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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Monday, February 26, 2024 |
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Reports show assisted suicide continues to grow in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 PM :: 1431 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... 197 prescriptions have been written for death-inducing drugs in Hawaii since the passage of the state’s “medical aid in dying” law in 2019 ....
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Friday, February 23, 2024 |
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Hawaii committee to discuss $25 tourism tax Friday
By Selected News Articles @ 6:07 AM :: 1368 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism
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... House Bill 2406 would impose a $25 "transient accommodation tax," also known as a TAT, on top of the 10.25% TAT that is already in place ....
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Monday, February 19, 2024 |
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SB3196 Bans Many Types of Guns
By Selected News Articles @ 6:43 PM :: 1663 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Bans all shotguns capable of accepting more than 5 rounds ....
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Friday, February 16, 2024 |
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Hawaii is State With the Least Disposable Income
By Selected News Articles @ 8:54 PM :: 1369 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii ranks last with an adjusted after-tax income per capita of only $47,894 ....
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Friday, February 16, 2024 |
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Gun bills pass Hawaii Senate committee
By Selected News Articles @ 2:12 PM :: 1413 Views :: Second Amendment
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... multiple bills that would restrict access to firearm use ....
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Thursday, February 15, 2024 |
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Tulsi for VP? Trump talks with Gabbard about U.S. defense
By Selected News Articles @ 2:52 PM :: 1527 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard
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... Tulsi Gabbard running for VP again? ....
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Monday, February 12, 2024 |
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9th Circuit To Hear Oral Argument in Absentee Voting Case for Citizens in U.S. Territories
By Selected News Articles @ 1:53 PM :: 1216 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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... In October 2020, former Hawaii residents now residing in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands filed a lawsuit ....
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Saturday, February 10, 2024 |
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Nearly 5,000 Maui fire victims remain in hotels
By Selected News Articles @ 7:46 PM :: 1400 Views :: Maui County
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... To date, 7,796 people have been moved into housing through the American Red Cross non-congregate sheltering program, but 4,961 more people remain in hotels ....
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Friday, February 9, 2024 |
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SB2392: Hawaii committee advances bill that could keep Trump off the ballot
By Selected News Articles @ 1:28 PM :: 1591 Views :: First Amendment, Office of Elections, Republican Party
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...Rhoads said the bill does not apply just to Trump but could also apply to others. The Hawaii Office of Elections does not have a process in place if someone tries to challenge a candidate on a ballot, he said....
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Friday, February 9, 2024 |
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'Spirit of Aloha' Hawaii Supreme Court gun ruling brings praise and ridicule
By Selected News Articles @ 1:17 PM :: 1896 Views :: Second Amendment
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...A ruling by the Hawaii Supreme Court saying "there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public"....
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Friday, February 9, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Fatal Crashes Involving Unlicensed Drivers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:33 AM :: 1266 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii: 23.14% of drivers in fatal crashes found not to have a valid license ....
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Thursday, February 8, 2024 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Rejects Major Second Amendment Rulings in New Gun-Carry Decision
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 AM :: 1834 Views :: Second Amendment
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“The history of the Hawaiian Islands does not include a society where armed people move about the community to possibly combat the deadly aims of others.” -- Supreme Court without laughing
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024 |
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Kula Fire Recovery: "No one is coming to save you"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 1624 Views :: Maui County, Development, Small Business
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“For a long time, people looked to government like it was their job to take care of everything. But the best course of action is not to go through elected officials, it’s to stand up and do it."
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024 |
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Star-Advertiser Profitable ... except
By Selected News Articles @ 2:23 PM :: 1298 Views :: First Amendment
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... although the Hawaii operations were profitable, the potential purchase price was lower than Black Press had hoped ....
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 |
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Family Court Secrets: Two Years After Ariel Sellers Murder, Kaluas Still Retain Parental Rights
By Selected News Articles @ 1:45 PM :: 2374 Views :: Family, Judiciary
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... One of the surviving siblings was forced to spend more than a year in detained custody due the running objections of the imprisoned Kaluas asserting their parental rights through counsel ....
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Friday, January 26, 2024 |
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Hawaii Bill Would Take Steps Against a Central Bank Digital Currency
By Selected News Articles @ 1:18 PM :: 1598 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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“A person who chooses not to participate in a digital currency system shall not be subject to additional surveillance, monitoring, or scrutiny by any government entity."
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Friday, January 26, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd Smallest Racial Wealth Gap
By Selected News Articles @ 5:01 AM :: 1270 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... States with the Biggest and Smallest Wealth Gaps by Race/Ethnicity (2024) ....
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Friday, January 26, 2024 |
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Christian Club Sues Hawaii Department Of Education After Allegedly Being Barred From School Grounds
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 AM :: 1802 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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... For nearly two years DoE has blocked elementary school Good News Clubs in facilities that are open to other, similarly situated non-religious organizations ....
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024 |
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Monday, January 22, 2024 |
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Hawaii Bill Would Reform Civil Asset Forfeiture Process, Opt State Out of Federal Program
By Selected News Articles @ 3:22 AM :: 1107 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... reform the state’s asset forfeiture process to require a conviction in most cases ....
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Sunday, January 21, 2024 |
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Did you Buy a Gun and a Bible? Feds Sift Thru Bank Transactions Looking for 'Domestic Terrorists'
By Selected News Articles @ 5:15 PM :: 1566 Views :: First Amendment, Second Amendment
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... All-American consumerism by a completely peaceful and law-abiding citizen somehow threatens the people running my own country into the ground ....
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Friday, January 19, 2024 |
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Hawaii offers a case study on the inadequacies of wind and solar
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 PM :: 1380 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... weather-dependent wind and solar reliability issues are becoming more pronounced ....
