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Wednesday, June 25, 2025 |
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Green Adds One More Bill to 'Intent-to-Veto' List
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 140 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Green added SB 935, Relating to Government, to the 2025 Intent-to-Veto list transmitted to Legislative leadership by the statutorily required June 24 deadline ....
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025 |
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Bills that passed the Lege now on the edge
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:18 AM :: 141 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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... SB66, which would create a permitting “shot clock” and allow third-party permit approval if the 60-day processing deadline is not met; and HB126, which would reform the state’s civil asset forfeiture process ....
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025 |
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Feds Rule on Campaign Spending Complaint Four Days after Hawaii Republican Convention tosses out Crazies
By Andrew Walden @ 12:12 AM :: 144 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party
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... The akamai reader may wonder what type of campaign spending account is neither state nor federal. ...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025 |
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Lahaina fire rebuild will be complete in 2038 at current pace
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 PM :: 203 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... Maui is averaging just under 21 approved permits per month ....
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025 |
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Amended fuel contract expected to save Oahu households nearly $3 a month on electric bills
By News Release @ 4:50 PM :: 175 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Cost of Living
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... The contract amendment negotiated with Par Hawaii and approved by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) includes significant changes aimed at stabilizing fuel costs ...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Healthiest State
By News Release @ 2:50 PM :: 206 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... While Hawai‘i performed strongly in most categories, the report identified several areas where performance declined ....
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Sunday, June 22, 2025 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 21, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 5:51 PM :: 297 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....
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Sunday, June 22, 2025 |
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Dam Special Fund
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 367 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture, Land Use
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... Our state budget already is in chaos, and adding more workarounds and sleight of hand will not make things better! ....
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Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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Trump: US Attacks Three Iran Nuke Sites
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 417 Views :: Military
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... in a reversal of previous presidents' policy, Trump is de-nuclearizing Iran while re-nuclearizing the US ...
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Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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County of Maui, HUD sign $1.6B grant agreement for disaster relief
By News Release @ 3:09 PM :: 396 Views :: Maui County
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... the County recommends that residents who lost homes in the fires or renters who were displaced by the fires begin preparing to apply ....
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Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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City awards contract to continue construction on second floor of HPD’s Waiʻanae Substation
By News Release @ 2:55 PM :: 358 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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... The newly awarded contract will focus on completing the build-out of one loft space on the second floor to house the investigations section....
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Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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Mayor Signs Three Bills to Crack Down on Game Rooms
By Andrew Walden @ 2:40 PM :: 313 Views :: Honolulu County, Gambling
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... “These bills will bring to bear the authority and power of City agencies to aggressively attack the illegal and insidious game rooms that are so harmful to our communities,” said Mayor Rick Blangiardi ....
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Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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Jones Act keeps U.S. lagging in global shipbuilding output
By Cato Foundation @ 2:28 PM :: 359 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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... The protectionist law’s defenders claim U.S. shipbuilding would be virtually nonexistent without it, but it would be hard to do much worse ....
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Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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Barking Sands Land Leases Set to Expire 2027-30
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 367 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Military
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... U.S. Navy and NASA release Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed, continued use of state lands on Kauai ....
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Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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Saving for a Home in Hawaii Takes 29 Years
By Selected News Articles @ 12:10 AM :: 632 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... with just $489 left over each month after covering essential living expenses, residents are left with little room to save ....
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Friday, June 20, 2025 |
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Navy faces key ruling in Hawaii fuel contamination case
By Court House News @ 11:58 PM :: 378 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... A federal judge is deciding whether the U.S. Navy should be held liable for 543 Clean Water Act violations at its Red Hill fuel facility ....
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Friday, June 20, 2025 |
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UH Grad Student $6.7M Settlement in 2016 Lab Explosion
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 505 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education, Labor
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"Dr Ekins-Coward, an academic researcher, was seriously injured when her laboratory experiment exploded on 16 March 2016."
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Friday, June 20, 2025 |
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AG Terminates Lahaina Investigation
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 494 Views :: Maui County
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... Attorney General Lopez also announced the official transition of future wildfire analysis, mitigation and coordination efforts to the new state fire marshal and the Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO) ....
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Thursday, June 19, 2025 |
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Bubble: Investors Flood Into Hawaii Housing Market
By Selected News Articles @ 7:27 PM :: 1003 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... in Hawaii investor buyers outnumber investor sellers more than any other state ....
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Thursday, June 19, 2025 |
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Priced out: The growing challenge of teacher pay and housing costs
By News Release @ 6:33 PM :: 520 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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... in Hawaii, rent for a one-bedroom unit costs 46% of beginning, bachelor-degree-holding teacher salary ....
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Thursday, June 19, 2025 |
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Hawaii Democrats Outraged Over Ban on Juvenile Sex Change
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 736 Views :: Family, Health Care
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... Hawaii Democrats remind us why they are more repulsive than Donald J Trump ....
