Hawaii legislators make base salary of $62,604 per year
State lawmakers in Hawaii now draw a base salary of $62,604 per year, in addition to varying travel outlays, according to a recent study by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Hawaii two-year colleges charged students $3,920 in tuition and fees during the 2018-19 academic year, the 19th lowest cost among 49 states examined, the College Board said in a new report.
Each of the two U.S. House of Representatives members representing Hawaii draws an annual salary of $174,000, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Hawaii four-year public university tuition and fees went from $4,587 in 2004-05 to $10,978 in 2019-20, the second largest increase among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the College Board said in a new report.
State lawmakers in Hawaii now draw a base salary of $62,604 per year, in addition to varying travel outlays, according to a recent study by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Hawaii two-year college tuition and fees at public institutions went from $1,975 in 2004-05 to $4,018 in 2019-20, the largest increase among 49 states studied, the College Board said in a new report.
The governor of Hawaii now draws a yearly salary of $158,700, the 16th highest salary among the governors of the 50 states, according to recently reported financial data and media reports.
Public schools in Hawaii spent an estimated $3.3 billion during the 2018-19 academic year, a 1.1 percent increase in expenditures over the previous year, according to a National Education Association report.
The number of youths in foster care in Hawaii at the end of fiscal year 2018 stood at 1,687, a 5 percent increase over the previous fiscal year, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Hawaii is among the jurisdictions where sales tax collections are required for out-of-state purchases in the wake of the South Dakota v. Wayfair Supreme Court decision last year, according to an analysis by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
Public schools in Hawaii spent $15,142 per student based on average daily attendance (ADA) figures, the 16th highest expenditure level among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to a National Education Association report.
Hawaii residents living below the poverty line in 2017-18 made up 9.9 percent of the state’s population, the 12th lowest rank among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to new Census Bureau data.
Policies and incentives promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency in Hawaii number 29, the fifth lowest rank among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to data analyzed in a federally funded database.
About 2 percent of Hawaii public education funding comes from local tax revenues, the lowest level among the 50 states, according to data from the National Education Association.
State tax revenues in Hawaii amount to $2.4 billion in the second quarter of 2019, the 36th highest tally among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Teachers’ salaries in Hawaii averaged $57,866 for the 2017-2018 school year, the 18th highest rank among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to data analyzed by the National Education Association (NEA).
State tax revenues in Hawaii amount to $2 billion in the first quarter of 2019, the 35th highest tally among the 50 states and Washington, D.C., according to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Taxpayer contributions to Hawaii’s public pension funds in 2018 amounted to 77.1 percent of the total, the 17th highest ratio among the 50 states, according to newly released data by the U.S. Census Bureau.
State tax revenues in Hawaii amount to $7 billion, the 37th highest tally among the 50 states, according to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The Urban Honolulu metro area’s share of extreme poverty – neighborhoods where at least 40 percent of residents live below the poverty level – is the highest in Hawaii, according to a new analysis from the website 24/7 Wall St.