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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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Hawaii Ranks 49th for Invasive Plant Presence
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 AM :: 5184 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii has the 3rd-fewest invasive plants ....
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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Honolulu 5th Highest Inflation in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:11 AM :: 4774 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... 4.5% increase vs 1 year ago ....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024 |
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Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 2517 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... Best & Worst Community Colleges in 2024 ....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024 |
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What Hawaii can learn from California’s long and bumpy road to ADU stardom
By Selected News Articles @ 4:57 AM :: 5430 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... This spring, Hawaii joined the growing list of states that have loosened restrictions on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) to alleviate the housing shortage ....
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Monday, August 12, 2024 |
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Hawaiian Electric shares “could go to zero”
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 6474 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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"...without a court order that shifts the subrogation claims risk away from the defendants and back to policyholders...."
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Monday, August 12, 2024 |
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Hawaii most expensive state based on average monthly costs
By Selected News Articles @ 2:39 AM :: 5199 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... based on the ten most common household bill categories ....
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Monday, August 12, 2024 |
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It was 126 years ago today: Hawaii Becomes US Territory
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 36554 Views :: Hawaii History
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On August 12, 1898, the United States and Spain reached a cease-fire agreement in its brief conflict over Cuba and the Philippines....
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Saturday, August 3, 2024 |
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1853 Hawaiian Mission to Marquesan Cannibals
By Selected News Articles @ 5:00 PM :: 22188 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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At the Marquesas Islands, Herman Melville and his friend jumped ship....
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Thursday, August 1, 2024 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Rejects Bruen as Inconsistent With “Aloha Spirit”
By Selected News Articles @ 11:51 PM :: 1058 Views :: Judiciary, Second Amendment
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...in so doing, the state court may have placed itself on a collision course with the Supreme Court of the United States....
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024 |
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Hawaii Early Education System Ranks 42nd in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1512 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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... state pre-K program, number of pre-K quality benchmarks met and total reported spending per child enrolled in pre-K ....
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024 |
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Hawaiian Airlines Merger Delayed -- DOJ "Unlikely to Approve"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 PM :: 4927 Views :: Tourism
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“The Department of Justice is unlikely to approve its planned $1.8 billion sale to Alaska Air. The antitrust regulator is preparing to challenge the combination.”
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Saturday, July 27, 2024 |
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Half of Hawaii's teachers quit within five years
By Selected News Articles @ 1:11 PM :: 2497 Views :: Education K-12, Cost of Living
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... The Hawaii State Teachers Association says more than 60,000 of Hawaii's children are not taught by a certified teacher ....
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Wednesday, July 24, 2024 |
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CWS Called on Hawaii Home-School Mom
By Selected News Articles @ 2:24 AM :: 3350 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Religion
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"Wow, your kids are not even afraid of you.”
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Sunday, July 21, 2024 |
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BIDEN OUT: President exits race, endorses VP Harris as his successor
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 PM :: 2179 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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... The Clintons endorse Harris -- Obama does not ....
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Thursday, July 18, 2024 |
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FAIL: Hawaiian Electric Among Firms in $4 Billion Maui Fire Deal
By Selected News Articles @ 9:10 PM :: 5264 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Cost of Living
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... the whole plan is predicated on insurance companies walking away from $1.4B. It may fail ....
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024 |
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28 Hawaii Hospitals Ranked on Performance
By Selected News Articles @ 8:53 PM :: 3436 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... how does your hospital rank? ....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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Palestine Activists at UH Manoa Oppose RIMPAC
By Selected News Articles @ 12:49 AM :: 2028 Views :: Higher Education, Military
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... A University of Hawaii instructor is calling on the institution to cut ties with the U.S. Navy and Israel ....
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Monday, July 15, 2024 |
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Mental Illness: Hawaii has Lowest Rate of Involuntary Commitment in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:11 PM :: 2500 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Homelessness
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... Mental illness is a central driver of the homelessness crisis ....
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Monday, July 15, 2024 |
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UH Manoa offering sexuality studies courses on ‘oceanic gender’ and ‘queer dance’
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 1858 Views :: Family, Higher Education
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... One course conducts an ‘[a]nalysis of imperialism, colonialism, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and queer(ed) relations and identities in Hawai‘i and the Pacific’ ....
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Saturday, July 13, 2024 |
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Why Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam aren’t covered in NATO’s defense pact
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 PM :: 1982 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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... Article Five is only applicable if the attack occurs at a location north of the Tropic of Cancer ....
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Friday, July 12, 2024 |
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Officials Write Second Amendment Out of Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1797 Views :: Second Amendment
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... there’s a troubling trend by state officials to write Second Amendment freedoms out of the island state ....
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Friday, July 12, 2024 |
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Green says major budget reform begins next year
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 AM :: 1786 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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... Hawaii lawmakers enacted a large income tax cut this year, and major budget reform will begin next year to ensure it stays in place, Gov. Josh Green said ....
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Sunday, July 7, 2024 |
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Biden expected to make decision about future in ‘next couple of days,’ Hawaii governor says
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 2310 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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... The entire world is anxiously awaiting whether Biden decides to stay in the 2024 presidential race ....
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Tuesday, July 2, 2024 |
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Makawao meth trafficker gets nine years in federal prison
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 AM :: 1790 Views :: Maui County, Drugs
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... Kitashima's associates helped him buy, ship, and transport methamphetamine between California, Oregon, and Hawaii ....
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Monday, July 1, 2024 |
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‘You’re Nothing!’: Hawaii Black Cop Was Belittled and Racially Bullied By Colleagues, Leading to Four Officers Arrested, Nine Others Placed on Paid Leave
By Selected News Articles @ 8:58 PM :: 3178 Views :: Ethics, Police
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... put Horton’s life at risk by ordering the man to rush into traffic at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to stop a moving vehicle while on foot ....
