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Thursday, June 23, 2022 |
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HDoT: Car-Mounted Probes to Hunt Potholes
By News Release @ 3:29 PM :: 1825 Views :: Honolulu County
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... HDOT announces a new pilot with i-Probe Inc to test connected automobile hardware and software technologies ....
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Thursday, June 23, 2022 |
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S. 2907 Federal 'Truth and Healing Commission' will dig for Bodies at Kamehameha School
By Andrew Walden @ 2:36 PM :: 3378 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History
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... Waihee operative Norma Wong -- kitted out with a spanking new Hawaiian name ‘Kawelokū’ -- was sent, June 22, 2022, to denounce Kamehameha Schools and Lahainaluna School before the Sen Brian Schatz’ Indian Affairs Committee ‘Oversight Hearing on Indian Boarding Schools' ....
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Thursday, June 23, 2022 |
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HSTA primary election endorsements
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 3128 Views :: Democratic Party, Labor, Politicians
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... Hawaii State Teachers Association recommendations for Hawaii State House and Senate candidates in the upcoming 2022 primary election ....
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Thursday, June 23, 2022 |
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Oahu Schoolteacher Detained on Charge of Sexually Exploiting Minor Student
By News Release @ 5:29 AM :: 2964 Views :: Education K-12, Law Enforcement
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... Individuals with information, or those who believe they are a victim, are urged to immediately contact the Honolulu FBI at (808) 673-2705 or BunagInvestigation@fbi.gov ....
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Thursday, June 23, 2022 |
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Ukraine Needs Robot Dogs to Clear Mines -- Will HPD Donate?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 AM :: 2784 Views :: Honolulu County, Military, Police
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... it has become increasingly common for deminers to use robots in the field to increase their productivity and mitigate the risk of blowing themselves up ....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022 |
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2022 Primary Election--Get a Sample Ballot for Your District
By News Release @ 11:39 PM :: 2543 Views :: Office of Elections
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... get a copy of a sample ballot specific to your district ....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022 |
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Ige Signs Minimum Wage Hike, makes Earned Income Tax Credit Refundable
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 3036 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Tax Credits
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... Act 114 increases the minimum wage to $12.00 per hour starting Oct. 1, 2022 ....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022 |
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Patrick Branco Part of 'Gay Victory' Plan for CD2
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 3936 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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"...we must still elect over 35,000 out LGBTQ people to office...."
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022 |
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COVID Unemployment Bounce Back? Hawaii 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 AM :: 2775 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... In May, there were notable gains in sectors including leisure and hospitality but Hawaii still lags ....
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022 |
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VIDEO: Sam King for OHA Trustee
By Video @ 3:10 AM :: 2175 Views :: OHA
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... Sam King explains his priorities for ensuring OHA services and remedies critical needs of the Hawaiian community like affordable housing, homelessness, education and much more ....
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022 |
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Why Panos Prevedouros Left Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:47 AM :: 4507 Views :: Higher Education, Rail, Cost of Living
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... The former chairman of the University of Hawaii’s civil engineering department says aloha ....
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Monday, June 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii Loses 4.3% of Construction Jobs
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 3315 Views :: Development, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii lost 1,600 construction jobs, -4.3 percent, the largest percentage loss in USA ....
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Monday, June 20, 2022 |
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$119M: Another Extension for Rail Management Contract
By News Release @ 4:47 PM :: 2233 Views :: Rail
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... The US$119 million contract is an extension of existing construction and engineering services Stantec is providing to HART and will run through the end of 2026, with the possibility of a 5-year extension to expected project completion in 2031 ....
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Monday, June 20, 2022 |
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UHERO Study Looks at Current COVID Surge in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 7:13 AM :: 2029 Views :: COVID-19
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... almost 1 in 3 adults in Hawai‘i infected with COVID-19 experience Long-COVID ....
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Monday, June 20, 2022 |
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ExxonMobil calls for a Jones Act waiver ahead of Big Oil Meeting with Administration
By Michael Hansen @ 5:44 AM :: 2244 Views :: Jones Act
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... The Administration is scheduled to meet with oil company executives on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, to discuss ways to increase domestic production and lower costs, and one of the issues likely to be addressed is the Jones Act ....
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Sunday, June 19, 2022 |
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Hawaii's labor force participation rate increasing, jobs report shows
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 3126 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... Hawaii's labor force increased by 7,400 people from May 2021 to May 2022 ....
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Sunday, June 19, 2022 |
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We’ve Got Bills – Lots of Them
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2293 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... how Hawaii compares on the ten most common household bills ....
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Sunday, June 19, 2022 |
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We can do something about inflation
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:17 AM :: 2134 Views :: Economy
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... From a rate of 1.9% in 2018, inflation jumped to 7.1% in 2021 and was 8.2% as of April 2022 ....
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Saturday, June 18, 2022 |
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Jones Act lobby feeling the heat as calls for waivers or reform increase
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:47 PM :: 2133 Views :: Jones Act
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... A confluence of events both in Hawaii and nationwide has led to a growing chorus of voices calling for either waivers from or reform of the federal maritime law known as the Jones Act ....
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Saturday, June 18, 2022 |
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Evidence keeps rolling in against proposed minimum-wage increase
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:42 PM :: 2756 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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“...Evidence of the Unintended Labor Scheduling Implications of the Minimum Wage....”
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Saturday, June 18, 2022 |
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DHHL Summary of 2022 Legislative Session
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2067 Views :: DHHL
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... In September 2021, the Hawaiian Homes Commission approved ten legislative proposals ....
