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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 |
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Grand Wailea Lucrative Target of Next Birdlights Suit
By Court House News @ 2:59 PM :: 2324 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... Grand Wailea Resort isn't the only place on Maui with night lighting ....
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 |
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Maui Fentanyl Dealer Gets 15 Years
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 2977 Views :: Maui County, Drugs
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... the four lbs of fentanyl was being transported to Dayton, Ohio on December 10, 2014 by a drug trafficking organization operating on Maui and in Northern California ....
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Monday, February 7, 2022 |
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$500M Red Hill Funding on the Move in Congress
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 3199 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... a Senate bill includes $100M and a separate House bill includes $403M ....
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Monday, February 7, 2022 |
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Hawaii Carbon Tax Would be Major Burden for Families, Small Business
By Heartland Foundation @ 4:40 AM :: 3630 Views :: Energy, Environment, Taxes
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... Regressive Gasoline Tax Would Top Out At $33.16 Per Barrel In 2035 ....
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Sunday, February 6, 2022 |
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SB3182: Establish 1% Asset Tax on All Worldwide Holdings
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:03 PM :: 2695 Views :: Taxes
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... In this proposal, “assets” refer to the “worldwide net worth” of the taxpayer and includes items such as stock, business interests, stock and collectibles, business funds and more ....
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Sunday, February 6, 2022 |
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SB3250 would give Hawaii highest income tax rate in U.S.
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:53 PM :: 2297 Views :: Taxes
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... Hawaii already has the third-highest level of economic flight per capita in the nation. ...
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Sunday, February 6, 2022 |
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ALOHA Homes: Unintended Consequences
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:49 PM :: 2052 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... the ALOHA homes program as currently envisioned in this bill would result in an expensive, nonsustainable government project that would fail to effectively assist those it is intended to help ....
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Sunday, February 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii Bill Would End Civil Asset Forfeiture, Opt State Out of Federal Program
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:40 PM :: 4901 Views :: Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement, Police
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... The legislation would restrict asset forfeiture to felony cases and would require a criminal conviction before prosecutors could proceed with the process in most cases ....
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Sunday, February 6, 2022 |
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Tax Hikes Still on the Table
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2332 Views :: Taxes
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... Hold on to your wallet ....
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Sunday, February 6, 2022 |
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Republican Legislative Session Update
By Brett Kulbis @ 2:30 AM :: 2239 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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... We are 17 days through the 31st Legislature. The "People's" building is still closed and it doesn't look like Senator Kouchi, Speaker Saiki or Governor Ige are interested in opening it up. ...
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Saturday, February 5, 2022 |
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Saturday, February 5, 2022 |
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2022 Legislature: The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:35 AM :: 3414 Views :: Taxes, COVID-19
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... you can't let your guard down when our esteemed legislators get together ....
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Friday, February 4, 2022 |
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Legislative Session Opens and My oh My!
By News Release @ 3:09 PM :: 4633 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Life
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... Historically, according the Legislative Reference Bureau, only 10% of bills introduced become law ....
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Friday, February 4, 2022 |
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Boosting Long-Term Engagement In the Pacific (BLUE Pacific) Act Passes U.S. House
By Ed Case @ 2:58 PM :: 4789 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... Provisions included in the COMPETES Act, a major measure to strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness, domestic capacity and supply chains ....
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Friday, February 4, 2022 |
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HECO Offers Electric Car Chargers 58% Discount on Electricity
By News Release @ 2:45 PM :: 2989 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... New pilot program to offer lower rate as incentive for businesses, building owners to host EV chargers ....
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Thursday, February 3, 2022 |
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SB3043: Senate Committee Hearing Pistol Permitting & Registration Bill
By NRA ILA @ 5:12 AM :: 1902 Views :: Second Amendment
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... This is in order to comply with the recent Yukutake v. Connors court case decision ....
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Thursday, February 3, 2022 |
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SB2242 Hikes both income and capital gains taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:46 AM :: 4171 Views :: Development, Small Business, Taxes
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... thus raising the state’s top income tax rate from 11% to 13% ....
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Thursday, February 3, 2022 |
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OHA Bumps Up $1M Emergency Financial Assistance Program
By News Release @ 2:00 AM :: 12534 Views :: OHA, COVID-19
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... OHA’s Ka Wailele Emergency Financial Assistance Program is being administered by Hawaiʻi Community Lending ....
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Thursday, February 3, 2022 |
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Evening Tour of ʻIolani Palace: A Walk Through the Past
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:43 AM :: 3419 Views :: Hawaii History, OHA
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... the first evening tour of the ʻIolani Palace held in over a year ....
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022 |
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Tunnel Vision
By Joni Kamiya @ 5:55 PM :: 5254 Views :: Agriculture, Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living, GMOs
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... The legislature appears to be dead set on ignoring the entire impact of short term solutions and catchy soundbites ....
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022 |
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Red Light Cameras to be Activated by May
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 4171 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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... engineering studies to select the ten intersections for the pilot began in January and are expected to be completed in March ....
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Tuesday, February 1, 2022 |
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FACT: Our Congressional Leaders Are Unable or Unwilling to Close Red Hill
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 6:19 PM :: 4102 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... Defueling is not a complete shutdown or decommissioning. It is simply a mechanism to fix safety deficiencies and buy time to keep the fuel tanks in Red Hill ....