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025 |
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HMSA: 2nd Worst Health Insurance Company in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:43 PM :: 2284 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... submitting claims multiple times before they’re paid is necessary and sometimes claims are completely ignored ....
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025 |
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Wahiawa Veteran Wins in Class Action Lawsuit Against Iran
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 553 Views :: Health Care, Military
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... On May 30, 2025, a federal court in Washington, D.C., awarded over $573+ million in total damages to victims and families affected by terrorist attacks in Iraq that were enabled by Iran’s support for extremist groups ....
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025 |
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Why Hawaii lawmakers should adopt interstate telehealth
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:19 PM :: 432 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... The practice worked well and safely during the COVID-19 crisis and could do so again, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says ....
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Sunday, June 15, 2025 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 14, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 7:19 PM :: 450 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Sunday, June 15, 2025 |
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Supreme Court decision makes it easier for disabled students to sue school districts for bias
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 498 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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... lower courts had ruled against the family’s claim for damages, despite finding the school had fallen short ....
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Sunday, June 15, 2025 |
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Intent to Veto
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 558 Views :: Taxes
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... two tax bills are on the list ....
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Saturday, June 14, 2025 |
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A blue wave is helping rock the boat on Jones Act reform
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:01 PM :: 759 Views :: Democratic Party, Jones Act
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... Democrats favoring Jones Act reform include U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, who introduced a bill in early May to exempt oil and other energy products transported to Hawaii, Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico from the Jones Act ....
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Saturday, June 14, 2025 |
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$294K Income Needed for Family of Four in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:40 PM :: 928 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... This is up 9.48% from just a year ago ....
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Saturday, June 14, 2025 |
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Hawaii: Fewest Boat Owners Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 3:49 PM :: 553 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... Hawaii has only 2.5 registered boats per 100 residents--dead last in USA ....
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Saturday, June 14, 2025 |
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June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 65231 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor
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Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....
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Friday, June 13, 2025 |
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Against all odds, Hawaii’s children are returning
By Court House News @ 2:54 PM :: 659 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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"...they have grandparents who just passed away recently or moved into assisted living, so now they can move back home and live in that house....”
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Friday, June 13, 2025 |
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Lawsuit: HTA bosses destroy Convention Center Roof in quest for retaliation
By Andrew Walden @ 1:56 PM :: 2535 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... After being frog-marched out of the building, former HTA VP of Finance Isaac Choy is spilling the beans ....
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Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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DoH Coverup? Health Dep't Fines Hilo Medical Practice $2.19M for Minor Paperwork Violation
By Andrew Walden @ 10:31 PM :: 1594 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Health Care, Small Business
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... "If (the $2.19M fine is) upheld by the hearings officer it will mean the closure of these two urgent care facilities." ....
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Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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House Announces New Assignments: Leadership, Committee Chair
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 830 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Speaker Nadine K. Nakamura today announced updated leadership and committee appointments in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives ....
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Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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Cost of Bills Index: Hawaii 32% Above US Median
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 506 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... residents in the most expensive states like California, Hawaii, and New Jersey paying up to 39% more than the national median, while those in the most affordable states like West Virginia, Mississippi, and Oklahoma pay up to 44% less ....
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Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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Hawaii is a Leader for Preschool Quality But Last in Access Among Pacific States
By News Release @ 4:42 PM :: 698 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii serves just 5% of its four-year-olds and 2% of three-year-olds in state-funded preschool programs, dead last among Pacific states....
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Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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Hawaii 3rd-Highest Beer Taxes in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 4:19 PM :: 509 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii taxes beer at $0.93 per gallon .....
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025 |
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Kauai Sewer Rates Model for Honolulu Council?
By News Release @ 11:25 AM :: 621 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... Increasing 11% per year over a 5-year period -- The Honolulu Council apparently used this as a model. ....
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Tuesday, June 10, 2025 |
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Lawsuit: Hawaii AG Accuses Trump of 'Distributing Machine Guns'
By Court House News @ 2:14 AM :: 687 Views :: Second Amendment
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...The states accuse the Trump administration of hiding violations of federal law prohibiting the possession of machine guns in a settlement agreement with manufactures of forced reset triggers....
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Monday, June 9, 2025 |
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Lahaina: Hotel Unions, HSTA Join with Meth Gang to Demand Seizure of Vacation Rentals
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 1344 Views :: Maui County, Development, Tourism
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... The Lahaina fire is an opportunity to exploit. The hotel unions and the hotels want the TVR business all for themselves ....
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Monday, June 9, 2025 |
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In Hawaii Only Military Water Systems are Fluoridated
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 807 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Military
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... 70.6% of third graders in Hawaii experience tooth decay—the highest rate in the nation ....
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Monday, June 9, 2025 |
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Hawai‘i children hit hard by high cost of housing
By News Release @ 12:22 PM :: 593 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaiʻi ranks 24th in overall children’s well-being in the Data Book, as well as 33rd in the economic well-being ....
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