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Monday, July 1, 2024 |
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Veto? Hawaii governor under fire over authority to suspend electronic media transmission
By Selected News Articles @ 8:34 PM :: 1535 Views :: First Amendment
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... a ‘blank check’ to shut down all electronic media ....
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Monday, July 1, 2024 |
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Five candidates are running for Hawaii’s two U.S. House districts—the fewest in the last 10 years
By Selected News Articles @ 8:28 PM :: 2261 Views :: Hawaii History, Office of Elections, Politicians
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... This is the only election cycle in the last 10 years in which a district is not open ....
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Monday, July 1, 2024 |
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Federal Court Whittles Down Hawaii Voter Roll Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 8:02 PM :: 1432 Views :: Office of Elections
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... NVRA requires statewide voter rolls to be accessible to the general public ....
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Saturday, June 29, 2024 |
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Can Hawaii afford climate change lawsuit settlement?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 AM :: 2207 Views :: Energy, Environment, Taxes, Cost of Living
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"...There's going to be some pain...."
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Friday, June 28, 2024 |
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How Mexican cartels target Hawaii with meth, fentanyl
By Selected News Articles @ 7:04 PM :: 2513 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... Sinaloa and its rival, the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, known as CJNG — run drug pipelines through California and Nevada to flood Oahu with meth and other drugs, including fentanyl ....
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Friday, June 28, 2024 |
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Did Hawaii just pave the way for court enforcement of California's climate promises?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:12 PM :: 1586 Views :: Environment, Cost of Living
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... The settlement provides benchmarks for a greenhouse gas reduction plan that will be overseen and enforced by a court through 2045 ....
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Thursday, June 27, 2024 |
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Government says Red Hill plaintiffs are asking for too much in damages
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 1920 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Seventeen plaintiffs are asking for $7 million ....
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Saturday, June 22, 2024 |
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Sandwich Isles Communications: Twenty Years of Criminality
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 2572 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Hawaii History
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... Al Hee was convicted was criminal tax fraud in 2016, which resulted in the FCC and HPUC stripping SIC’s ability to receive USF subsidies ....
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Thursday, June 20, 2024 |
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These Hawaii Cities Have the Highest and Lowest Cost of Living in 2024
By Selected News Articles @ 2:38 PM :: 4033 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hilo vs Haleiwa ... or ... Kapolei vs Makawao ....
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Monday, June 17, 2024 |
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7 Reasons $1 Million Will Only Last You 9 Years in Retirement in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:22 PM :: 2178 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... $1 million might not be enough to get you through your retirement ....
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Monday, June 17, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Most Over-touristed State
By Selected News Articles @ 4:12 PM :: 2712 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Hawaii's population increases by 66.4 percent during high season due to overtourism ....
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Saturday, June 15, 2024 |
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How Urban Planning Made Honolulu 'Impossibly Unaffordable'
By Selected News Articles @ 9:44 PM :: 3770 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... The crisis stems principally from land use policies that artificially restrict housing supply ....
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Friday, June 14, 2024 |
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School Choice: Hawaii ranks no. 31 in 2024 Parent Power index
By Selected News Articles @ 8:52 PM :: 1630 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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... little growth among charter schools and no other choice options ....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024 |
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SB2516: HGEA Power Grab forced State CIO to Resign
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 3853 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... CIO Murdock resigned without notice May 31, 2024. Now we know why ....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024 |
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Court stays six Red Hill lawsuits until verdict is reached in recent trial
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 1968 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The six lawsuits involved in the court-ordered stay requested by the government involve 2,375 people ....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024 |
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Hawaii's Medicaid coverage for palliative care expected to save the state money
By Selected News Articles @ 2:30 PM :: 2340 Views :: Health Care
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... the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a new State Plan Amendment (SPA) to cover community palliative care services through Medicaid ....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024 |
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Civil Beat Publisher Monopolizes Federal Trade Commission
By Selected News Articles @ 1:47 PM :: 2082 Views :: First Amendment, Pierre Omidyar
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... Omidyar's massive partisan activities have flown under the radar because he prefers to influence politics through ostensible charity groups rather than direct campaign contributions ....
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Wednesday, June 5, 2024 |
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Hawaii Cost of Living 80% Above US Average
By Selected News Articles @ 4:53 AM :: 2404 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Most of the pain can be traced to home purchases, which cost an astounding 313% more than average ....
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Monday, June 3, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst Economy in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 2423 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Innovation Potential: 50th ....
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Monday, June 3, 2024 |
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Hawaii Ranks #1 for Hidden Home Buyer Fees
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 PM :: 1706 Views :: Cost of Living
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... Hawaii tops the list with $17,966.04 of unexpected fees on average ....
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Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
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Hawaii Highest Fast Food Prices in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:59 PM :: 3484 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii emerges as the state with the highest average price for a medium cheese pizza, reaching $18.99 ....
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024 |
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In Hawaii, Permission To Use Medical Marijuana Precludes Permission To Own a Gun
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 AM :: 2402 Views :: Second Amendment, Drugs
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... assuming that cannabis consumers are too dangerous to be trusted with firearms ....
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd Worst State for Renters
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 2184 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... What makes some states better than others for renters? ....
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 |
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‘Deadly Cocktail’: Hawaii Still Reeling From Job Losses Four Years After The Pandemic
By Selected News Articles @ 6:53 PM :: 2405 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... There are still around 27,800 fewer jobs in Hawaii than before the COVID-19 pandemic ....
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