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Hawai‘i’s Housing Crisis Was Decades in the Making
A look at the policy decisions, external crises and social changes that gave Hawai‘i the most expensive housing in the nation ...
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A Look Back at 1982, a Pivotal Year in the Transition to Today’s Hawai‘i
The issues faced in 1982 sound familiar, more than four decades later: a blowback against tourism, high interest rates that stifle expansion and development, weak housing sales, a shortage of capital, ...
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A Look Back at 1970, a Year of Firsts and Growing Trends
In 1970, the price of paradise was already too high. As reported in the February issue of Hawaii Business Magazine that year, the U.S. Labor Department said a family of four in Honolulu needed to earn ...
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A Look Back at 1959, the Year Hawai‘i Became a State
The Admission Act – signed into law on March 18, 1959, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower – dissolved the Territory of Hawai‘i and established America’s 50th state. Statehood took effect on Aug. 21, ...