Compared to a year ago, total nonfarm jobs have expanded by 3,800, or 0.6 percent. The U.S. Department of Labor also reported last week that a record 12 states, including Hawaii, had unemployment rates below 3 percent in April. Overall in the U.S., jobless rates were at 3.6 percent...
*Not shown Hawaii’s and Alaska’s minimum wage increased from $7.25 to $10.10 and $10.19 respectively. This paper contributes to the literature by using panel data of U.S. counties to evaluate the impact of the minimum wage on several key components of the labor market. Our study uses ...
Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that family-owned, Hawaii-inspired food company King’s Hawaiian® will invest more than $85 million in expanding its Oakwood facility, creating more than 160 new jobs. "Great job creators like King’s Hawaiian continue to expand their operations here in...
A staffing crisis at the Broome County Jail is about to ease with the hiring of about 30 correction officers.
state except Hawaii, Kohl’s began accepting Amazon returns in its stores in 2019, which the company hoped will drive sales. #26. Ross Stores Thayne Tuason // Wikimedia Commons #26. Ross Stores - 2021 worldwide retail sales: $18.89B - Number of U.S. stores in 2021: 1,923 - U.S....
TheEqual Rights Amendmentwas originally written in 1921 bysuffragist Alice Pauland had been introduced to Congress every year since 1923, and finally passed this year. Hawaii became the first of 34 other states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex,...
After graduation, they were offered jobs in, among other places, Oakland, Los Angeles, and… Maui. All three schools were in low-income districts. Although Hawaii is Hawaii, its public school system has many of the same problems as other states: the state just this past year qualified for...
I GOT VERY CLOSE TO HAWAII'S FORBIDDEN ISLAND, AND WHAT I SAW WAS MESMERIZING by Ashley Harrell After more than two hours of skimming over impossibly blue waves, about 17 miles off the Hawaiian island of Kauai, the time has finally arrived. Our boat is closing in on Niihau, the Forbidden...
Kahieluana Estate in Puako, Hawaii is One of the best Airbnb and Vacation Rental in the World. One thing to be aware of when writing your purchase contracts is that asset-based financing doesn’t close in 30 days. Although there is less paperwork, the typical turnaround time for this ...
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