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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Friday, February 18, 2022 |
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Student Press Freedom: Hawaii considers ‘New Voices’ legislation as Senate version clears first legislative hurdles
By Selected News Articles @ 12:57 PM :: 2096 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment
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... Senate Bill 214, and its House companion HB 781, are patterned on the Student Press Law Center’s “New Voices” model legislation ....
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Thursday, February 17, 2022 |
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SB2282: Allow Nurses to Abort Babies Up to Viability
By Selected News Articles @ 4:06 PM :: 1827 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... Barely a year after Hawaii began allowing nurses to abort first-trimester unborn babies, state lawmakers already are moving forward with legislation to allow nurses to do even more dangerous second-trimester abortions ....
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022 |
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Hawaii Towns Ranked for Money Management
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 PM :: 1435 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... 16 Hawaii towns compared ....
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Sunday, February 13, 2022 |
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America’s Rising Housing Prices
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 AM :: 2293 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... In 1961, Hawaii became the first state in the nation to pass a growth-management law. ...
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Friday, February 11, 2022 |
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HB2028 Would Legalize Limited Raw Milk Sales
By Selected News Articles @ 4:21 AM :: 5309 Views :: Agriculture, Health Care, Small Business
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... Sales would be limited to farms or facilities with no more than 2 milk-bearing cows ....
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Friday, February 11, 2022 |
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SB2239 Senate Committee Passes Bill to Limit State Participation in Federal Programs to Militarize Police
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 AM :: 2050 Views :: Military, Police
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... a bill that would ban state and local law enforcement agencies from acquiring certain military equipment from federal programs ....
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Wednesday, February 9, 2022 |
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Who's Overpaying for Cars--16 Hawaii Towns Compared
By Selected News Articles @ 3:50 PM :: 1649 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... auto-loan balances have grown ....
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Wednesday, February 9, 2022 |
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Bills would force landlords to accept Section 8 Tenants
By Selected News Articles @ 3:36 PM :: 2519 Views :: Homelessness, Small Business
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... The Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness (HICH) is calling on the Legislature to make it illegal for landlords to discriminate against tenants who receive rental assistance ....
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 |
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Here’s How Many People Quit Their Jobs in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 PM :: 2561 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... 16,000 people in Hawaii quit their jobs in November 2021, the most recent month of available data - a 45.5% increase from one year earlier ....
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Monday, January 31, 2022 |
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Unemployment Recovery? Hawaii Dead Last
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 PM :: 2380 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... States Whose Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Most ....
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Monday, January 31, 2022 |
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Hawaii 2nd Worst Racial Wealth Gap
By Selected News Articles @ 3:26 PM :: 1991 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... 2022's States with the Biggest and Smallest Wealth Gaps by Race/Ethnicity ....
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Sunday, January 30, 2022 |
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Hawaii Second Highest Homelessness Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 AM :: 4625 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... In Hawaii, an estimated 6,458 people are experiencing homelessness - or about 45.6 for every 10,000 people, the second highest homeless rate among states ....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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It’s not weird, it’s constitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 7:40 PM :: 2238 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits
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... Here is the actual wording of the item in the Hawai‘i State Constitution ....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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Tasers were made legal in Hawaii on January 1st, and a new law has already been proposed to ban carrying them.
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 AM :: 2763 Views :: Second Amendment
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... before you can even purchase a taser or stun gun, and legislators are already moving to make it so that you can’t carry them ....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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Hawaii businesses say proposed minimum wage hike would hurt
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 AM :: 3749 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... 21% of the chamber’s businesses said the proposed minimum wage increase would put them out of business ....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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How Much Drivers Pay in Taxes at the Pump in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 AM :: 2657 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... On top of the federal gasoline tax of 18.4 cents per gallon, Hawaii levies an additional excise tax of 51.7 cents - the fourth highest gas tax rate among states ....
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Sunday, January 23, 2022 |
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Where People from Hawaii Are Moving to the Most
By Selected News Articles @ 5:47 PM :: 5811 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... In a 2019 poll by Pacific Resource Partnership, 45% of the island residents surveyed said they were leaving the state or considering a move. Of those contemplating leaving, 47% named the cost of living as the most important reason ....
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Saturday, January 22, 2022 |
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Report: Hawaii Worst State to Drive in
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 1770 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... 2022’s Best & Worst States to Drive in ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Before Pandemic, Spending Exceeded Long-Term Revenue in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 7:59 PM :: 2616 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... Insights From Fiscal 50’s Key Measures of State Fiscal Health ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Legislature to Consider Auto-IRA Saving for Private Sector Workers
By Selected News Articles @ 7:48 PM :: 4274 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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... workers at employers of a minimum size would be enrolled automatically in the program with the ability to opt out ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Best Cities for Remote Workers? Honolulu 2nd Worst
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 AM :: 1789 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... LawnStarter ranked nearly 200 of the largest U.S. cities on remote worker-friendliness ....
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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Navy to Congress: Future of Hawaii Red Hill Fuel Facility Uncertain
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 PM :: 2853 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Converse said those reports “will allow [the Navy] to make a long-term decision” as to whether the facility, used by all the services in the Indo-Pacific, will remain in operation. He said the question comes down to evaluating other sites and finding “better methods of distribution.” ....
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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Hawaii: Cost Per Tobacco Smoker $2.8M
By Selected News Articles @ 9:38 PM :: 2207 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... In Hawaii, smoking can burn a nasty hole through your wallet ....
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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States with the Most Racial Progress--Hawaii 31st
By Selected News Articles @ 1:47 AM :: 1318 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... 2022’s States with the Most Racial Progress ....
