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Saturday, April 18, 2015 |
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DoH: Tobacco Use Down 20%, E-Cigs Up
By News Release @ 2:12 PM :: 4897 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults in Hawaii decreased by more than 20% from 2011 to 2013....However, use of e-cigarettes continues to grow at an alarming rate....
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Friday, April 17, 2015 |
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DBEDT: Solo Commuters up 74%
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 4737 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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The number of commuters driving alone increased 74.2 percent from 253,680 in 1980 to 441,988 in the 2009-2013 period....
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
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Small Business Tax Index -- Hawaii 47th
By News Release @ 5:26 PM :: 4372 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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This year’s edition of the Index pulls together 23 different tax measures....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Forbes Worst States for Taxes: Hawaii 31st
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 4778 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Many states have a graduated system — the most complicated one is Hawaii....
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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DBEDT: International Students Contribute Over $205M to Economy
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 6151 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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DBEDT today released an economic report analyzing, “The Economic Impact of International Students in Hawaii.”
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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Hawaii GE Tax: Broadest Sales Tax in US
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 PM :: 4924 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The Hawaii GET taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state's personal income....
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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Hawaii Has No Hate Crimes (Officially)
By Selected News Articles @ 4:52 AM :: 5105 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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...Unlike all other states in the union Hawaii has a go-it-alone policy and lets the attorney general’s office keep a running tally....
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015 |
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Gallup: Honolulu 2nd Healthiest Community in US
By News Release @ 6:44 PM :: 4478 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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“State of American Well-Being: 2014 Community Well-Being Rankings” examines the comparative well-being of the largest 100 communities in the United States....
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Monday, April 6, 2015 |
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US Census Looks at Small Businesses in Hawaii
By News Release @ 11:49 AM :: 4888 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...statistics on the number of establishments, receipts or revenue, payroll, number of employees and other items by industry....
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Saturday, April 4, 2015 |
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DBEDT: 65,000 New Housing Units Needed in Next 10 Years
By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 5908 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics
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...this study projects housing demand for the period of 2015 to 2025 using the variables of projected population growth, visitor growth, and vacancy rates....
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 |
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61 Hawaii Bridges Need Structural Repair
By News Release @ 10:17 PM :: 4453 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...cars, trucks and school buses cross Hawaii's 61 structurally compromised bridges 900,643 times every day....
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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Hawaii Tax Freedom Day--April 19, 2015
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 4942 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii will be the 25th state to reach Tax Freedom Day, 5 days earlier than national average....
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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Hawaii Consumers 'Least Sustainable Spending Habits' in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 PM :: 7086 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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The percentage of people overspending their income is twice as high in Hawaii and Nevada than in Maryland....
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Monday, March 30, 2015 |
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Best States for Doctors? Hawaii Ranks 38th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:07 PM :: 5284 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...The report uses 12 key metrics – ranging from average annual wages and salary disparities to patient population size and state medical board punitiveness to rank each of the 50 states....
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Friday, March 27, 2015 |
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PEW: Filipinos Nearly Half of Hawaii Unauthorized Immigrants
By Selected News Articles @ 11:16 PM :: 5493 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...In Alaska and Hawaii, unauthorized immigrants from the Philippines are the largest group....
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Friday, March 27, 2015 |
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UHERO: Despite Kakaako, Residential building permits fell last year
By UHERO @ 11:03 PM :: 9389 Views :: Development, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Rail
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...Assuming affirmative resolution of ongoing entitlement battles for Hoopili and Koa Ridge, single-family building will begin to pick up over the next two years....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015 |
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Hawaii Counties' Health Rankings Compared
By News Release @ 2:25 AM :: 5161 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program helps communities identify and implement solutions that make it easier for people to be healthy....
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
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Hawaii Ranks 49th in Federal Funding as a percentage of State Revenue
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 PM :: 4157 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...the least wealthy states tend to be those receiving the most federal support....
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Monday, March 23, 2015 |
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Before the Common Core Debacle: HSA Test Scores up 11% Math, 5% Reading
By News Release @ 5:37 PM :: 6872 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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The College and Career Indicators Report (CCRI) released today by Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education....
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Monday, March 23, 2015 |
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Study: Hawaii Is the 2nd Worst State to Be Poor from a Tax Perspective
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 5090 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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50th – Low Income (12.30% of Income)
48th – Middle Income (10.86% of Income)
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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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Honolulu Auditor: Only 26% of Recommendations Satisfactorily Addressed
By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 5944 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Hawaii Statistics
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Our review covered 150 outstanding audit recommendations from 2004 to 2013....
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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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Hawaii #2 in USA: 43% of Households Spend at Least 30% on Housing
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 PM :: 4815 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Only California (44%) has more households spending at least 30% of their income on housing....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 |
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Friday, March 13, 2015 |
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Council on Revenues Increases Growth Forecast by 1% for Fiscal Year 2015
By News Release @ 3:43 PM :: 5885 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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This translates to an additional $191.4 million in anticipated revenues to the state general fund for fiscal biennium 2016-17....
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Thursday, March 12, 2015 |
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OpenHawaii.org -- Holding Government Accountable
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:22 PM :: 7072 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...county and state salary and overtime records, as well as retirement, health insurance, budgetary, and other data....
