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... Kaneshiro was on paid leave for two years ....

... data compares the difference between white and black Americans in areas such as annual income, unemployment rate and homeownership rate ....

... Hawaii also ranks the highest among U.S. states, with a DI score of 78.4% for millennials ....

... Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the highest unemployment rate in Hawaii using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ....

... Hawaii has averaged 68 catalytic converter thefts per 100,000 registered vehicles in just the first four months of 2022 ....

... State-local taxes paid $8,410 -- 14.1% of income ....

... 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 ...

... votes cast and bills introduced for week ending June 11, 2022 ....

... In the Urban Honolulu metro area the median monthly rent price is $1,779 - 62.3% higher than the national average ....

... Hawaii per-capita pension liability $39,939.43 ....

... 1st place Kentucky has 69x more NCIS background checks per capita than 50th place Hawaii ....

... Cultural appropriation by the Polynesian Voyaging Society is robbing me and my Micronesian brothers of our heritage, history and truthful place in the world ....

... data compares the difference between white and black Americans in areas such as high school and college degrees, test scores and graduation rates ....

... 2022’s Best & Worst State Economies ....

... On a per capita basis, the Aloha State reported 88.7 average daily cases per 100,000 people, the most of any state ....

... The Cost of Dying: Average cost of funerals, cremations, and medical care ....

... the high cost of living makes Hawaii nurses the lowest-salaried nurses in the nation ....

... Over 1,300 climate lawsuits have been filed in the U.S.  None has yet succeeded ....

... Stacker compiled a list of states where people from Hawaii are moving to the most using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. ...

... red states effectively lost at least three seats in Congress while blue states effectively gained them ....

... The Hawaii State Department of Education is paying tens of millions of dollars to feed Hawaiian school children due to a flaw in the funding method used by the federal government ....

... 71 new cases per 100,000 people over the last two weeks ....

... Recovery from Unemployment (2022 April vs 2020 January) -- Hawaii 51st ....

... of the 50 states, Hawaii saw the largest decline in marriage rate, dropping from 14.2-per-1,000 residents in 2019 to 7.4 in 2020 ....

... Adjusted for cost of living, first place Tacoma, WA has starting salaries three times higher than Honolulu and Pearl City ....

... HART now says it will cost $9.9 billion to not finish its rail project by 2031 ....

... $1 million will last in savings: 10 years, 10 months, 11 days ....

... Hawaii’s cost of living is high—93% greater than the national average and the highest in the country in 2021—and personal income on the island state is only slightly higher than the national average ....

... on Oahu 2,107 new cases, +74% change from previous week ....

... 2022’s Cities with the Most & Least Student Debt ....

... Common Cause Hawaii 2022 Legislative Wrap-Up ....

... but it's a great place to be a criminal ....

... Drug Use by State: 2022’s Problem Areas ....

... At great cost, isolation from the world delayed the spread until vaccines and treatments were available ....

... In the Aloha State, 25.4% of businesses fail in that first year ....

... employee base permanently reduced by COVID? ....

... professional opportunities are extremely limited ....

... Oahu's available vacation rentals have already fallen over 37% since 2019, more than any other island ....

... In Hawaii, the homeownership rate stands at 60.3%, 4th lowest in USA ....

... from US News and World Report ....

... the total estimated cost of the rebate program will be around $250 million ....

... Here’s How Rich Hawaii Residents Are Compared to the Nation ....

... an appraisal must be taken to set the commercial value of the lease and to ensure that the lease rent is set to ensure the highest return to the State and to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ....

... More than $1 billion is being poured into the defueling and cleanup efforts connected to the Red Hill fuel storage facility in Hawaii, but one lawmaker said more money is needed ....

... legislators (sneakily) decided (in conference committee, away from the public eye) to go ahead and re-write the law ....

... It’s one of the best-kept secrets this session .... 

... Asked Tuesday if he intends to still work for Hawaiian Airlines while in Congress, "Yeah, absolutely" ....

... over 83,000 people have moved away from Hawaii between 2011 and 2020 ....

... In Hawaii, a family of four can expect to spend an average of $14,042 on food in 2022, the highest amount among states ....

... Kahele is cosponsoring legislation and taking action as a committee member that directly affects his outside employer, which is further evidenced by Hawaiian Airlines lobbying on the bills Kahele cosponsored ....