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Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
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How to Avoid Another Housing Crisis
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:43 AM :: 4703 Views :: National News, Cost of Living
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What’s one thing Congress could do to help the economy and American homeowners?
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Sunday, March 9, 2014 |
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Solomon Pushes for Approval of Mililani Trask's Overpriced Geothermal Contract
By Andrew Walden @ 8:16 PM :: 13134 Views :: Energy, OHA, Cost of Living
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...IDG officers and associates gave over $10,000 to Malama Solomon for her tightly contested 2012 primary race against Lorraine Inouye....
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Friday, February 28, 2014 |
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FACE Ad campaign pushes minimum wage hike
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:24 PM :: 6135 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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FACE said the increase is needed because Hawaii’s utilities are 110 percent higher than the national average, housing is 104 percent higher and groceries are 57 percent higher than other states...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
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Honolulu tops list of America’s Most Overpriced Cities
By Selected News Articles @ 1:35 PM :: 4380 Views :: Cost of Living
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Groceries in Honolulu cost 55.6% more than the national average; utilities 67.9% more....
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Sunday, February 23, 2014 |
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Can We Best Help the Poor by Making Their Lives Complicated?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 7073 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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Among the proposals being considered are a low-income credit; a food and excise tax credit; a low-income household renters’ credit; an earned income tax credit; and a special tax credit for seniors....
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Saturday, February 22, 2014 |
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Full Text: Legislators Challenge Abercrombie over Morita Dismissal
By News Release @ 4:10 AM :: 7797 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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...William Kaneko, who chairs Abercrombie's re-election campaign, is a former lobbyist for Aina Koa Pono....
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Friday, February 21, 2014 |
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Feds: Hawaii's High Energy Costs Drive Push for 'Clean' Energy
By Selected News Articles @ 7:58 PM :: 7349 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...residential electricity rates are three times the national average....
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Friday, February 21, 2014 |
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Honolulu Ethics Commission Calls for Audit of Water Board
By News Release @ 3:22 AM :: 8718 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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...topics include procurement training for BWS staff, prevention of disclosure of confidential information and the management of multiple change orders increasing the work and value of the contract....
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
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DBEDT: Shortage of Housing Supply Contributes to High Prices
By News Release @ 2:54 PM :: 6109 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Cost of Living
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The first report of its scope in nearly 14 years, it examines the past performance of Hawaii’s construction industry and forecasts future growth....
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Sunday, February 16, 2014 |
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GMO Labeling Could Add $800/yr to Hawaii Grocery Bills
By Andrew Walden @ 10:51 PM :: 8209 Views :: Cost of Living, GMOs
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It is expected to cost consumers $800 per year in higher food prices and many products could simply disappear from Hawaii shelves, but SB2521 is on the move thanks to Senator Clayton Hee....
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Saturday, February 15, 2014 |
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Four Things You Should Know About The Minimum Wage Debate In Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 8:31 AM :: 7891 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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If the legislature is serious about fighting poverty in Hawaii, a broader and more comprehensive discussion is essential....
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Sunday, February 9, 2014 |
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Minimum Wage Fraud Revisited–Again and Again
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:35 PM :: 6211 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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Why do the prices of food, clothing, and shelter keep going up?
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Monday, February 3, 2014 |
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UHERO: Hawaii's minimum wage, poverty, and job creation
By UHERO @ 7:48 PM :: 6685 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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Ten different bills have been introduced at the legislature this session to raise Hawaii's minimum wage....
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Saturday, February 1, 2014 |
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Regressive Taxes: State Hypocrisy on Minimum Wage
By Andrew Walden @ 8:30 PM :: 7794 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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“…our residents living in poverty pay more in state taxes than all but three other states….”
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Thursday, January 30, 2014 |
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Hawaii Auto Insurance Quotes Vary 48% -- Depending on Month
By News Release @ 7:23 PM :: 5961 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...the cost of auto insurance varies depending on the month you purchase a policy....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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Drop in Median Income Affects Affordable Housing Limits
By News Release @ 9:42 PM :: 6775 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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HUD determined that the city’s median income for a household of four is $82,600, down from $86,300 last year....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014 |
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Fitch Ratings for Hawaiian Electric Tout Decoupling
By News Release @ 7:14 PM :: 4941 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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HECO enjoys full revenue decoupling, fuel and purchased power pass-through recovery, rates based on forward test years...and recovery of increases in certain operating expenses and capital investments between rate cases through riders....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014 |
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SB2693 Would Ban Soda, Juice, Latte Over 16oz
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 PM :: 5782 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living
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...there’s no “latte loophole,” since any quantity of added sugar makes a drink fall under the ban. Indeed, the only way to get more than a pint of drink at a time is to add booze, as adult beverages are excluded ...