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Friday, January 7, 2022 |
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UH: Solar Installations are Killing Birds
By Selected News Articles @ 3:35 AM :: 1939 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... The new technical report synthesizes current literature on the threats posed by industrial-scale solar installations to birds, identifies the species most at risk from solar infrastructure, lists the locations of current and future solar facilities, and describes specific strategies to limit negative impacts on Hawaiian bird life ....
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Thursday, January 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii offers $25 to inmates who get COVID booster
By Selected News Articles @ 8:14 PM :: 1564 Views :: Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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... The incentive is in addition to the $50 inmates can receive if they are fully vaccinated ....
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Thursday, January 6, 2022 |
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TANF: Hawaii Hoards $364M Federal Welfare Money
By Selected News Articles @ 6:32 PM :: 2256 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Hawaii has $364 million idling in an account, equivalent to $2,923 per person living in poverty ....
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Tuesday, January 4, 2022 |
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Hawaii Top Choice for Taiwan-National Guard Partnership: Report
By Selected News Articles @ 2:42 PM :: 1766 Views :: Military
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... A new proposal by the United States could see the state of Hawaii "adopt" Taiwan and help train the island's forces through a partnership with the National Guard ....
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Monday, January 3, 2022 |
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Hawaii could be more transparent about CARES Act spending, report says
By Selected News Articles @ 5:22 PM :: 2082 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... Hawaii’s website falls short of breaking down what money was spent on beyond the vague spending category descriptions, which leave a lot of gray area ....
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Saturday, January 1, 2022 |
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OHA’s 2022 Legislative Package
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 PM :: 1854 Views :: Land Use, OHA
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... the Board of Trustees (1) approved the drafting and submission of a Public Land Trust focused bill to the 2022 legislature; and (2) approved the measure entitled Building Back Pono: Addressing Socioeconomic Disparities in the Post-COVID Era ....
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Saturday, January 1, 2022 |
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Hawaii Ranks 12th for Property Crime
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 AM :: 1810 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... There were a total of 33,928 property crimes reported in Hawaii in 2020 ....
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Wednesday, December 29, 2021 |
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Here’s How Life Expectancy in Hawaii Compares to the Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 5:34 PM :: 3274 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Life
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... life expectancy at birth in Hawaii is 82.3 years, the highest among states and well above the comparable national average of 79.2 years ....
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Monday, December 27, 2021 |
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Retire in Hawaii: Got $1.48M?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:47 PM :: 2681 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Goods and services in the state are 19.3% more expensive than they are on average nationwide, and the average 65 year old should plan on spending $1,481,336 throughout retirement, nearly $361,000 more than the national average ....
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Sunday, December 26, 2021 |
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Number of initial unemployment claims up in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 2122 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... New weekly unemployment claims increased by 291 in Hawaii to 1,615 for the week ending Dec. 18 ....
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Sunday, December 26, 2021 |
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Hawaii Ranks #4 for Dental Health
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 1778 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Connecticut has the best dental health, followed by the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Hawaii and New Jersey ....
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Wednesday, December 22, 2021 |
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Hawaii Roads 2nd Worst in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 9:44 PM :: 1711 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Residents in each state rated their local roads on a scale from 1 to 10 ....
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Tuesday, December 21, 2021 |
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Monday, December 20, 2021 |
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Hawaii--2nd Lowest Job Growth in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 AM :: 3659 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... States Whose Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Most from COVID ....
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Sunday, December 19, 2021 |
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NYT Looks at Honolulu Rail: Why U.S. Infrastructure Is So Expensive
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 PM :: 3377 Views :: Rail
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... Using the Honolulu rail project as an example, the New York Times wants to know why so many infrastructure projects suffer from such large cost overruns ....
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Friday, December 17, 2021 |
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COVID: Hawaii 3rd Safest State
By Selected News Articles @ 12:05 AM :: 1279 Views
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... but Hawaii has the 2nd worst transmission rate ....
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Thursday, December 16, 2021 |
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Honolulu--Lowest Charitable Giving in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:04 AM :: 1782 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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... Honolulu gives three times less than first place Tulsa, Memphis, Atlanta, Wichita ....
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Thursday, December 16, 2021 |
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Soaring Unfunded Pension Liabilities Threaten Taxpayers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:35 AM :: 2348 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... As Crisis Intensifies, Union Dons Push For Even More Spending ....
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021 |
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How Consumer Debt in Hawaii Changed During the Pandemic
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1659 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... In Hawaii, the median amount of debt in collections fell from $1,999 to $1,926 between February and October, 2020 ....
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 |
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How the Murder Rate in Hawaii Compares to the Rest of the Country
By Selected News Articles @ 9:20 PM :: 2545 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... There were a total of 41 murders in Hawaii in 2020, or 2.9 for every 100,000 people -- the seventh lowest murder rate among states ....
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Saturday, December 11, 2021 |
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COVID Brings More Students to Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 10:10 PM :: 2273 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, COVID-19
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... Hawaii colleges and universities saw a 3.3% increase in students transferring to their institutions amid the pandemic ....
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Thursday, December 9, 2021 |
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COVID Recovery: Hawaii Ranks 45th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:42 PM :: 2331 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... 38 states had unemployment claims last week that were lower than before the pandemic -- Hawaii isn't one of them ....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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How Much Do You Need To Be ‘Rich’ in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 PM :: 2664 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... The minimum income to be in the top 5% in Hawaii is $150,863; that is second only to California among West Coast states ....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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Hawaii Ranks #2 for Potholes
By Selected News Articles @ 4:35 PM :: 1793 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...“Riding a motorcycle in Hawaii is a mixture of absorbing breathtaking views and then nearly dying by driving into a pothole big enough to be a bomb crater”....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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Elder Abuse: Hawaii Rankings Mixed
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 PM :: 1822 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... 2021’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections ....
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