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Thursday, January 18, 2024 |
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Legislature Considering Constitutional Amendment to Enact a State Property Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 1475 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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... a bill calling for a constitutional amendment to enact a tax on residential investment property valued at over $3 million ....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024 |
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge on homelessness ordinance ban
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 1083 Views :: Homelessness
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... The U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear a landmark challenge to an earlier ruling preventing enforcement of anti-camping ordinances ....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Hawaii 9th Worst State to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 8:15 PM :: 1272 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... 2024’s Best & Worst States to Start a Business ....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Hawaii Worst State for Drivers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:36 AM :: 1328 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... road quality ranks 49th ....
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Honolulu Inflation 3rd Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 PM :: 1090 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Honolulu prices up 0.80% in just two months ....
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Hawaii: $2.5M needed to retire
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 1371 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii annual retirement expenditures highest in USA: $103,610 ....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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$4.5M: The Real Cost of Smoking in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 PM :: 1095 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii 8th highest cost of smoking ....
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Sunday, December 31, 2023 |
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It might be called Hawaiian, but it isn’t Hawaii-owned
By Selected News Articles @ 4:04 PM :: 1782 Views :: Hawaii History, Tourism
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... Hawaiian Airlines has not been owned by an individual or entity in Hawaii for a long time ....
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Friday, December 29, 2023 |
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DBEDT: Tourist Count Up--Spending Down
By Selected News Articles @ 2:30 PM :: 1028 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Spending was down 2.4% in November when compared to the previous year. However, the number of tourists increased by 0.3% to 731,233 ....
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Tuesday, December 26, 2023 |
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Hawaii slowest to recover pandemic job losses
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 AM :: 1313 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... Hawaii has recovered only 81% of lost jobs since COVID ....
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Monday, December 25, 2023 |
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Public Corruption In The Land Of Aloha
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 PM :: 2821 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History, Police
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... Rather than get personally involved and perhaps step on the wrong toes, people deliberately chose to go along to get along ....
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Sunday, December 24, 2023 |
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Sunday, December 24, 2023 |
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Debt: Hawaii Ranks #1
By Selected News Articles @ 7:20 PM :: 1297 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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“The total state debt balance of $19.7 billion represents 19.49% of the state’s GDP."
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Friday, December 22, 2023 |
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Existing short-term Hawaii rentals may remain in operation, judge rules
By Selected News Articles @ 8:04 AM :: 2238 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... The ordinance that levies heavy fines on short-term rentals in Honolulu remains in effect only for new rentals beginning operations after the ordinance was put in place ....
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Sunday, December 17, 2023 |
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Hawaii AG Fights to Get 'transsexual' Males into Bathroom with your Daughter
By Selected News Articles @ 5:24 PM :: 2005 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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... seeking to block an Idaho law that prohibits transgender students from using public school restrooms and locker rooms that align with their so-called 'gender identity' ....
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Saturday, December 16, 2023 |
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Green announces plan to use short-term rentals to help with Maui housing
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 1063 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Should the incentives fail to motivate enough STRs to become available, Green may impose a short-term moratorium by mid-January, he said ....
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Monday, December 11, 2023 |
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WaPo: China’s cyber army is invading Hawaii, Guam -- Target BWS?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:40 PM :: 1680 Views :: Military
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"...Among the victims are a water utility in Hawaii...."
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Sunday, December 10, 2023 |
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Anti-Semitic Hawaii ‘Peace’ Activists tied to Hamas, Iran, China
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 AM :: 4193 Views :: World News, Military
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... Hawaii-based Ann Wright, a former Army colonel and US diplomat and who sits on the group's board, was interviewed while aboard a ship headed to Gaza ....
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Saturday, December 9, 2023 |
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How times have changed
By Selected News Articles @ 1:02 AM :: 1441 Views :: Tourism
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... the mere fact that an airline that was not “Hawai‘i based” came in to buy a “Hawai‘i based airline” that didn’t elicit an immediate hearing in the State Capitol on the merits of it told me that, indeed, the relationship between the people of Hawai‘i, its government officials, and its aviation options, has very much changed....
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Tuesday, December 5, 2023 |
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PBS Wokesters Look Out for Hawaii’s ‘Local Menstruators’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 AM :: 1482 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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... a story that fused the tax-funded outlet’s search for niche necessities that require government funding with its ongoing attempt to defy science and pretend humans other than biological women get periods ....
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Monday, December 4, 2023 |
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Kaneohe: Navy Floats P8 Poseidon, Plans to Restore it to Service
By Selected News Articles @ 3:44 AM :: 2175 Views :: Environment, Military
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... the aircraft would be lifted and moved to the runway, “and it would settle onto its landing gear, which is still in good condition” ....
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Sunday, December 3, 2023 |
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Accounts in Distress? Hawaii Ranks 5th in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:28 AM :: 1160 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... States with the Most People in Financial Distress in 2023 ....
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Sunday, December 3, 2023 |
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Hawaii has the highest electricity prices in the U.S.
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 AM :: 1353 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... An analysis of average electricity prices by state shows Hawaii is easily the most expensive at 30.31 cents per kilowatt ....
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Thursday, November 30, 2023 |
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Education professor hoping alternatives to suspensions work in middle school test
By Selected News Articles @ 2:20 PM :: 983 Views :: Education K-12
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... A new approach to poor classroom behavior that avoids suspensions and expulsions is being put to the test in Hawaii ....
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Thursday, November 30, 2023 |
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Tuesday, November 28, 2023 |
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Special Master: Presiding Judge Had ‘100s of Pages of Disqualifying Information’ in Kalua Case
By Selected News Articles @ 12:31 PM :: 1924 Views :: Family, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... evidence included the criminal records of the parents for assault and drug use, filed bankruptcy documents, and the absence of a record of children of their own ....
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