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... 806,209 people visited Hawaii in April 2023, representing a 97.4% recovery since April 2019 ....

... Hawaii had a reported 254 drug-related deaths recorded in the 12 months before December 2022. That amount could be as high as 298 after death investigations finalize, an increase of 7% from the prior year, according to the CDC ....

... Recently, state legislators proposed a bill that, if passed, would increase the costs associated with obtaining and carrying a firearm for self-defense ....

... House Bill 954 would increase the personal exemption from $1,444 to $2,288 beginning with the 2023 tax year and increase the standard deduction ....

... the personal, face-to-face level, Sam was really hard to beat ....

... Honolulu ranks 280th of 300 overall and 62nd of 68 among large cities ....

... About 15,965 Americans residing in Hawaii enlisted to fight in World War II ....

... The National Shooting Sports Foundation argues the new state law is unconstitutional ....

... Hawaii’s ideal savings benchmark is $1,813,768. But the average retirement fund there contains just $366,776. That’s 80% off the mark ....

... Weather events are relabeled as 'climate disasters' and hyped up to boost global warming hysteria.  Katrina is the model.  Anybody who identifies a specific weather event as evidence of global warming is a fraud. ....

... on May 9, Recktenwald disclosed that he engages in “educational presentations relating to environmental, energy, and natural resource issues” and has worked with the Environmental Law Institute ....

... Hawaii has used $1.2 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law on roads, providing internet service to thousands and updating the state's airports and ports, according to a report released Monday from The White House ....

... 2023’s Best & Worst Places to Start a Career ....

... We ranked states based on the number of distracted driving car crashes as a percentage of total fatal car crashes ....

... States Where Alzheimer's Is Expected to Soar by 2025 ....

... Hawaii residents can reasonably expect to spend, on average, $1,501,762 over the course of their retirement starting at age 65, the highest amount of all states ....

... Officers are more likely to be attracted to police departments that steer clear of scandal and corruption and that are transparent with their communities ....

"... they wanted to pass a bill that was as extreme as they thought they could get away with ...."

... The occurrence of plastic waste was positively correlated with the abundance of three groups of floating sea creatures: by-the-wind sailors (Velella sp), blue buttons (Porpita sp) and violet snails (Janthina sp) ....

... oxycontin has not hit Hawaii as hard as other states ....

... the Tax Foundation’s 2023 State Business Tax Climate Index ....

... Annual Nursing Salary When Adjusted for Cost of Living ....

... in Honolulu, spending on the basics is $865 higher than the monthly income for a family of three that earns $100,000 annually ....

"EPA Region 9 Must Continue Oversight Throughout the Decontamination and Closure of the Red Hill Facility"

... An argument that the wasteful law violates the Constitution's Port Preference Clause ....

... Moving the fuel from Red Hill using international ships would cost $36 million, but $66 million using Jones Act tankers, Case said to Mayorkas in a letter ....

... The overall tax burden in Hawaii, which is a measure of taxes paid as a share of annual income, was 9.2% of the state's income per capita of $60,947, second only to Vermont ....

... Marine Corps Base Hawaii have devoted “millions” to clearing out invasive mangrove species and partnered with environmental groups, such as the local Sierra Club chapter, to shovel out the aggressive plants ....

... Dewatering is expected to last through April 21 ....

... 300 square feet, smallest in USA ....

... The debate illuminates the split that has recently emerged between back-to-nature eco-justice environmentalists and early embracers of technological innovation ....

... Senate President Ronald Kouchi said members of the conference committee would be named at a later date ....

... 'EveryTown' is an anti-gun organization backed by billionaire Mike Bloomberg ....

... Hawaii has the highest electricity price, nearly triple the US average rate, and the state relies on imported petroleum for 60% of its electricity generation ....

... In Honolulu, $100K amounts to just $36,036 when you consider taxes and the cost of living ....

... but you can settle for emotional well-being at $111,600 ....

... In most US metro areas, millennials are buying homes at prices above the general market.  But in Honolulu millennials are buying homes 4.2% below the market average.  This is the biggest downside gap in any of the 56 large metros studied ....

... Meanwhile, tens of thousands of servicemembers and dependents stationed in Guam and Hawaii are in danger of seeing their cost of living allowances slashed ....

... the 68-23 Senate approved a resolution Wednesday aimed at ending the national COVID emergency declared by then-President Donald Trump in 2020 ....

... Hawaii’s state debt is also among the top five in the nation at $7,992 per capita and $11,879 when local debt is factored in as well ....

... median credit scores of residents in 16 Hawaii towns ....

... only New York is worse ....

... Twenty-seven states’ attorneys general are asking Congress to pass Right-to-Repair legislation that they say will protect consumers, farmers and small businesses as inflation increases ....

... bad roads cost Hawaii motorists $764 per year ....

... In Hawaii, 48 police killings were reported from 2013 to 2022, or about 3.3 for every 100,000 residents, the 22nd fewest among states ....

... 73% of people think the government doesn’t spend their tax dollars wisely ....

... Hawaii ranks 51st ....

... The state Attorney General's Office said the bill is in reaction to the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen ruling issued by the U.S. Supreme Court last year ....

... Hawaii County -- 13.0% of workers work from home ....

... Title IX is a federal civil rights law passed 50 years ago that Hawaii DoE still doesn't obey ....