for every dollar the University saves with on-campus (solar) investments, other customers will pay $1.15 more -- UHERO.....
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Friday, October 16, 2020 |
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UHERO: Pandemic upends economic analysis
By UHERO @ 6:16 PM :: 2396 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... because the state GDP data is released with a three-month lag and undergoes many revisions after its release ....
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Monday, October 5, 2020 |
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UHERO Hawaii renters already leaving for Mainland
By UHERO @ 8:50 PM :: 3966 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, COVID-19
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... Prior to COVID-19, our respondents reported a roughly 4% vacancy rate .... In August, however, this number jumped to 9% ....
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Sunday, October 4, 2020 |
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UHERO: Tourism bounce back will be slow
By UHERO @ 4:48 AM :: 3412 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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...UHERO report illustrated a dark forecast—worse than the aftermath of 9/11—for travel and tourism in Hawaiʻi, across the U.S. and around the world....
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Saturday, September 26, 2020 |
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UHERO: Failed Response to COVID Resurgence Stopped Economic Recovery
By UHERO @ 12:30 PM :: 2515 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...Our baseline forecast now sees meaningful economic recovery delayed until the middle of next year, and an attenuated recovery period thereafter....
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Friday, August 28, 2020 |
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Hawaii Visitor Count Understates Actual Numbers
By UHERO @ 11:26 PM :: 3564 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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...How Many Visitors Are Coming to Hawaii During this Pandemic? Making Sense of Hawaii’s Visitor Arrival Data....
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Friday, August 14, 2020 |
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Survey update shows widespread hardship for local businesses
By UHERO @ 10:31 PM :: 3665 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, COVID-19
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...With the exception of jobs in information technology and other services, no industry category saw a meaningful increase from the devastating April 2020 job numbers....
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Saturday, August 8, 2020 |
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Will pandemic keep Hawaiʻi residents from moving away?
By UHERO @ 10:09 PM :: 3276 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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...due to the increased difficulty of navigating a trans-Pacific move. There is also fear of a spike in COVID-19 cases in states such as California and Texas....
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020 |
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UHERO--Recovery may take decade
By UHERO @ 12:17 AM :: 2760 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...the state’s total employment rate, as well as its unemployment rate, will not return to its pre-pandemic level until 2029....
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Saturday, June 20, 2020 |
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UHERO forecasts dire scenarios for local government budgets
By UHERO @ 4:28 AM :: 3129 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...A grim financial outlook is on the horizon for the state of Hawaiʻi due to the impact of COVID-19....
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Thursday, June 18, 2020 |
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UHERO: Estimating the Need for Rental Assistance in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 3:02 PM :: 3368 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19
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...the augmented unemployment payments have done a fairly good job preventing the worst from happening so far. But that program is set to expire August 1....
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020 |
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COVID-19 testing pre-departure may eliminate 90% of infectious passengers
By UHERO @ 4:03 AM :: 2736 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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...recommend that individuals who clear a temperature and symptom screening, and a COVID-19 test in their departure city will not be required to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival to Hawaiʻi....
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Thursday, May 28, 2020 |
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UHERO: How Long Will Reopening Take?
By UHERO @ 7:39 PM :: 2690 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...The question is what that reopening will look like, how long it will take, and what the legacy of COVID-19 will be for the Hawaii economy....
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 |
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Which Hawaii Zip Codes Have the Most Unemployed?
By UHERO @ 6:20 PM :: 5686 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Tourism, COVID-19
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...claims are clustered in zip codes where the tourism industry is a particularly important source of employment....
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020 |
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COVID Wipes Out 69% of Jobs on Maui
By UHERO @ 9:45 PM :: 7486 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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...total job reductions between January and April in Honolulu county were 34% of full-time jobs and 41% of part-time. These numbers were much higher on Hawaii (50% and 67%), Maui (69% and 68%), and Kauai (56% and 62%)....
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Monday, May 4, 2020 |
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COVID-19: Developing Economic Recovery Scenarios for Hawaii
By UHERO @ 9:57 PM :: 2784 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...The unprecedented pause in economic activity has had a profoundly negative impact on Hawaii....
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Thursday, April 30, 2020 |
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Can Hawai‘i Rise from the Ashes of COVID-19 as a Smart Destination?
By UHERO @ 2:42 AM :: 3190 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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...Hawai‘i Tourism Authority surveys found resident attitudes about tourism becoming more negative as the number of visitors increased....
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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COVID Economics: Who Suffers Most?