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Tuesday, February 1, 2022 |
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Honolulu Council Copies OHA Playbook--Threatens Military Leases in Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:03 AM :: 4908 Views :: Honolulu County, Greenmail, Military, OHA
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... this is the same political model being used by OHA to extract rent money from astronomy on Mauna Kea ....
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Monday, January 31, 2022 |
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DoD on Red Hill: We Will Appeal DoH 'Final Order'
By News Release @ 11:05 PM :: 3594 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... we have a deadline of this Wednesday, February 2, 2022, to file an appeal of DOH's Final Order, and we are planning to file in both federal and state court by this deadline ....
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Monday, January 31, 2022 |
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HB1585: Emergency powers reform bill could be stronger
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:54 PM :: 5862 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... HB1585 needs greater clarity about the role of the Legislature and stronger statements about protecting transparency and individual rights ....
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Monday, January 31, 2022 |
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“11th Hour” changes could jeopardize property rights of Kahoma Village residents
By News Release @ 10:28 PM :: 2935 Views :: Maui County, Development
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..."I am always concerned by any piece of legislation that is not signed by Corporation Counsel...." -- Mayor Victorino
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Monday, January 31, 2022 |
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OHA Trustee Keola Lindsey Resigns
By News Release @ 6:48 PM :: 5723 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections, OHA
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... OHA’s Board of Trustees will have 60 days to appoint a new trustee for Hawaiʻi Island, who will serve in the position until the next Hawaiʻi state general election in November 2022 ....
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Monday, January 31, 2022 |
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Unemployment Recovery? Hawaii Dead Last
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 PM :: 2681 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... States Whose Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Most ....
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Monday, January 31, 2022 |
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Hawaii 2nd Worst Racial Wealth Gap
By Selected News Articles @ 3:26 PM :: 2171 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... 2022's States with the Biggest and Smallest Wealth Gaps by Race/Ethnicity ....
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Sunday, January 30, 2022 |
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Astronomy Adds $221M to Hawaii Economy
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 4651 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... The total economic impact of $221 million, which also accounts for indirect and induced impacts, is nearly as much as farming statewide ....
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Sunday, January 30, 2022 |
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The Future of Blankety Blank
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2525 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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... Want to pass one of these bills? Go ahead, make my day! ....
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Sunday, January 30, 2022 |
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Hawaii Second Amendment Legislative Webinar
By News Release @ 4:05 AM :: 1822 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Please join our webinar this Sunday 6pm where we'll go over upcoming bills in the legislature and how you can help ....
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Sunday, January 30, 2022 |
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Hawaii Second Highest Homelessness Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 AM :: 4945 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... In Hawaii, an estimated 6,458 people are experiencing homelessness - or about 45.6 for every 10,000 people, the second highest homeless rate among states ....
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Saturday, January 29, 2022 |
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Minimum debate over minimum wage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:44 PM :: 3781 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... the Senate has tried to avoid any real debate on the issue ....
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Saturday, January 29, 2022 |
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Blangiardi Exempts Affordable rentals from GE Tax
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 3090 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes
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... New incentives approved to spur development of affordable rentals ....
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Saturday, January 29, 2022 |
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Auditor Rips 'Never-ending fishing expedition'
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 5:12 AM :: 2294 Views :: Ethics
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... Efforts to rein in the watchdog continue ....
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Friday, January 28, 2022 |
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Hawaii Most Unionized State in USA
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 3011 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii has the highest union membership rate at 22.4 percent ....
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Friday, January 28, 2022 |
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December, 2021: Tourist Spending Down 5.5% from 2019
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 2946 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... the tourist headcount is down 20.9% ....
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Friday, January 28, 2022 |
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2022 State Business Tax Climate Index--Hawaii Ranks 41st
By Tax Foundation @ 2:37 AM :: 3933 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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... The states in the bottom 10 tend to have a number of afflictions in common: complex, nonneutral taxes with comparatively high rates ....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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HECO Donates $2M to Deadbeats
By News Release @ 8:02 PM :: 3574 Views :: Energy, COVID-19
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... The Kokua Fund Bill Credit Program will automatically provide a one-time credit of $90 to past-due balances for about 22,000 residential and business customers by Jan. 31 ....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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It’s not weird, it’s constitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 7:40 PM :: 2456 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits
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... Here is the actual wording of the item in the Hawai‘i State Constitution ....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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Ige Lacks Authority on Red Hill
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 7:24 PM :: 4662 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... The facility built in 1942 is "grandfathered" and exempt from any EPA rules or compliance. Second, it is Federal property on Federal land under Federal jurisdiction....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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Tasers were made legal in Hawaii on January 1st, and a new law has already been proposed to ban carrying them.
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 AM :: 2989 Views :: Second Amendment
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... before you can even purchase a taser or stun gun, and legislators are already moving to make it so that you can’t carry them ....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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Hawaii: State of Tobacco Control
By News Release @ 3:25 AM :: 4115 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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... The 20th annual American Lung Association "State of Tobacco Control" report evaluates states ....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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Hawaii businesses say proposed minimum wage hike would hurt
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 AM :: 4089 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... 21% of the chamber’s businesses said the proposed minimum wage increase would put them out of business ....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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How Much Drivers Pay in Taxes at the Pump in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 AM :: 2914 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... On top of the federal gasoline tax of 18.4 cents per gallon, Hawaii levies an additional excise tax of 51.7 cents - the fourth highest gas tax rate among states ....
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