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VA provides 203.2% more home purchase loans in Hawaii in Q4 2023

There were 573 VA home purchases in Hawaii in the fourth quarter of the VA's fiscal year 2023, totaling $410.6 million in loans, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

By Aloha State News | Mar 23, 2024

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VA provides 573 home purchase loans in Hawaii in Q4 2023

There were 573 VA home purchase loans issued in Hawaii in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2023 totaling $410.6 million, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

By Aloha State News | Mar 22, 2024

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Hawaii ranked 10th highest in the U.S. for average income in 2021

By Aloha State News | Mar 16, 2024

Hawaii ranked 10th highest for average annual earnings per resident among U.S. states, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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AG Anne Lopez: ‘The FTC and Congress must act to ensure fulsome regulation of PBMs nationwide’

By Aloha State News | Feb 22, 2024

State Attorney General Anne Lopez (D-Hawaii) sent a letter to U.S. Congressional leadership this week saying Congress should “act to ensure fulsome regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

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Men outnumbered women in Hawaii in 2021

By Aloha State News | Jan 6, 2024

Of the 1,453,498 people living in Hawaii in 2021, 49.6% (721,326) were women and 50.4% (732,172) were men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by Aloha State News.

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4.9% of citizens in Hawaii unemployed in 2021

By Aloha State News | Jan 4, 2024

The unemployment rate in Hawaii hit 4.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021.

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Census Bureau: 78.6% of people in Hawaii were old enough to vote in 2021

By Aloha State News | Dec 27, 2023

Of the 1,453,498 citizens living in Hawaii in 2021, 78.6% were old enough to vote, equating to 1,142,478 individuals, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained on Oct. 26.

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Census Bureau: 24.4% of people in Hawaii identified as multiracial in 2021

By Aloha State News | Nov 24, 2023

Of the 1,453,498 citizens living in Hawaii in 2021, 75.6% said they were only one race, while 24.4% said they were two or more races, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained in June.

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VA provides 189 home purchase loans in Hawaii in Q3 2023

By Aloha State News | Oct 1, 2023

There were 189 VA home purchase loans issued in Hawaii in the third quarter of the fiscal year 2023 totaling $139.9 million, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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VA provides 57.4% fewer home purchase loans in Hawaii in Q3 2023

By Aloha State News | Oct 1, 2023

There were 189 VA home purchases in Hawaii in the third quarter of the VA's fiscal year 2023, totaling $139.9 million in loans, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Week ending July 22: 12 deaths among Hispanic people in Hawaii

By Aloha State News | Sep 5, 2023

There were 12 Hispanic people who died in Hawaii in the week ending July 22, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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CDC reports 18 deaths among Hawaii Hispanics in week ending July 15

By Aloha State News | Aug 27, 2023

There were 18 Hispanic people who died in Hawaii in the week ending July 15, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Schatz Leads Bipartisan Congressional Delegation To Iceland To Discuss Climate Action, U.S.-Iceland Relations, Tour Clean Energy, Carbon Removal Facilities

By Aloha State News Report | Jul 17, 2023

U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) have embarked on a congressional delegation mission to Iceland.

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Hirono, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Fully Fund Special Education

By Aloha State News Report | Jul 17, 2023

U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA), and more than 80 of their colleagues, in introducing the IDEA Full Funding Act.

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Dcca Disciplinary Actions (June 2023)

By Aloha State News Report | Jul 16, 2023

The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) and the state Boards and Commissions released a summary of disciplinary actions through the month of June 2023, taken on individuals and entities with professional and vocational licenses in Hawai‘i.

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DOH issues voluntary recall warning for 365 by Whole Foods Market Organic Asian Inspired Chopped Salad Kits due to undeclared allergens

By Aloha State News Report | Jul 16, 2023

The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch is warning residents of a voluntary recall by Braga Fresh of its 365 by Whole Foods Market Organic Asian Inspired Chopped Salad 12oz.

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Judge Sides With State In Lawsuit Regarding Alleged “strip Search” In Charter School

By Aloha State News Report | Jul 15, 2023

Hawai‘i Circuit Court Judge Kevin T. Morikone has granted summary judgment in favor of Kapolei Charter School and its director Wanda Villareal, the Department of Education, and the Hawai‘i State Public Charter School Commission— the defendants in a lawsuit regarding an alleged “strip search” of three students.

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Recent Wildfires Following Drought Conditions Across Hawai’i

By Aloha State News Report | Jul 15, 2023

Severe drought conditions are now impacting the southern and western coastal areas of Maui.

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Recap of Governor Green at the U.N. Presenting Hawaiʻi Sustainability Update

By Aloha State News Report | Jul 15, 2023

Hawaiʻi’s second Voluntary Local Review (VLR), presented by Governor Josh Green, M.D., to the United Nations (UN) during the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development July 12, presents a good news/bad news scenario.

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Only Five ‘Akikiki Left and Their Chances of Survival are Slim, July 12, 2023

By Aloha State News Report | Jul 14, 2023

Only five of the native Hawaiian honeycreeper species, ‘akikiki, are left in the wild and chances of saving them are growing increasingly dire by the day.