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Saturday, June 18, 2022 |
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News That Criminals Can Use: Girls Used to Commit Crimes will not be Jailed
By Selected News Articles @ 4:57 AM :: 2796 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... Another world is possible. A world where girls can get away with anything ....
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Friday, June 17, 2022 |
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Bribery: Kaneshiro, Mitsunaga Arrested by FBI
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 7016 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... Kaneshiro was on paid leave for two years ....
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Friday, June 17, 2022 |
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'Reef Friendly' Sunscreens Caught Lying About SPF Protection
By News Release @ 5:15 AM :: 4634 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Greenmail
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... All the mineral-based products we tested failed SPF or UVA tests - and shockingly several products failed on both counts ....
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Thursday, June 16, 2022 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Rate 4.2% for May
By News Release @ 8:07 PM :: 2324 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May was 4.2 percent, compared to the revised rate of 4.1 percent in April ....
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Thursday, June 16, 2022 |
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Four Big Island Residents Sentenced to Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2657 Views :: Hawaii County , Drugs
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... Gouveia was previously sentenced by the Court in 2005 to ten years imprisonment for attempted possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine ....
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Thursday, June 16, 2022 |
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Hawaii Best Health Care During COVID
By News Release @ 6:30 AM :: 2786 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... Hawaii and Massachusetts top the 2022 State Scorecard rankings, based on overall performance across 56 measures of health care access and quality, service use and cost, health disparities, and health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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Honolulu Among Least Affordable Housing on Earth
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 2494 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Demographia United States Housing Affordability – 2022 Edition Released ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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State Economies with the Most Racial Equality -- Hawaii Ranks 4th
By Selected News Articles @ 11:05 PM :: 1516 Views
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... data compares the difference between white and black Americans in areas such as annual income, unemployment rate and homeownership rate ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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Honolulu Most Diverse Large Metro in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 10:43 PM :: 2130 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii also ranks the highest among U.S. states, with a DI score of 78.4% for millennials ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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'Water Management Area' -- New Way to Selectively Control Development
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 3216 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Development, Land Use
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... Tuesday, the Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) unanimously agreed to designate the entire Lahaina Aquifer Sector Area as both a Surface Water and Ground Water Management Area ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 2706 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the highest unemployment rate in Hawaii using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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Congress Moving $2.2B for Red Hill
By Ed Case @ 2:48 PM :: 2739 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... to Further Remediate, Defuel and Close Red Hill and Move the Fuel to More Strategic Locations Elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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Secret Swearing in for Joe Logan Designed to Head Off New Questions About Special Treatment
By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 AM :: 3280 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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... is the protection of ‘FOP’ (friends and family of the police) so ingrained in the force that they need not hear directly from Joe Logan to know that they should let his meth addict son off the hook again and again? ....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022 |
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Good news/bad news about cryptocurrency in Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:15 PM :: 2505 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... Hawaii’s policymakers haven’t given up the dream of regulating it into oblivion ....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022 |
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Hawaii #1 for Catalytic Converter Theft
By Selected News Articles @ 1:55 PM :: 2990 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... Hawaii has averaged 68 catalytic converter thefts per 100,000 registered vehicles in just the first four months of 2022 ....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022 |
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How much profit are private labs earning from PCR testing?
By UHERO @ 12:00 PM :: 2998 Views :: Economy, Health Care, COVID-19
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“...In many concentrated insurance markets such as Hawaiʻi, insurers have few incentives to negotiate lower prices. They can easily pass these costs onto premiums without losing market share....”
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Monday, June 13, 2022 |
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Hawaii State Tax Burden: 14.1% of Income -- 3rd Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:09 PM :: 2281 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... State-local taxes paid $8,410 -- 14.1% of income ....
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Call for Jones Act reform gaining momentum
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 2295 Views :: Jones Act
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... The drumbeat for Jones Act reform has been growing louder ....
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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General Excise Tax on Nonprofits
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2192 Views :: Taxes
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... Whether it be a bake sale, benefit dinner, or a silent auction, any income from an activity the primary purpose for which is raising money is GET taxable ....
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Bill 45: Rail TOD Giveaway to High Tech Tax Credit Schemers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:30 AM :: 3798 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail, Tax Credits
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... The vague language in the proposal lacks any metrics for measuring success, similar to another business-focused tax credit whose value to the state is dubious ...
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 11, 2022
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 1840 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... votes cast and bills introduced for week ending June 11, 2022 ....
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Oahu and Maui Have Some of the Highest Rents in the Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 AM :: 2536 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... In the Urban Honolulu metro area the median monthly rent price is $1,779 - 62.3% higher than the national average ....
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Saturday, June 11, 2022 |
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Hawaii Per-Capita Pension Liability 4th Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 2563 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii per-capita pension liability $39,939.43 ....
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Friday, June 10, 2022 |
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Mayors Blangiardi, Roth, Victorino, and Kawakami urge Governor Ige to veto HB 1567
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 2631 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement
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... urging Governor Ige to veto HB 1567 HD1 SD1 CD1, which eliminates the use of monetary bail and requires defendants to be released on their own recognizance for certain nonviolent offenses ....
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Thursday, June 9, 2022 |
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Volta Securities Fraud: Did Latest Hawaii High Tech Fail Take a Bite out of ERS?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:05 PM :: 3272 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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... Securities fraud, insider trading, $26.7 M in hidden executive stock awards? Yes. Hawaii’s high-tech tax credit schemers are at it again ....
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