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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Monday, August 15, 2022 |
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Foreclosure Rate up 94% in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:41 PM :: 1773 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... In Hawaii, foreclosures rose by 94.1%, from 202 in the first six months of 2021 to 392 in the first half of 2022 .....
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 |
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How the Foreclosure Rate in Hawaii Compares to the Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 5:59 PM :: 1718 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... housing market appears to be coming back to earth ....
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 |
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Honolulu Inflation Lowest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:43 PM :: 1548 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Consumer Price Index Change 6.8% year over year ....
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Saturday, August 6, 2022 |
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Honolulu Average Studio Apartment Rent $2,705
By Selected News Articles @ 7:11 PM :: 2020 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Think your Hawaii rent is high? It probably is ....
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Saturday, August 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii is the most difficult state to buy a home
By Selected News Articles @ 6:55 PM :: 1880 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... the average mortgage payment is 78.3% of the state's median income ....
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Saturday, August 6, 2022 |
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Kauai: Highest car rental rates in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:35 PM :: 1899 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... rental car rates at the top 100 U.S. airports for the month of August 2022 ....
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Saturday, August 6, 2022 |
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States Where Unemployment Claims Are Decreasing the Most--Hawaii 45th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 2498 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Tourism, COVID-19
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... based on changes in unemployment claims for several key benchmark weeks ....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
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Early Education: Hawaii Pays the Most Per Pupil
By Selected News Articles @ 9:57 PM :: 1629 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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... States with the Best & Worst Early Education Systems ....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
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Hawaii Skin Cancer Rates up 14%
By Selected News Articles @ 8:29 AM :: 1897 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Hawaii's 14% increase is second only to Arizona which increased 21% ....
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Thursday, July 28, 2022 |
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Hawaii -- Fewest Guns Per Capita Traced to Crimes
By Selected News Articles @ 10:13 PM :: 1636 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment
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... In Hawaii, the ATF traced a total of 145 firearms in 2021 - or 10.2 for every 100,000 people, the fewest among states ....
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022 |
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Tulsi Gabbard Placed on List of Russian Propagandists by Ukraine
By Selected News Articles @ 11:53 PM :: 3089 Views :: World News, Congressional Delegation, Tulsi Gabbard
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... Gabbard said that the U.S. had provoked Putin for many years ....
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022 |
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Russian Spies at Barber's Point for 28 years?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:17 PM :: 2414 Views :: Military
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... prosecutors introduced photos of the two spies wearing KGB uniforms ....
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 |
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Picking apart the $50 fee
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 AM :: 2827 Views :: Politicians, Tourism
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... Josh Green had to be schooled as to what Hawaii is ....
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Saturday, July 23, 2022 |
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COVID Unemployment Recovery -- Hawaii 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 9:08 PM :: 1872 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Changes in Unemployment Rate by State ....
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Saturday, July 23, 2022 |
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Hawaii: Pain in Paradise
By Selected News Articles @ 4:34 PM :: 2357 Views :: Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... There is no clearer example of left-wing policies turning paradise into a nightmare ....
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Thursday, July 21, 2022 |
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While Patients Wait, Hawaii Plays Favorites in Health Care
By Selected News Articles @ 3:57 PM :: 2314 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... Launching any type of business involves risk, but health care providers face an extra hurdle in Hawaii ....
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii’s NASED -- Another sports venue that fails to generate promised revenue
By Selected News Articles @ 10:51 PM :: 2423 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Tourism
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... Decades of studies have shown that publicly financed stadiums, even those that include housing and retail projects, do not bring in enough money to offset public investments ....
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Monday, July 18, 2022 |
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CNBC: America’s Top States for Business--Hawaii 46th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 PM :: 1893 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... To rank America’s Top States for Business in 2022, CNBC scored all 50 states on 88 metrics in 10 broad categories of competitiveness ....
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022 |
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Kiribati 'cooking something with China' - former Kiribati president
By Selected News Articles @ 9:06 PM :: 1949 Views :: World News, Military
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... a deal directly with the Chinese about the Phoenix Islands ....
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Monday, July 11, 2022 |
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Study: If Hawaii Tourism is Called 'Regenerative' Locals will Like Tourists
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 PM :: 1443 Views :: Tourism
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... regenerative tourism makes the tourism industry and tourists more attractive to residents. An overwhelming 96.3% of Kauaʻi residents responded favorably ....
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Monday, July 11, 2022 |
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What the US Military Spends in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 AM :: 1674 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military
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... On a per capita basis, defense spending in Hawaii is equal to about $5,506 per person, the third most among states ....
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Friday, July 8, 2022 |
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9th Circuit: Honolulu and Maui 'Big Oil Climate Change' Lawsuits Stay in State Court
By Selected News Articles @ 1:28 AM :: 1947 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Environment
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... U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today ruled that a pair of lawsuits from Honolulu and Maui can proceed in state court ....
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Saturday, July 2, 2022 |
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Hawaii housing starts jump 28.2%
By Selected News Articles @ 11:47 PM :: 2045 Views :: Development, Economy, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii rate of increase second only to Massachusetts ....