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Monday, January 20, 2014 |
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Decoupling: How HECO's "Money Printing Machine" Causes High Electric Rates
By News Release @ 10:57 PM :: 8202 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... why should an ever-expanding list of business risks be transferred from the utility to its customers? ....
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Thursday, January 16, 2014 |
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Appleseed: Creating a Fairer State Tax System and Economy
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 5183 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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...a proposed bill containing four components that will significantly improve the economic vitality of low and moderate income households....
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014 |
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DCCA Releases Insurance Comparisons for Homes, Vehicles
By News Release @ 5:09 PM :: 3857 Views :: Cost of Living
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...the Insurance Division is now providing Hawaii’s 2014 homeowner and motor vehicle premiums comparison guides through its website....
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Friday, January 3, 2014 |
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Flawed Minimum Wage Hike Advocacy Will Cost Hawaii's Poorest Workers $7M this Year
By Andrew Walden @ 12:34 AM :: 7725 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...7,000 well-paid waiters are being played against 7,000 underpaid dishwashers....
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Thursday, December 26, 2013 |
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Flood Insurance: Sharpening the Government's Blurry Maps
By Selected News Articles @ 1:58 PM :: 7263 Views :: National News, Land Use, Cost of Living
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FEMA's maps govern whether home and business owners are required to buy flood insurance....
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013 |
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Excessive Price: PUC Rejects AKP Biofuel Scheme (again)
By News Release @ 8:55 PM :: 6472 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Because HELCO's renewable energy generation output is in excess of the statutory forty percent, HELCO must demonstrate that the project provides cost reduction benefits to ratepayers....
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Monday, December 23, 2013 |
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UHERO: Ethanol Harms Public Welfare, Does Little to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses
By UHERO @ 9:27 PM :: 6924 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Cost of Living
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...impacts on gross state product are estimated to be negative (up to -$63 million)....
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Monday, December 23, 2013 |
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Priced out of Paradise: What are Hawaii Leaders Doing?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:26 AM :: 5575 Views :: Cost of Living, GMOs
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They are pushing to grow their industry that may increase availability of organic produce but at a cost that most folks can’t afford....
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Sunday, December 22, 2013 |
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Electricity: Blue Planet Celebrates Year of Making Public Consume Less and Pay More
By News Release @ 10:16 PM :: 4813 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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The Clinton Global Initiative recognized WEfficiency as a change-making commitment. And of course: Money shower!....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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Why the Price of Crude in America Is Out of Whack with the Rest of the World
By NCPA @ 1:35 PM :: 4802 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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A barrel of Brent currently changes hands for $109; WTI fetches just $98; HECO pays $132....
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Sunday, December 15, 2013 |
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Creating a Fairer State Tax System and Economy for All Families
By News Release @ 12:53 PM :: 6268 Views :: Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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Our state’s lower-income families are faced with almost insurmountable structural challenges to escaping poverty....
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Sunday, December 15, 2013 |
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Reimagining Housing in Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 5663 Views :: Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii Appleseed released a report entitled Reimagining Housing in Hawaii, detailing successful affordable housing models like microunits, ohana housing, modular housing, among others....
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Friday, November 29, 2013 |
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UHERO: The Confusing World of PV
By UHERO @ 4:09 PM :: 5493 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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This UHERO 101 intends to clarify some of the rate and policy aspects of PV in Hawai‘i, and explores the two opposite driving forces of PV adoption....
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Friday, November 29, 2013 |
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UHERO: Water Trading to Control Hawaii Aquifers?
By UHERO @ 4:03 PM :: 5098 Views :: Environment, Cost of Living
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While an untrammeled water market would fail to provide the optimal solution, regulators can facilitate efficient water trading by setting appropriate exchange rates....
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Saturday, November 23, 2013 |
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Ethics complaint: HCDA Falsifies Kakaako Workforce Housing Affordability Formulas
By Ariel Salinas @ 6:40 PM :: 11039 Views :: Ethics, Development, Cost of Living
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For a 1br-1ba unit, HCDA's falsified estimate sets the "affordable" price at $655K. Using realistic assumptions the actual affordability price would be $371K--a difference of $284K....
