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Wednesday, September 16, 2020 |
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HECO Releases info on Solar Battery Projects -- Prices Vary by 46%
By News Release @ 8:24 PM :: 2887 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... Oahu projects run as high as $0.13 pkwh even as competitors offer $0.089 pkwh ....
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020 |
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Honolulu 4th Most Expensive Metro Area in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 9:07 PM :: 4177 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...but the Big Island is much more affordable....
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Friday, August 7, 2020 |
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$100 Worth Only $84.67 in Hawaii
By Tax Foundation @ 4:21 AM :: 3266 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...What is the Real Value of $100 in Your State?....
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020 |
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HECO to Begin Cutting off Service Sept 1
By News Release @ 2:20 AM :: 3431 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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...Disconnection notices and disconnections for nonpayment will resume after Sept. 1. Late fees resume after Sept. 15....
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020 |
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Shipping industry study claims Jones Act benefits Hawaii economy ... yes, really
By News Release @ 4:02 AM :: 3580 Views :: Jones Act, Cost of Living
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...A new study that allegedly shows the Jones Act has no “negative impact” on the cost of living in Hawaii actually shows the opposite, according to the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii....
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020 |
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COVID: UH Activists Dream of Exploiting Housing Crisis
By News Release @ 4:57 PM :: 2916 Views :: Greenmail, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... the Supply-Demand Connection They Won’t Talk About at UH: Hawaii’s artificial restriction of land supply has profited KSBE, A&B and other major landowners by making housing unaffordable for middle class and working class families. Greenmail protests and litigation by OHA, sovereignty activists and enviro groups shapes the land-use environment and drives young families out of Hawaii ....
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Thursday, July 16, 2020 |
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Hawaii Highest Market Rent for 2br Apartment
By News Release @ 4:51 AM :: 2688 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...In Hawaii, the Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom apartment is $2,015—the highest in USA....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 |
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Hawaii: Highest Energy Costs, Lowest Energy Consumption
By Selected News Articles @ 11:05 PM :: 3480 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...2020’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States....
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Friday, July 3, 2020 |
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Can the current YB management actually control costs?
By Michael Hansen @ 11:55 PM :: 3747 Views :: Jones Act, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...The HPUC perceives the underlying problem as YB management’s inability to control costs and operate an effective service....
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Thursday, June 4, 2020 |
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Land Use: Disparate Impact
By Selected News Articles @ 11:38 PM :: 2985 Views :: Land Use, Cost of Living
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...the Trump administration has since revised the rule, making it more difficult to challenge land-use rules that make housing more expensive....
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Friday, May 29, 2020 |
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Thanks to Cheap Oil, HECO Forced to Abandon $77M Rate Hike
By News Release @ 5:46 AM :: 3263 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...Oil is so cheap that HECO should be forced to CUT rates. This is the consolation prize....
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020 |
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Debunked: YB Demands $25M COVID Relief on Top of Rate Hike
By News Release @ 4:26 AM :: 6374 Views :: Jones Act, Small Business, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... YB is absorbing operating costs for Saltchuck's unregulated services. This is a standard accounting trick for companies that are partly regulated and partly unregulated ....
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Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Work at Home
By Selected News Articles @ 6:48 PM :: 3448 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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"...We also considered factors like how large and how crowded homes are in the state...."
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Thursday, April 2, 2020 |
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OHA urges Governor to increase relief for renters
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 3638 Views :: Economy, OHA, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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...urging the adoption of additional policies to close critical gaps left by the new federal moratorium on evictions and the state’s recent emergency orders....
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Thursday, March 12, 2020 |
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Hawaii Cost of Living 92% Above US Average
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 3821 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii housing costs are 329% of US average....
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020 |
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Credit Card Debt: Ewa Beach #1 in USA
By News Release @ 1:25 AM :: 3314 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Ewa Beach has the highest credit card debt in the USA at $29,658 per household. Waipahu is 10th at $25,258....
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Tuesday, March 3, 2020 |
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Hawaii is 8th-Richest State--But you'll never see any of it
By News Release @ 2:29 AM :: 4713 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii is the 8th-richest state but has the 5th-lowest per capita income in USA....
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020 |
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Quality of Life? Residents Say Honolulu Ranks 391st
By News Release @ 10:01 AM :: 5132 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... 1 in 4 Honolulu residents say they plan to be gone by 2025 ....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Honolulu 18th -- Hardest Working Cities in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 7:30 PM :: 3012 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Multiple jobs. Doubling up. Hawaii adults say they’re doing it all and still struggling....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Raise Minimum Wage? What Hawaii Can Learn from Seattle
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:00 AM :: 4695 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...An expert on Seattle's experience will address 2 Hawaii events....
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Sunday, February 23, 2020 |
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Do You Buy Fuel? Then Be Very Afraid!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5218 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...if this bill passes, guess what is going to happen to your electric bill....
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Saturday, February 22, 2020 |
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$13 Minimum Wage Passes Another Committee
By News Release @ 2:11 AM :: 3871 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...HB 2541 HD1 would make the state earned income tax credit refundable and permanent, and increase the refundable food/excise tax credit. In addition, the bill would increase the minimum wage....
