Entries for August 2022

... our right to preserve our fa’a Samoa ....

... We compared the average salary of primary and secondary school teachers to the average salary for all jobs in each state .... 

... the Jones Act is harmful to the territory of Puerto Rico, and people throughout the U.S. should be skeptical of it, says Luis Ponce, co-founder and action director of the Boricuas Unidos en la Diaspora ....

... meet the new tourism, just like the old tourism ....

... If rolling outages are necessary, Hawaiian Electric will send out a Tweet.  That's the plan ....

... In Hawaii, an estimated 11,000 guns were sold from January through July 2022 based on FBI background check data ....

... lawmakers are allowed to waive the state’s spending cap by a two-thirds vote, which they routinely do ....

...Clinicians will strike for as long as it takes to make Kaiser address an understaffing crisis that leaves patients waiting months for therapy sessions....

... in excess of $579,000 once fringe benefits are factored in ....

... “There’s a correlation between high regulation and high prices in housing,” Akina said. “That’s the real problem we’re facing in Hawaii." ....

... 67 percent agreed that their island is “being run for tourists at the expense of local people” ....

... Hawaii’s Congressional Delegation has only gotten money for remediation and not prospective preventive measures like water treatment facilities ....

... No state has a higher percentage of student-loan balances past due or in default ....

... revised permitting process for license to carry concealed and unconcealed firearms as a result of the July 23, 2022, Supreme Court of the United States decision ....

... How much does it cost to hire an employee in Hawaii? ....

... Gov. David Ige has received the names of five nominees to fill a circuit judge vacancy in the First Circuit Court ....

... nominees for one vacancy in the District Family Court of the First Circuit, and one vacancy in the District Court of the First Circuit (island of Oahu) ....

... It is tempting to look for scapegoats when we talk about Hawaii’s housing crisis ....

... Exceeded only by Housing--but on the Big Island, Taxes are the largest household expense item ....

... Permits will be issued for five display sites through a lottery ....