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Friday, November 22, 2013 |
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Hawaii: Foodstamp Allotment Jumps 3.4% for 190,000
By Selected News Articles @ 3:32 AM :: 5439 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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While most states see cuts, Hawaii's 190,000 food stamp recipients will see an INCREASE from $319 to $330 per month....
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Sunday, November 17, 2013 |
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UHERO: Biofuel Scheme Enriches Landowners, Soaks Consumers
By UHERO @ 6:32 PM :: 6587 Views :: Energy, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...impacts to gross state product are negative (up to -$63 million)....
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Sunday, November 10, 2013 |
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KIUC Gets Solar 37% Cheaper than HECO
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 5921 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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The net cost of electricity that will be generated by the array will be at 10 cents and 13.5 cents per kilowatt hour....
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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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U.S. Sugar Policy Sends Candy Makers Abroad
By NCPA @ 10:06 AM :: 7508 Views :: National News, Agriculture, Small Business, Cost of Living
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U.S. candy makers are expanding production in other countries as federal price supports and a global glut of the sweet stuff give an ever-greater advantage to foreign rivals....
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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Res 13-216: Stop Unfair Water Billing
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 11:23 PM :: 5517 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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Board of Water Supply’s (BWS) unfair billing practices forced thousands of O‘ahu residents to subsidize the errors caused by BWS' own faulty billing system....
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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How Differences in the Cost of Living Affect Low-Income Families
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 6258 Views :: Land Use, Cost of Living
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The amount of money necessary to buy a 1,000 square-foot apartment in Dallas would only buy a 460 square-foot apartment in Honolulu....
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
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Realtors Assn: Honolulu 3rd Most Expensive Real Estate
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 4847 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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San Jose, $805,000; San Francisco, $705,000; Honolulu, $679,800; Anaheim-Santa Ana, Calif., $670,700; and San Diego, $485,000 ....
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
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Survey: Kailua 20th Most Unaffordable Real Estate in USA
By News Release @ 10:33 PM :: 5351 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Exhaustive Survey of Nearly 2,000 Markets and 52,000 Listings Shows More Than $2 Million Difference in Price Between Malibu and Cleveland....
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
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Water bill problems affected 130,000
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 5:43 PM :: 7714 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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...of the nearly 130,000 customers who received an estimated bill, 79 percent received an underestimated bill ....
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Friday, October 25, 2013 |
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Retiree Hit With $7000 'Recalculated' Water Bill
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 12:47 AM :: 5982 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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His monthly bill is normally around $200....
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Sunday, October 20, 2013 |
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Raising the Cost of “Affordable Housing”
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 5927 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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A couple of weeks ago, this commentary examined some of the hurdles that stand in the way of producing more affordable housing....
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Monday, October 14, 2013 |
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Ratepayers Soaked to Enrich Landowners as PUC Approves 10M Gallon HECO Biofuel Contract
By News Release @ 5:42 PM :: 5378 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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HBE is a consortium of three of Hawaii's largest landowners and three venture capital companies....
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Friday, October 11, 2013 |
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Pine: "Eliminate the Board of Water Supply's retroactive billing policy"
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 5:47 PM :: 5664 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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On Wednesday, I introduced a Charter Amendment to eliminate the Board of Water Supply's retroactive billing policy....
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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Consumer LifeSmarts: DCCA Launches 10th Annual Statewide Student Competition
By News Release @ 7:45 PM :: 4966 Views :: Education K-12, Cost of Living
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...a FREE consumer education competition open to teens in grades 6-12....
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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Comparing Economies: Hawaii and Greece -- The Writing on the Wall
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:13 PM :: 8353 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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Recently UHERO presented a detailed inforgraphic of jobs in Hawaii. The inforgraphic answers questions like: What type of jobs, how many and how much do they make?
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Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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VIDEO: Angered by Electric Bill, Hilo Man Chains Himself to HELCO Front Door
By Video @ 7:41 PM :: 6893 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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'Helco Prisoner’ says his electric bills were $1000 to $1600 per month.
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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UHERO: Hawaii's Energy Future
By UHERO @ 11:01 PM :: 5014 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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UHERO's ongoing research is looking at ways to cost-effectively achieve GHG reduction and meet the state's clean energy goals....
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