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Friday, February 21, 2020 |
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Public Invited to Testify on 233% Bus Fare Hike
By News Release @ 4:02 AM :: 4551 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Cost of Living
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...Railroaded: City proposes Mind-Blowing 233% increase in bus fares....
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Friday, February 21, 2020 |
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Gap Between Buying & Renting Narrows on Big Island
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 AM :: 5093 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii County's median listing price decreased by 10%....
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 |
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Animal Activists Pressure Young Brothers to Strangle Cattle Industry
By News Release @ 9:57 PM :: 4285 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...said state Sen. Mike Gabbard (D-Kapolei-Makakilo), who introduced the measure, “This is the right thing to do!”....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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Hawaii one of the top 10 population losers
By Selected News Articles @ 8:48 PM :: 3192 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii Population lost: -7,047 -- Population decrease: -0.50%....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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Who’s to blame for high housing costs? It’s more complicated than you think.
By Selected News Articles @ 8:37 PM :: 4707 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...Public debate falls into two schools of thought as to why housing costs are so high....
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Sunday, February 16, 2020 |
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The Flippin’ Surcharge and Other Housing Solutions
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 3949 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...This year’s Legislature has produced some unique proposed solutions to deal with our housing crisis....
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 |
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Hawaii Carbon Tax Would Be a Big Burden for Families and Businesses
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 AM :: 4410 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...the tax on gasoline would begin at $8.22 per barrel in 2021 and top out at $23.16 per barrel in 2030....
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Friday, February 14, 2020 |
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SB3104: OHA to be Given Free 'Affordable' Housing Units?
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 4044 Views :: DHHL, OHA, Cost of Living
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...HHFDC to decide how many units go to OHA and/or DHHL....
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Friday, February 14, 2020 |
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Five little words could solve Hawaii's housing crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:06 PM :: 4093 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...More mandates and government red tape won’t build houses....
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Friday, February 7, 2020 |
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Free Golf, Methamphetamines, and Building Permits
By Andrew Walden @ 12:00 PM :: 13716 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...These are the kind of people who make Hawaii what it is today....
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Thursday, February 6, 2020 |
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DoE Funds HSTA Pay Hike Propaganda 'Study'
By News Release @ 2:27 PM :: 3773 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Cost of Living
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...The study was done by Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA), which (previously demonstrated its reliability by conducting) a salary study in 2014 for HIDOE and the Hawaii State Teachers Association....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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Report: Hawaii seniors have highest poverty rate in the US
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 3164 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Personalized Elder Index -- How Much do you need to live in your community in Hawaii?....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Need $2.3M to Retire in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 10:16 PM :: 4970 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...the state in which you live can play a big role in how early you can retire....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Honolulu 79th Worst Metro Areas for STEM Professionals
By Selected News Articles @ 8:56 PM :: 4112 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...STEM workers are in fierce demand and Honolulu is just not competitive....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Hawaii Most Expensive State for Car Owners
By Selected News Articles @ 8:41 PM :: 3832 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...‘Cost of Ownership & Maintenance’ highest in USA....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Stop Taxing Healthcare
By News Release @ 8:13 PM :: 3847 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...how do we attract more doctors to Hawaii — and keep the ones we still have?....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Hawaii’s housing crisis, in 63 seconds
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:35 PM :: 3232 Views :: Land Use, Cost of Living
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...no land shortage....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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HB1884: Right to Repair
By News Release @ 4:19 PM :: 3302 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living
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...Manufacturers of everything from tablets to toasters to tractors make it too difficult and too expensive to repair their products when they break....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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Hawaii GE Tax adds $222M to healthcare costs
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:17 AM :: 4590 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Exempting medical services would help patients and stem the doctor shortage....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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Hawaii: 69% Struggle Financially
By News Release @ 3:12 PM :: 3411 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...The Hawaii Financial Health Pulse provides a new, in-depth view of the financial struggles faced by people in Hawaii....
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Saturday, January 25, 2020 |
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Full Text: DBEDT Releases Housing Planning Study
By News Release @ 11:29 PM :: 3921 Views :: Development, Economy, Cost of Living
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...Included in the study are data on housing supply, demand, and estimates of housing units needed by levels of affordability....
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Saturday, January 25, 2020 |
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Eight Bills Behind 'Joint Economic Package'
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 3823 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...Measures tackle housing, childcare, wage issues highlighted in ALICE report....
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Friday, January 24, 2020 |
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State of the State: Right diagnosis, wrong prescription
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:56 PM :: 3310 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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...What ails Hawaii is too much government and too much spending. The last thing we need is more of the same....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Cost of Living: Hawaii Per Capita Income 4th-Lowest in USA
By UHERO @ 8:07 PM :: 3261 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...after adjusting for Hawaii’s high prices, the purchasing power of income per person was the fourth lowest in the nation....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Full Text: State of the State Address
By News Release @ 4:51 PM :: 2888 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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...the elephant in the room—the cost of living—got a little larger and harder to deal with each year....
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