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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Monday, October 28, 2024 |
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Hawaii Childcare Cost: 20% of Family Income
By Selected News Articles @ 6:41 PM :: 131 Views :: Family, Cost of Living
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... The analysis found that New Mexico, Hawaii and New York are the least affordable states for full-time center-based infant care ....
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd Fewest Job Openings in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:06 PM :: 305 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on the rate of job openings for the latest month and the last 12 months ....
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024 |
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Honolulu 2nd-Lowest Mortgage Delinquency Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:50 PM :: 268 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii's high cost of housing looks very different if you already own your own home ....
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024 |
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‘Green energy transition’ is a myth
By Selected News Articles @ 12:28 PM :: 436 Views :: Energy
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... fossil fuel use has grown during this period ....
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Friday, October 18, 2024 |
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DBEDT, HHFDC navigate transition following SMS collapse
By Selected News Articles @ 3:26 AM :: 721 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... state contracts previously held by SMS Research & Marketing Services have been transferred to other entities ....
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Friday, October 18, 2024 |
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Federal jobs in Hawaii and Alaska—Sounds like a dream. So why are they so hard to fill?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:09 AM :: 809 Views :: Cost of Living
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... the federal government has struggled to find workers with the skills it needs to fill jobs in these more remote parts of the United States ....
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Sunday, October 13, 2024 |
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A Supreme Court case in Hawaii could raise gas costs for us all
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 976 Views :: Energy, Judiciary
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... it may be up to the US Supreme Court to set the matter straight ....
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Saturday, October 12, 2024 |
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SMS Cash Catastrophe: State Contracts in Limbo
By Selected News Articles @ 11:48 PM :: 1119 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... SMS has been awarded $4.58 million dollars over eight contracts awarded from 2021 to 2023 ....
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Friday, October 11, 2024 |
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SMS Research Out of Business?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:31 PM :: 1410 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... one of the stealthiest shutdowns this town has seen in a long time ....
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Thursday, October 10, 2024 |
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Hawaii Home Prices up 342% -- over and above the rate of inflation
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 PM :: 1195 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii had the number one largest cost increase of any state in the country ....
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Thursday, October 10, 2024 |
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Honolulu Is the City with the Highest Inflation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 PM :: 802 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Honolulu 4.2% Consumer Price Index Change year over year ....
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024 |
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Database: More than 13,000 gender reassignment procedures on minors between 2019-23
By Selected News Articles @ 12:38 PM :: 1016 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Hawaii, with a population of 1.46 million and 15 procedures, had the lowest rate at one procedure per 291,054 residents ....
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Monday, October 7, 2024 |
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Financial State of the States--Hawaii Ranks 45th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:32 AM :: 808 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii had a Taxpayer Burden of $16,500, earning it a “D” grade ....
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Saturday, October 5, 2024 |
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Bad news for Tesla and America: Chinese E-Car maker is all over Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 4762 Views :: Energy, Military
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... thanks to Hawaii’s Clean Energy Initiative ....
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Saturday, October 5, 2024 |
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20 US Cities That Spend the Most on Groceries Every Month (18 are in Hawaii)
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 PM :: 1892 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hanalei, Kauai monthly grocery expenditure cost: $841.67 -- Highest in USA ....
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Saturday, October 5, 2024 |
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Hawaii is the Only U.S. State Not Investing in Manufactured Housing
By Selected News Articles @ 2:51 AM :: 1232 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... the average cost per square foot of a manufactured home was $87, roughly half of the $166 cost per square foot of a site-built home ....
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 |
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Hawaii’s 14 Largest Cities Ranked by Cost of Living
By Selected News Articles @ 7:03 PM :: 3086 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hilo has the lowest cost of living, Kailua has the highest ....
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Friday, September 27, 2024 |
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Hawaii’s legislature does the unthinkable, for a blue state: Slashing taxes
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 PM :: 1637 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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“... In general, it was a terrific year at the legislature, and I never say that ....”
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Monday, September 23, 2024 |
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Trump Attempted Assassination Suspect is 'active registered voter' in North Carolina, Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 11:42 AM :: 863 Views :: Office of Elections
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“He is an active registered voter. He resides in District Precinct 48-01.”
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Tuesday, September 17, 2024 |
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Central Pacific to Buy American Savings?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:52 AM :: 2522 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Small Business
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... Central Pacific is discussing raising $1 billion to help facilitate the deal from investors ....
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Monday, September 16, 2024 |
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Hawaii is 2024’s 2nd Worst State for Teachers
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 PM :: 887 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii's high cost of living drives down teachers' earnings ....
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Friday, September 6, 2024 |
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Study: Hawaii Has the Best Budgeters in the U.S.
By Selected News Articles @ 10:56 PM :: 707 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... States With the Best and Worst Budgeters in 2024 ....
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Friday, September 6, 2024 |
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Friday, September 6, 2024 |
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Hawaii’s Cloak-and-Dagger Lore
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 PM :: 902 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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... Did you know that Tokyo even relied on a North-Shore-home-owning Nazi spy to launder money and send signals ....
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Thursday, September 5, 2024 |
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Unions pursue law changes to boost membership
By Selected News Articles @ 2:14 PM :: 940 Views :: Labor
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... under a 1997 Hawaii Supreme Court decision, (Konno v County of Hawaii) state and local government officials face enormous barriers contracting union-performed government work to private entities ....