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Thursday, June 30, 2022 |
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Honolulu Rail: $9.9 Billion to Go Nowhere
By Selected News Articles @ 2:00 AM :: 2644 Views :: Rail, COVID-19
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... the state of Hawaii has released a report explaining why the rail project will fail no matter where it goes or how much it costs ....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
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Property Rights and the New Feudalism
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 2450 Views :: Development, Hawaii History, Land Use
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... In the United States, Hawaii was the first to pass a town-and-country-type land-use law in 1961 ....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
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He Owned the Land for Just a Day, But Received 212 Credits from County
By Selected News Articles @ 10:21 PM :: 5479 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Land Use, Tax Credits
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“...Rajesh Budhabhatti is a subject of a public corruption/wire fraud case....”
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
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Counties in Hawaii with the most pre-war homes
By Selected News Articles @ 6:33 PM :: 1631 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... how many houses built before 1939 and after 2000 ....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
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Hawaii: Worst Place for Bitcoin Mining
By Selected News Articles @ 5:18 PM :: 2327 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... $54,862 to mine one bitcoin in Hawaii ....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022 |
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Federal Court Ruling Outlines Hawaii CWS Kidnapping, Conspiracy
By Selected News Articles @ 6:33 AM :: 3420 Views :: Kauai County, Family, Police
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... CWS officials conducted a “grab and go” of B.D. without a court order or prior notice to David. State officials took B.D. from her school, placed her in Keahiolalo’s custody, immediately escorted Keahiolalo and B.D. to the airport, and flew them to Kauai ....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022 |
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Hawaii Least Affordable State in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:28 AM :: 1930 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... With inflation rates soaring and the cost of living spiraling, more and more people are moving away ....
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Monday, June 27, 2022 |
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Hawaii: Fewest Elected Officials Per Capita in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 AM :: 1945 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Politicians
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... Hawaii has 1.7 elected officials per 10,000 citizens, fewest in USA -- this is largely because Hawaii has only 92 elected officials below the state level. The next lowest state, Rhode Island, has 983 ....
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Sunday, June 26, 2022 |
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Pearl City -- Highest Credit Card Debt in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 AM :: 2607 Views :: Honolulu County, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... total outstanding credit card debt stood at $222.6 million in the first quarter of 2022, or an average of $15,709 per household ....
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Saturday, June 25, 2022 |
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‘Essentially Erase Women’: Tulsi Gabbard Slams Biden Admin’s Overhaul of Title IX
By Selected News Articles @ 4:28 AM :: 2176 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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“...They’re saying that there is no such thing as a woman....”
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Friday, June 24, 2022 |
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Hawaii Household Bills Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 6:27 PM :: 1883 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... The typical Hawaii household spends an average of $2,911 per month--42% of income--on bills ....
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Thursday, June 23, 2022 |
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Ukraine Needs Robot Dogs to Clear Mines -- Will HPD Donate?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 AM :: 1897 Views :: Honolulu County, Military, Police
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... it has become increasingly common for deminers to use robots in the field to increase their productivity and mitigate the risk of blowing themselves up ....
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022 |
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COVID Unemployment Bounce Back? Hawaii 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 AM :: 1966 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... In May, there were notable gains in sectors including leisure and hospitality but Hawaii still lags ....
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Sunday, June 19, 2022 |
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Hawaii's labor force participation rate increasing, jobs report shows
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 2127 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... Hawaii's labor force increased by 7,400 people from May 2021 to May 2022 ....
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Saturday, June 18, 2022 |
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News That Criminals Can Use: Girls Used to Commit Crimes will not be Jailed
By Selected News Articles @ 4:57 AM :: 2099 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... Another world is possible. A world where girls can get away with anything ....
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Friday, June 17, 2022 |
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Bribery: Kaneshiro, Mitsunaga Arrested by FBI
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 5946 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... Kaneshiro was on paid leave for two years ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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State Economies with the Most Racial Equality -- Hawaii Ranks 4th
By Selected News Articles @ 11:05 PM :: 1119 Views
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... data compares the difference between white and black Americans in areas such as annual income, unemployment rate and homeownership rate ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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Honolulu Most Diverse Large Metro in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 10:43 PM :: 1425 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii also ranks the highest among U.S. states, with a DI score of 78.4% for millennials ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 1905 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the highest unemployment rate in Hawaii using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022 |
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Hawaii #1 for Catalytic Converter Theft
By Selected News Articles @ 1:55 PM :: 2150 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... Hawaii has averaged 68 catalytic converter thefts per 100,000 registered vehicles in just the first four months of 2022 ....
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Monday, June 13, 2022 |
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Hawaii State Tax Burden: 14.1% of Income -- 3rd Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:09 PM :: 1685 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... State-local taxes paid $8,410 -- 14.1% of income ....
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Bill 45: Rail TOD Giveaway to High Tech Tax Credit Schemers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:30 AM :: 2652 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail, Tax Credits
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... The vague language in the proposal lacks any metrics for measuring success, similar to another business-focused tax credit whose value to the state is dubious ...
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 11, 2022
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 1366 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... votes cast and bills introduced for week ending June 11, 2022 ....
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Oahu and Maui Have Some of the Highest Rents in the Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 AM :: 1754 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... In the Urban Honolulu metro area the median monthly rent price is $1,779 - 62.3% higher than the national average ....
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Saturday, June 11, 2022 |
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Hawaii Per-Capita Pension Liability 4th Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 1852 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii per-capita pension liability $39,939.43 ....
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