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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 :: 5402 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 :: 5612 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 :: 3409 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 :: 2269 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 :: 4824 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 :: 13429 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 :: 4034 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 :: 6219 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 :: 4918 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 :: 4681 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 :: 5760 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 :: 4283 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 :: 6414 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 :: 3568 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 :: 6401 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 :: 3253 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 :: 2521 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 :: 5228 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 :: 3023 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 :: 2118 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 :: 5789 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 :: 4372 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 :: 3731 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 :: 2803 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 :: 3664 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 :: 3429 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 :: 4512 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 :: 4113 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 :: 2966 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 :: 5374 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 :: 3470 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 :: 4836 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 :: 4859 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 :: 3433 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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Wednesday, January 26, 2022 |
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COVID Emergency: Ige Extends Partial Suspension of Sunshine Law
By News Release @ 11:02 PM :: 3433 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... will remain in effect through March 25, 2022 ....
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022 |
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DoE, HPD Sued over Arrest of 10-year-old Girl
By News Release @ 10:41 PM :: 4553 Views :: Education K-12, Police
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... The newly-filed lawsuit describes an incident in January 2020 in which N.B.–who is now twelve-years old–was handcuffed and arrested by HPD officers, and her mother was falsely detained by DOE officials, at Honowai Elementary School ....
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022 |
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Meetings Being Cancelled Due to Improper Notice
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 2246 Views :: Ethics
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... OIP has recently received dozens of complaints from the public alleging deficient meeting notices for various Sunshine Law boards that were filed on the State Calendar ....
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022 |
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Defense Appropriations Chairman Jon Tester Tours Red Hill, Does Not Commit to Shut Down
By Video @ 3:09 AM :: 4907 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... said Chairman Tester. “We’ve got work to do, and I’m going to keep working with Senator Schatz to make sure the Department of Defense is getting Hawai‘i and the Navy the tools they need to move forward.” ....
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022 |
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DoH: 'No Evidence Board of Water Supply drinking water impacted by Red Hill Spill'
By News Release @ 8:56 PM :: 3839 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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"... at this time, there is no evidence that Board of Water Supply drinking water has been impacted ...." -- Hawaii Department of Health
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022 |
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Honolulu 3rd Worst 'Sinkhole City'
By News Release @ 8:33 PM :: 4799 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... HONOLULU remained a Sinkhole City because it needed more than $3.9 billion, or $31,700 from each taxpayer, to pay its bills ....
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022 |
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$100 Refund--How About $1,361?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:58 PM :: 4026 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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"...increase the refund amount...."
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022 |
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Maui County to implement COVID-19 booster requirement
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 3708 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... The revised rules require proof of a booster shot to confirm patrons are “up to date” with their COVID-19 vaccinations if they want to dine indoors at a restaurant or bar, or exercise inside of a gym ....
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022 |
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Minimum Wage Hike? You can be replaced by a Robot
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:16 AM :: 5061 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... businesses cut hours, turn to technology or even cut jobs in order to mitigate the higher costs ....
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 5.7% for December
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 3196 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was 5.7 percent compared to 6.0 percent in November. Statewide, 610,350 were employed and 37,050 unemployed ....
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Monday, January 24, 2022 |
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Full Text: State of the State Address
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 3042 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Governor David Y. Ige to the Thirty-First State Legislature meeting in joint session, January 24, 2022 ....
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Monday, January 24, 2022 |
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DoH: 69% of Seniors are Boosted
By News Release @ 3:38 PM :: 2534 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... This revision results in the current percentage of the population that has received a booster dose increasing from 31.4% last Friday to 33.1% today ....
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