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 |
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Hawaii Disability Roll 12.5% Growth in 5 Years
By News Release @ 3:17 PM :: 5543 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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Only eight states saw increases under 15 percent: New York, Virginia, Mississippi, North Dakota, Hawaii, Maine, Connecticut and West Virginia....
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
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Tax Foundation Facts and Figures: How Does Hawaii Compare?
By News Release @ 2:12 PM :: 3874 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...2015 Edition of Facts and Figures: How Does Your State Compare?...
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Saturday, March 7, 2015 |
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Lose a Body Part? Hawaii Workers Comp Pays More Than Most
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 5719 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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...The loss of an arm, for example, is worth up to $48,840 in Alabama, $193,950 in Ohio and $439,858 in Illinois....
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Friday, March 6, 2015 |
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Hawaii Ranks 47th in New Firm Formation
By Selected News Articles @ 11:53 AM :: 5471 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...the economy is still not creating as many new firms as it did before the recession....
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Thursday, March 5, 2015 |
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Hawaii 8th Best State for Women
By Selected News Articles @ 11:29 PM :: 3667 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...The data set ranges from median earnings for female workers to women’s preventive health care....
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Thursday, March 5, 2015 |
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Hawaii has Fewest 'White Christians' of Any State
By Selected News Articles @ 4:36 PM :: 5935 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Religion
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Evangelical Protestants are becoming less white....
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Friday, February 27, 2015 |
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Tourism: Visitors, Expenditures Drop
By News Release @ 5:46 AM :: 5217 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Japanese arrivals decreased 4.9 percent to 110,969 visitors....
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Friday, February 20, 2015 |
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Hawaii #2 in USA: 51.2% Tax on S-Corporation Income
By Selected News Articles @ 2:34 PM :: 7000 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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The fasted growing type of pass-through business is the S corporation....
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
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25%: Hawaii Ranks 43rd in Weekly Church Attendance
By Selected News Articles @ 10:17 PM :: 6416 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Religion
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Church attendance provides ties that bind members to their communities, and research shows that at the individual level, those who are most religious have higher well-being than those who are less religious....
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
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Honolulu Ranks 42nd for Economic Diversity
By Selected News Articles @ 7:41 PM :: 3526 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Honolulu Ranks 42nd Overall (tied with Irving, TX): 77th for 'Income Diversity' and 101st for 'Educational Diversity'....
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
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Gallup: Alaska, Hawaii Lead the United States in Well-Being
By News Release @ 1:50 PM :: 3938 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii and Colorado are the only states to finish in the top 10 every year since 2008....
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Sunday, February 8, 2015 |
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HB1307: Fair Taxation?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5400 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...HB1307, introduced by Rep Kaniela Ing, raises income taxes on middle class families by 12%....
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Friday, February 6, 2015 |
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Gallup: Hawaii Liberals Outnumber Conservatives by Only 1.9%
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 5485 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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What is missing on the conservative side is leadership....
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Friday, February 6, 2015 |
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Hawaiian Airlines: 'Deepest Decrease of any US Airline'
By Selected News Articles @ 3:54 PM :: 5265 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...the strengthening US dollar is driving down Hawaiian’s projected unit revenues by 3.5% to 6.5%....
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Friday, February 6, 2015 |
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Obama Budget would Increase Top Marginal Capital Gains Tax Rate in Hawaii to 35.8%--#2 in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 PM :: 4705 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The President’s budget has a proposed increase in the federal capital gains tax rate....
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Thursday, February 5, 2015 |
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Hawaii Personal Income Taxes: "Highest Dollar Amount of Any State"
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 PM :: 5129 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...A single filer earning Hawaii's median income of $61,408 can expect to pay $4,043.88 in state income taxes, the highest dollar amount of any state, or 6.59% of his income....
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Thursday, February 5, 2015 |
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Tax Rate 50.4% on Small Business Income, Hawaii #2 in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:04 PM :: 5727 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Sole proprietorships, S corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs)....
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Thursday, February 5, 2015 |
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015 |
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People's Pulse Contradicts Ward Poll: "Economy, Housing Remain at Forefront"
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 6882 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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Housing / homelessness is now the new hot button concern, increasing from 6% to 17% over the past year, overtaking Education as well as infrastructure, covering roads and mass transit....
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015 |
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Hawaii 5th Lowest Financial Gap by Race
By News Release @ 4:27 PM :: 3482 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...21 key metrics, ranging from the median household income gap to the unemployment rate gap....
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Monday, February 2, 2015 |
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Hawaii Ranks 11th in World for Captive Insurance Domiciles
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 3547 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...In fiscal year 2013-2014, Hawaii’s captive insurers wrote more than $2.85 billion in premium volume and generated more than $20 million in economic benefits to Hawaii....
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Saturday, January 31, 2015 |
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Akina: Government can help lower the cost of living by getting out of the way
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:29 PM :: 5682 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...a new state-by-state comparison puts Hawaii as #1 in terms of the gap between the income residents earn and the cost of housing....
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Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
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2014: Record Visitors, Record Expenditures
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 5317 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... 8,282,680 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in 2014, exceeding the 2013 record of 8,174,461 visitors by 1.3 percent ....
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Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
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Report: Hawaii Last Place for American Dream
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 5457 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawai‘i has the largest gap in the nation between residents’ income and housing costs, ranking dead last....
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