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... Hawaii ranks last with an adjusted after-tax income per capita of only $47,894 ....

... multiple bills that would restrict access to firearm use ....

... Tulsi Gabbard running for VP again? ....

... In October 2020, former Hawaii residents now residing in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands filed a lawsuit ....

... 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 ....

...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....

...A ruling by the Hawaii Supreme Court saying "there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public"....

... Hawaii: 23.14% of drivers in fatal crashes found not to have a valid license ....

“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

“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."

... although the Hawaii operations were profitable, the potential purchase price was lower than Black Press had hoped ....

... 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 .... 

“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."

... States with the Biggest and Smallest Wealth Gaps by Race/Ethnicity (2024) ....

... For nearly two years DoE has blocked elementary school Good News Clubs in facilities that are open to other, similarly situated non-religious organizations ....

“...The kid’s got to go....”

... reform the state’s asset forfeiture process to require a conviction in most cases ....

... All-American consumerism by a completely peaceful and law-abiding citizen somehow threatens the people running my own country into the ground ....

... weather-dependent wind and solar reliability issues are becoming more pronounced ....

... a bill calling for a constitutional amendment to enact a tax on residential investment property valued at over $3 million ....

... The U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear a landmark challenge to an earlier ruling preventing enforcement of anti-camping ordinances ....

... 2024’s Best & Worst States to Start a Business ....

 ... road quality ranks 49th ....

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... dead last ....

... Honolulu prices up 0.80% in just two months .... 

... Hawaii annual retirement expenditures highest in USA: $103,610 ....

... Hawaii 8th highest cost of smoking ....  

... Hawaiian Airlines has not been owned by an individual or entity in Hawaii for a long time ....

... 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 ....

... Hawaii has recovered only 81% of lost jobs since COVID ....

... Rather than get personally involved and perhaps step on the wrong toes, people deliberately chose to go along to get along ....

... 12 people per day ....

“The total state debt balance of $19.7 billion represents 19.49% of the state’s GDP."

... 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 ....

... 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' ....

... Should the incentives fail to motivate enough STRs to become available, Green may impose a short-term moratorium by mid-January, he said ....

"...Among the victims are a water utility in Hawaii...."

... 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 ....

... 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....

... 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 ....

... the aircraft would be lifted and moved to the runway, “and it would settle onto its landing gear, which is still in good condition” ....

... States with the Most People in Financial Distress in 2023 .... 

... An analysis of average electricity prices by state shows Hawaii is easily the most expensive at 30.31 cents per kilowatt ....

... A new approach to poor classroom behavior that avoids suspensions and expulsions is being put to the test in Hawaii ....

“...China is the largest financial contributor....”

... 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 ....

... “It has among the strictest restrictions on residential building in the country. And in 2022, the state worsened the problem by enacting a statewide urban growth boundary that limits land development.” ....

... Civil Beat Publisher Pierre Omidyar gives $500K to "a controversial right-wing think tank that has been building the policy and personnel firmament for a second Trump administration" ....

Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford called this system "communism", two hundred ninety six years before the Russian revolution....