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Hillview, Ky. filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in late August, brought the national total of municipal bankruptcies to 14 since 2008....

In 2014, the utility company’s non-solar customers paid an extra $53 million in operating and maintenance costs because of residents adding rooftop solar systems....

...figures here are for bonded debt, and do not include other outstanding obligations—including pensions—which add substantially to governments’ future liabilities and are often considered in broader definitions of governmental debt....

Our data set includes such metrics as delivery costs, average annual infant-care costs, the per-capita number of midwives and OB-GYNs, and the per-capita number of child care centers....

... Will the Democratic nominee 'owe' Chris Butler? ....

It should thwart DOE attempts to yank students out of private placements while hearings are in progress....

...the percent of single-mother households of all family households with own minor children was 18.9% in Hawai‘i versus 24.1% in the nation....

...Greer contends Senator Baker eliminated the wrong position in 2008, but finally succeeded in eliminating his position in 2011....

...the City of Honolulu and the police department were intent on destroying over 2,300 used firearms worth an estimated $575,000, rather than raise revenue by selling them....

The rule is expected to be finalized next year....

Without food processors in the islands, Hawaii agriculture will always be limited....

Hawaii -- 262.4--Car thefts per 100,000 people -- Nat'l Avg 220.7

WalletHub compared 670 community colleges across 17 key metrics....

The Caldwell administration is deeply dysfunctional....

...“widespread regulatory non-compliance” and "a serious disregard" for regulations for security, biosafety, incident response and training....

...and this doesn't include the General Excise Tax....

...the Governor of American Samoa candidly questions whether the ruling applies in that U.S. territory....

...Guam refused to issue tax overpayment refunds "often for several years at a time," instead using the money to fund the government....

... Caldwell 'Running from Controversy', 'Wasn't Around' During Crisis, 'Not the First Time' ....

Excepting heavily incentivized research and development (R&D) operations, mature firms generally experience above-average tax costs in Hawaii....

The adjusted cost of living for retired persons in Honolulu is twice as high as it is in Laredo, Texas....

...Visualize Chris Butler, a heartbeat away from the Presidency....

There were southern politicians who were concerned about adding the territory’s multiethnic population to the Union....

... Aug. 26 is Women’s Equality Day ....

100 Kauai voters participated ....

The Hawaii defendants are members of the Campaign Spending Commission....

Our data set ranges from the percentage of adults aged 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher to the attainment gap between women and men....

With zero experience in getting families off the street....

Students in Hawaii will be subject to sex-ed classes with an emphasis on pregnancy prevention rather than abstinence, whether they or their parents like it or not....

...straight out of a Michael Bloomberg gun-ban training manual....

According to a recent PEW survey, 25 percent of people in the last year have change their opinion to a favorable view of vaccines....

If the Gov’s team wants to learn why Hawaii should try Housing First, they can start with Google and actually learn a lot....

Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28%....

...states could easily offer more data to their citizens....

A joint resolution of Congress made Hawaii a U.S. territory on August 12, 1898...

August is Child Support Awareness Month ....

In Hawaii, there were 995 drunk driving episodes yearly per 1,000 people....

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has set formal evidentiary hearings and public listening sessions on NextEra Energy Inc.’s $4.3 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Electric Co., according to public documents....

...but 2nd highest student debt as a percentage of income adjusted by cost of living ....

...attractiveness of the largest U.S. cities in terms of livability, the quality of their health and education systems, economic growth and tax rates....

Sex trafficking became a prosecutor’s priority when I returned to office in 2010.    That year, exactly one pimp was arrested, and in 2011 the respected Polaris Project ranked Hawaii among the worst states for anti-sex trafficking efforts....

...Meanwhile -- 3,500 astronomers converging on Waikiki....

...it was possible that plaintiffs could establish standing if they amended their complaint, any amendment would be futile because plaintiffs’ Commerce Clause challenge to the Jones Act would fail on the merits....

...an economic study for commissioned by the state recommends Hawaii raise taxes on gasoline by $.85 per gallon....

...Conflict of interest....

For singles in Honolulu, the highest lifestyle-related costs are clothing and housing....

The certified list is shorter because it omits the names of people whose Hawaiian ancestry has not yet been verified....

Hawaii 45.1 cents per gallon, plus federal 18.4 excise tax, plus GE Tax....

Hawaii is among the states with the lowest rates in the country of foster children who were re-abused within six months of being reunited with their families....