By UHERO @ 10:27 PM :: 3006 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...COVID-19’s Uneven Impact on Businesses and Workers: Results from a UHERO-Chamber of Commerce Hawaii Survey....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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UHERO: Hawaii Needs Free Money from the Sky to Support Local Economy
By UHERO @ 11:01 PM :: 3043 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...tax revenue declines that could easily top 15-20% will almost certainly require reductions in some public programs....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 |
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Friday, April 10, 2020 |
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Post Corona Recovery: How to Reopen Hawaii's Non-Tourism Economy
By UHERO @ 8:44 PM :: 4271 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...77% of Hawaii's Economy Isn't Tourism; Policymakers Can Take Steps To Reopen It....
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020 |
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Is Hawaii Really Run by the HTA?
By UHERO @ 8:24 PM :: 2447 Views :: Tourism
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...HTA is a destination management organization and not strictly a destination marketing organization....
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Thursday, April 2, 2020 |
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UHERO: What is the COVID-19 exit strategy?
By UHERO @ 2:35 AM :: 3218 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Herd Immunity or Containment through Test and Trace?....
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Monday, March 30, 2020 |
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Economists Expect 140,000 Unemployed
By UHERO @ 11:26 PM :: 3339 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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...the job count will average 11% lower than 2019 for the year as a whole, and real income will be more than 3% lower. Visitor arrivals for the year will be down an astounding 41%....
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Saturday, March 28, 2020 |
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Using Extensive Testing and Geographical Isolation to Mitigate the Coronavirus Crisis in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 6:29 PM :: 2366 Views :: COVID-19
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...Hawaii needs to quickly adopt and implement a plan to control and then halt the spread of the coronavirus....
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Saturday, March 28, 2020 |
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The Agony of Restaurant Workers
By UHERO @ 6:23 PM :: 2511 Views :: Small Business
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...social distancing has significant economic impacts....
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020 |
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COVID19: Hawaii Tourism Drops 35% Since March 1
By UHERO @ 3:31 AM :: 4064 Views :: Economy, Health Care, Tourism
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...In the past two weeks, things have changed markedly, and a SARS-type V-shaped path is now too optimistic....
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Friday, March 6, 2020 |
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UHERO: Making a High-Quality State Revenue/Tax System
By UHERO @ 7:47 PM :: 2720 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...Hawaii citizens can count on seeing a slew of bills introduced to raise taxes on somebody....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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UHERO: Corona Virus May Damage State Economy
By UHERO @ 5:02 PM :: 3710 Views :: Economy, Health Care, Tourism
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...While visitor arrivals racked up another record year in 2019, real visitor spending fell last year as international spending languished. And now the coronavirus rears its ugly head....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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Charting a New Fiscal Course for Hawaii: Fiscal Architecture Approach
By UHERO @ 1:49 AM :: 4032 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...a case for the Hawaii community to focus on “the future fiscal capacity of Hawaii state and local governments.”....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Cost of Living: Hawaii Per Capita Income 4th-Lowest in USA
By UHERO @ 8:07 PM :: 3312 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...after adjusting for Hawaii’s high prices, the purchasing power of income per person was the fourth lowest in the nation....
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Saturday, December 21, 2019 |
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UHERO: Hawaii economy enters soft patch
By UHERO @ 1:00 AM :: 3900 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...The state’s population has been declining for the past three years, in part because of outward migration....
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Sunday, October 20, 2019 |
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Cabotage Sabotage: Jones Act Reduces Water Trade Between US States
By UHERO @ 3:04 AM :: 3085 Views :: Jones Act
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...the costs associated with the Jones Act are empirically important and should be taken into account by policy makers....
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Friday, October 18, 2019 |
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NELHA Economic Impact Estimated
By UHERO @ 4:16 AM :: 93942 Views :: Hawaii County , Tax Credits
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... NELHA Host Park generates over $100M annually ....
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Friday, September 20, 2019 |
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Economy Already Weak: Hawaii’s prospects look increasingly dicey
By UHERO @ 7:00 AM :: 2939 Views :: Economy
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...population decline and vacation rental crackdown place economy at risk....
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Friday, September 20, 2019 |
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Drivers of well-being in Hawaii: Quantifying individual and community impacts
By UHERO @ 6:15 AM :: 2736 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...In Gallup’s annual well-being index, Hawaii occupied the #1 spot among US states for six out of the past 10 years....
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019 |
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Cabotage Sabotage? The Curious Case of the Jones Act
By UHERO @ 6:37 PM :: 3131 Views :: Jones Act
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...UHERO examines the economic implications of the Jones Act....
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