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Wednesday, September 4, 2024 |
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Hawaii is 2024's 6th Least Innovative State for Education
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 757 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... Hawaii ranks 45th in Schools that Offer Advanced Placement Courses per Capita ....
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Friday, August 30, 2024 |
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Tourist Count Down, Spending Up
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 PM :: 1059 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... The number of visitors is down 1% from July 2023. But spending by tourists, when adjusted by inflation, is up 2.6% from last year at $207 billion ....
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024 |
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Hawaii Second Amendment Rights Advocates Openly Carry Swords, Battle-Axes In Public To Celebrate New Law
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 1024 Views :: Second Amendment
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... he takes his battle-axe on walks to raise public awareness of the new laws while also making sure police aren’t restricting citizens’ rights to openly carry unusual weapons ....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 |
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Hawaii wants to force an oil ban on the rest of the country
By Selected News Articles @ 5:12 PM :: 1708 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary
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... this lawsuit seeks to compel companies to cease production and sale of oil and gas everywhere ....
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Friday, August 23, 2024 |
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Hawaii has been ranked the worst U.S. state overall for poor driving behavior
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1314 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Driving under the influence, speeding, texting ....
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Wednesday, August 21, 2024 |
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Dye Pack: Six Hours from Cesspool to Ocean
By Selected News Articles @ 12:24 AM :: 1655 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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... the dye emerged at a shoreline spring, telling us that the wastewater from at least one home, and possibly more, is flowing out into Kahaluʻu Bay ....
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024 |
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Justice Department Will Not Oppose Alaska-Hawaiian Air Merger
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 AM :: 911 Views :: Tourism
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... The time period for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to complete its regulatory investigation has expired ....
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Monday, August 19, 2024 |
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Micronesia and Am Samoa Among World's Fastest-Shrinking Countries
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 PM :: 1117 Views :: World News, Family
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... Federated States of Micronesia loses 0.73% of its population every year ....
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Friday, August 16, 2024 |
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Racists in Congress fought against statehood for Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 3023 Views :: Hawaii History
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... the forces of segregation and racism in Congress effectively derailed statehood for more than a decade ....
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Friday, August 16, 2024 |
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Polls Showed Solid Support in Run-up to Hawaii Statehood
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 8507 Views :: Hawaii History
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...Gallup first polled Americans on their support for Hawaii's statehood in 1940....
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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Eight Hawaii hospitals at risk of closure
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 PM :: 1765 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... 62% of Hawaii hospitals are at risk ....
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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Hawaii Ranks 49th for Invasive Plant Presence
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 AM :: 710 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii has the 3rd-fewest invasive plants ....
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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Honolulu 5th Highest Inflation in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:11 AM :: 867 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... 4.5% increase vs 1 year ago ....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024 |
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Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 837 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... Best & Worst Community Colleges in 2024 ....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024 |
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What Hawaii can learn from California’s long and bumpy road to ADU stardom
By Selected News Articles @ 4:57 AM :: 1119 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... This spring, Hawaii joined the growing list of states that have loosened restrictions on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) to alleviate the housing shortage ....
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Monday, August 12, 2024 |
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Hawaiian Electric shares “could go to zero”
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 1862 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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"...without a court order that shifts the subrogation claims risk away from the defendants and back to policyholders...."
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Monday, August 12, 2024 |
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Hawaii most expensive state based on average monthly costs
By Selected News Articles @ 2:39 AM :: 1020 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... based on the ten most common household bill categories ....
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Monday, August 12, 2024 |
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It was 126 years ago today: Hawaii Becomes US Territory
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 30184 Views :: Hawaii History
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On August 12, 1898, the United States and Spain reached a cease-fire agreement in its brief conflict over Cuba and the Philippines....
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024 |
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This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 61878 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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August 6 and 9 have been made into International Days of Anti-American historical revisionism. So here is a look at reality as seen from first-hand sources instead of whining activists.
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Saturday, August 3, 2024 |
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1853 Hawaiian Mission to Marquesan Cannibals
By Selected News Articles @ 5:00 PM :: 20514 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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At the Marquesas Islands, Herman Melville and his friend jumped ship....
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Thursday, August 1, 2024 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Rejects Bruen as Inconsistent With “Aloha Spirit”
By Selected News Articles @ 11:51 PM :: 83 Views :: Judiciary, Second Amendment
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...in so doing, the state court may have placed itself on a collision course with the Supreme Court of the United States....
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024 |
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Hawaii Early Education System Ranks 42nd in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 756 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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... state pre-K program, number of pre-K quality benchmarks met and total reported spending per child enrolled in pre-K ....
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024 |
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Hawaiian Airlines Merger Delayed -- DOJ "Unlikely to Approve"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 PM :: 3435 Views :: Tourism
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“The Department of Justice is unlikely to approve its planned $1.8 billion sale to Alaska Air. The antitrust regulator is preparing to challenge the combination.”
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Saturday, July 27, 2024 |
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Half of Hawaii's teachers quit within five years
By Selected News Articles @ 1:11 PM :: 1295 Views :: Education K-12, Cost of Living
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... The Hawaii State Teachers Association says more than 60,000 of Hawaii's children are not taught by a certified teacher ....
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Wednesday, July 24, 2024 |
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CWS Called on Hawaii Home-School Mom
By Selected News Articles @ 2:24 AM :: 1686 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Religion
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"Wow, your kids are not even afraid of you.”
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